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Originally Posted by jljl62040
For the first 30 years of my life the Confederate flag was only a symbol of Southern heritage to me. I didn't fly the flag because I'm from Illinois. Then some people decided the flag was a symbol of white supremacy, and only white supremacy. Why must the white supremacy reasoning now be the only reason that the flag is displayed?
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Or maybe it’s distasteful because it was the flag of traitors to the United States of America…the Civil War was an armed insurrection with the express intent of destroying America.