This discussion is for those who genuinely feel the flag represents the courage their own ancestors, most of them just boys, fought for 136 years ago, when they were annihilated and bled red across the fields of Dixie, the same ground where the war goes on. No one denies their courage, at least no more than the courage of any Yankee who sacrificed his life for his own beliefs. But, the time has come to right old wrongs. It is simple Southern hospitality to live the Golden Rule. If others have a problem with the flag, which so many obviously do, then it should be taken down.
Common courtesy calls for it.
Still, even after all these years, it is still the South. Here, the past doesn't die. And so, perhaps, don't the ghosts of all the year's past. And, maybe the real annihilation is an everlasting curse to fight this fight forever. Proceeds will fund a lecture series and will help support student travel to national conferences.