EDITORIAL; REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG HAS NO PLACE IN THE SOUTHLAND.Some confused veterans think Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, qualifies as Dixie, and therefore they're justified in trying to bring back the Confederate flag to a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County display. What can this group be thinking? It's a politically charged issue sure to create bitter feelings all around and one that has no relevance. This is Southern California - not the Deep South. If a group of veterans wants to fight for a cause, why not fight to get a gym reopened at the Sepulveda VA for their comrades in arms - those vets who fought in the world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and all the little wars in between. There are a lot of worthy causes that veteran's groups could undertake that would have far more significance then trying to force the county to fly a Confederate flag over the Civic Center Mall  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. . Geraldine Washington, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. , is correct in asserting that the issue is divisive. ``We have enough issues in California that are divisive and mean-spirited without'' introducing yet another one. Supporters argue the flag would be displayed in a historical setting, in much the same way similar Stars and Bars Stars and Bars flag of the Confederate States of the U.S. [Am. Hist.: EB, III: 73] See : Southern States flags are flown around the country. Americans died under the flag, and therefore, that flag will always be sacred to many people, goes their argument. While that all may be true, it is still a fight that should be confined to the South, not the Southland. California was never part of the Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. . Its flag is of no significance here. The veterans commission should pick a fight with true merit. This isn't it. |
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