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:
A historic symbol that the democratic party made a symbol of racism.
The only hate I see in this pic is in her eyes..
NO MORE HATRED IN THIS COUNTRY. TRUMP IS PRESIDENT. HE DOES’NT FAN THE FLAMES OF HATRED OR RACISM.
It is a flag – PERIOD. People make it hateful or a symbol of respect. Leave it alone. You ban one flag, next is the American flag.Go try to fool someone more stupid than yourself with your garbage.
I brand the DOJ as a group of criminals. Get ready to be flushed.
U MAKE ME SICK
That is in your twisted minds morons.
Bring back our piece of history our monuments and our confederate flag.
bye bye Loretta!!
Thank God trump won this$#%&!@*will stop now we have. Real problems to solve not make problems like Obama and idiots like these did