Simpleton
DCC 4Life
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The main issue to me seems that in more Northern (liberal?) states, it is taught in schools that the Civil War was about slavery, whereas in more Southern (conservative?) states it is taught that it was about state rights, that's why by and large you see such a split on the issue. This doesn't change the fact though that the flag is most certainly a source of pride to racists due to the fact that slavery was an accepted institution in the Confederacy.
Not everybody that takes pride in the flag is a racist, but there are certainly a great number of racists who take pride in the flag for racist reasons.
Not everybody that takes pride in the flag is a racist, but there are certainly a great number of racists who take pride in the flag for racist reasons.