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Originally Posted by jspchief
I understand the origin of the flag.
But that doesn't change the fact that the symbolism of that flag has shifted. Call it ignorance or whatever you want, but a symbol means what the person interpreting it thinks it means. To a lot of people in this world, that flag symbolizes a time and culture rife with racism. The meaning of a symbol is in the eye of the interpreter. In a large part of this country, that flag is interpreted as one of the banner's of a racist culture. Whatever it's initial meaning was, it means something else to a lot of people now.
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Thats the advantage of States being able to chose a lot of what they do. If your state doesn't want to fly that flag, they don't have to, if their state sees it with a different meaning, then they can do what they want. Plus you have the freedom to not support that State by not buying products from there, and you are not forced to live there.