re: Flags and the Urge for Violence
June 20, 2015
Butler, perhaps you are thinking of pictures like these ones of the KKK parading around proudly displaying the U.S. flag, the flag that flew over the American slave empire from the late 1770s until 1866. The fact that the Confederate flag was only an official government flag for about 4 1/2 years probably explains why the KKK preferred the U.S. flag.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
What, ME, Desegregate?! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!