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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The flag is a symbol, and as such, has different meanings to different people.

I get the same feeling when I see the Confederate flag as I have when I see someone burning the flag of the US - I think it is sad.  But, I believe that people have the right to fly the Confederate flag just as people have the right to burn the US flag.  I would never do either.  [/quote] As an AA woman, I agree that people should be able to fly whatever flag they wish.  However, I feel differently about the [i]State[/i] of South Carolina.  [/quote]

Well, that State doesn't represent you or me, but the citizens actually living and voting there.[/quote]

That's the thing. I was castigated in the other thread because a poster claimed that I had inferred that all South Carolinians were racist. I actually had inferred no such thing, but it is true that the State's choice to fly a flag that is widely consider a symbol of racism reflects on all the state's citizens. If South Carolinians don't want to be associated with the flag, they should act to get it removed. If they do want to be associated with the flag, they should accept that racial implications of that association.
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That would be very true if the majority of South Carolinians themselves viewed the flag as you do. I don't know if that's the case.[/quote]

South Carolinians can view the flag in whichever way they want. That will not change the fact that a great many people view the flag as having racial implications. As I mentioned in the other thread, swastikas have many non-racist connotations. But anyone employing a swastika in a non-racist circumstance would be stupid to ignore the wider implications.
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