Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Re: Marc D. Michael's letter to the editor dated April 18.

What are you thinking, lumping the Confederacy with Hooters, liquor licensing in Fayette County, and anti-Christian doctrine? With respect, sir, I feel like you are sadly misinformed. You must not personally know any individuals who honor Confederate history.

Recently, I have had the opportunity to get to know other individuals who are dedicated to honoring their heritage as descendants of Civil War veterans. We are not talking about any person that you described in your letter.

These men and women certainly have Christian values when they honor their elders, especially ones who gave everything they had to fight for what they thought was the right thing at the time. I hope you were not one of those people who spat on our Vietnam veterans when they returned from that war, doing what this country thought was the right thing at that time.

Truly, I do not think all the controversy over the Confederate flag would be happening if the despicable Ku Klux Klan and the equally despicable neo-Nazi organizations had not taken this honorable flag and presented it as a banner for their hate groups. Think about it. I believe that is where most people formed their impression of what the Confederate flag stands for. Confederate organizations have nothing at all to do with these hate groups.

I have read a lot of letters conceming the debate over the Confederate flag, Confederate Memorial Day, etc., but your Christian letter had more hate and meanness attached to it than any material I have read so far. How can you cast stones when you know not what you speak? Please take me up on my thinking and get to know some of these fine people you speak so harshly about. You may not believe as they do, but you surely will have to change your opinion about people you obviously do not know.

Gail Hardee Broderick

Peachtree City

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