Cue name-calling and race-baiting in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Just because the racist sh**t you say is mockingly referred to as such by yourself before anyone else gets the chance to comment doesn't mean that it doesn't apply.
Me: "Hey, maybe we should recognize that history isn't just a bumper sticker slogan."
Socialist from Georgia: "Racist! Erhmagad! RACIST!"
What a compelling argument.
The far-left is so predictable.
History might not be a bumper sticker slogan, but the Battle Flag was very clearly a symbol of intense and hateful white supremacy, both in the war, and during the Civil Rights era (when it was a symbol of Southerners being unwilling to concede even the slightest amount of power from their white supremacy).
It was a symbol of treason and hate then and now. No public, tax-payer funded place should have it as a high-flying flag. And don't say "well it's on the memorial", for one thing, that was a cowardly cop-out to still have it as a noticeable symbol, and why should Confederates have a war memorial anyway?
In any case, the battle flag is a symbol of hate, and there's no reason to fly it at a public institution unless said institution is embracing the hate.
