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In reply to the discussion: I want to thank the Ku Klux Klan... [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)How can a flag be racist? It's a piece of cloth, it is inanimate, it does not have feelings.
It is the people who use the flag as a symbol that make that flag a racist symbol. Rarely do I see the Confederate flag flown at peace rallies, anti-war protests, civil rights rally (well at least on the sides where people are demanding equal rights for everyone one) or any other group that is promoting peace, love and tolerance for everyone. When I see the flag, usually it is someone who is preaching hate of some form either very vocally or even in silent protest. When I see a Confederate flag it brings up visions of KKK rallies, lynchings of African-Americans who just wanted the equal rights and now of a young white man who walked into a peaceful church and shot-up 9 innocent African-American citizens.
The flag itself cannot feel hate but those who carry it sure have enough of it to spread around.
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