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Foreigner here. Why is this automatically offensive?
Isn't there a historical angle to this, and not a racist one?
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Some make that argument. I don't buy it. While it might be that some do not intend to use it as a racist/hostile symbol, just imagine how you would feel if you were a descendant of slaves and had to see, in your workplace, the symbol of the secessionists who went to war to maintain slavery. Heck, I am not a descendant of slaves and the Confederate flag makes me uncomfortable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War[/quote]

Wasn't the confederate flag not offensive in the 80s?  I remember it on the car in Dukes of Hazard and it wasn't an issue.  When did it become a symbol of slavery?  (I'm just curious, I'm also a foreigner,moved here as a child)[/quote]
There are two groups who use the confederate flag: those who use it as a symbol of southern pride, and those who use it as a symbol of white supremacy. Back in the '80s, it was a symbol of southern pride. The meanings have blurred considerably since then. This came to a head last year when Dylann Roof posted pictures of himself draped in a confederate flag and then walked into a church and shot nine African Americans during a prayer service. Now, it is very difficult to display that flag and declare that it's only southern pride. Now, it's racist. [/quote]

That's your opinion/observation. No laws against it. [/quote]
Which is why you can't be arrested for displaying it. [b]There is no protection from losing your job over it.[/b][/quote]

He can't get fired in Fed Govt for displaying it

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