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And for this.guy to act like the flag stood for slavery blah blah blah is just as bad.

The flag was the flag that they fought under correct? What were they fighting so hard for? The answer is the right to own slaves plain and simple. In the declarations of secession several states flat out mentioned slavery as a reason for seceding. Mississippi for one had the following in their declaration:

"our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery- the greatest material interest of the world....a blow at slavery is a blow at civilization and commerce"

Texas? "We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of various states, and of the confederacy itself were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment, they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable"

People fighting this war for the south under that flag knew exactly what was at stake, and that the abolitionist movement was on the rise.