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Originally Posted by jspchief
Don't get me wrong, I'm not neccessarily agreeing with the statement that "that flag needs to go away".
I just don't agree when someone says that flag isn't a symbol of racism, simply because it's roots were something esle (even though those roots were also largely racist). A symbol's meaning can shift, and whatever the original meaning of that flag was, it is widely regarded as a symbol of racsim, or at the very least a harkening for a time when racism was rampant.
Personally, I think it's a more a symbol of white trash than anything else. However noble southerners want to pretend it is, it's the flag of an army that lost, and is now the standard for trailer parks and Lynrd Skynrd.
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coming from a yank i dont see how you can have any perseption of what white southerners think or thought about how the battleflag makes them feel.