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Originally Posted by MichaelMyers
Yes it seems there is a distinction between private display of the Confederacy and its display before govt. buildings. Reasoning there being that the govt. should not support slavery, period. But then should we tear down the Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, Mt. Rushmore, etc. since they were slaveholders too. I am happy to take $20 bills off peoples' hands bearing the image of Andrew Jackson, notorious slaveholder of Native Americans. 
What do you say to those who invoke Nazis, and the fact that the Nazi flag is banned in Germany? |
Bloofer, I think this is part of the problem. The conception that the flag represents slavery or a want of it is vastly incorrect. The flag represented hundreds of differences in opinion about the way taxes should be handled and the governments roll in society along with a lot of other things. Slavery was a very small portion of what the south wanted. Most of which would have been excellent for the country. I honestly think the ideal would be changing the way people look at the flag instead of removing the flag entirely. We are slowly moving into the super PC nation where you have to walk on eggshells not to offend someone and if you don't its massively punishable. Its kind of scary, but I don't want to get to serious on here...