I believe that for some people, the rebel flag is a symbol of southern heritage. However, for most people it is a symbol of the worst type of ignorance and racism. I clearly remember the sixties when the flag was a symbol of those who didn't want schools integrated and wanted to maintain The Jim Crow laws that treated black people as subhuman. The problem is that I don't think you can look at that flag and separate one meaning (southern heritage and states rights) from the other meaning (racism, hatred, lynchings, slavery).
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