It’s been a bad year for the Confederate flag. The U.S Capitol removed flags featuring the confederate battle emblem from its grounds and the flag itself has been removed from state buildings and public lands across the south. The flag’s reputation has taken such a downward turn that the Department of Justice has now decided that the brandishing the banner is a symbol of hate.
The confederate flag has taken many forms throughout our country’s history, but most people recognize the “southern cross” hat flew alongside Robert E. Lee’s North Virginia Army as the premier flag of the confederacy.
In modern times, the flag has been flown to represent southern pride, state’s rights, and, sometimes, white supremacy. But this year, the flag has a become a symbol for only the latter.
It’s no longer become acceptable to display the flag for any reason other than racism, and doing so can’t get you in trouble with the law.
See how one man’s display of the flag got him charged with a hate crime on the next page:
no madam it is history there are good and bad in our history and it must not be shoved away and forgotten
Bye bye
It’s bottom feeders like her that are symbols of hate..
I love the confederate flag it’s part of history, the civil war happened long before our time
Let it go
I’m thankfully all America’s are free
Hate for people like you yes
NO YOU ARE !!!
That corrupt$#%&!@*is outta there!
#lynchlorettalynch
Disagree
I think it is a pretty flag.