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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Here is what I wrote, "My inference was that a person who appreciates symbols of racism probably appreciates the Confederate Battle Flag. Do you deny that? "

If both of you are denying my statement, you are simply wrong. You may be wrong because you misunderstood, or you could be wrong because you are uniformed, or you may be wrong for some other reason, but you are wrong. The Confederate Flag is a very common symbol of white power that shows up almost anytime there are other symbols of white power.

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It also shows up in a number of other circumstances that have nothing to do with white power. It's part of history, and should be treated as such. The same way we treat state and Union flags despite the history that is not exactly unblemished.[/quote]

It's true that the Confederate Battle Flag shows up in circumstances that don't directly relate to white power. As a previous poster in this thread indicated, I have even defended one such circumstance. But, the posters who have been criticizing me are sort of turning things on their head. My point has been that someone who appreciates symbols of racism probably appreciates the Confederate Battle Flag. You guys have understood that to mean that anyone who appreciates the Confederate Battle Flag is a racist. Those two sentences are not synonymous. Moreover, some of you even seem to deny that racist symbolism of the flag altogether. I don't even know what to say about that. The swastika has many non-racist connotations, but nobody would try to ignore its racist implications.

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I would not try to explain the real point of what you said to these people who want to freak out over nothing and split hairs when all of these innocent people have died. Intelligent people can see exactly what you were saying, Jeff. [/quote]

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