The fact that you stubbornly keep defending this view shows that some of these protesters have a point.
The battle flag was specifically brought out of retirement as a protest against civil rights in the 50’s and 60’s. Fact. By the mid 70’s the segregationists had lost that battle. Fact. They didn’t want to lose their symbol though. That’s when it became a sweet benign symbol of good ole boys never meaning no harm. Fact. I don’t blame any black person for despising it. And defending it as a a harmless cultural symbol, is first off not accurate, and secondly counterproductive.
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