WINDSOCK INDICATING WIND FROM SOUTH; TWR CONTINUED TO USE RWY 4 FOR DEPARTURE.

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A FLT INSTRUCTOR AND ANOTHER MAN CAME OUTSIDE AND LOOKED UP AT THE FLAGS TO THE S OF THE TWR AND COMMENTED ABOUT THE WIND. THE FLAGS AND 2 WINDSOCKS ON THE FIELD INDICATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM THE S. I SPOKE WITH THEM BRIEFLY; ASKING WHY THE TWR HAD TFC USING RWY 4 INSTEAD OF RWY 22. THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 ACFT IN THE PATTERN. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT EITHER; AND I WENT TO MY PLANE. AFTER PREFLT; I CALLED GND AND ASKED FOR A WIND CHK...120 AT 8. I STARTED UP AND LINED UP WITH THE WINDSOCK. 170 DEG. THEN I CALLED THE TWR (GND + TWR = SAME PERSON THIS SHIFT) AND SAID I DIDN'T MEAN TO SPLIT HAIR; BUT THE WIND WAS FROM THE S; THINKING THAT I DID NOT WANT TO DEPART TO THE N WITH A TAILWIND ON TKOF. THE CTLR SAID THAT MY INDICATIONS WERE WRONG AND INSTRUCTED ME TO TAXI TO RWY 4. AS I WAS BY MYSELF IN A LIGHTLY LOADED AIRPLANE; I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE TAILWIND. I CONSIDERED THIS TO BE AN UNSAFE SITUATION IF NOT FOR MYSELF; THEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE LESS EXPERIENCED; MORE HEAVILY LOADED; ETC.