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Can bad symbols be used for good?

Elessar

Elessar

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Well, I've actually seen African Americans salute the Confederate Battle Flag in South Carolina, where it still flies officially on the State House grounds.
 
McBell

McBell

Resident Sourpuss
Elessar said:
Well, I've actually seen African Americans salute the Confederate Battle Flag in South Carolina, where it still flies officially on the State House grounds.
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I can understand that.
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to relive it.
 
Elessar

Elessar

Well-Known Member
I don't know. I would never, ever salute or give any homage to the Confederate Battle Flag or any symbol of the Confederacy - not because of what it has been taken to stand for, which is racism and bigotry (which I do not think was the original point), but because what it, itself, represents, and was intended to represent (that is, secession from the Union of states) is offensive to me.
 
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