Tuesday, June 30, 2015

No Confederate Flag?

After the Charleston, SC massacre, the controversy over the “Confederate Flag” has arisen again, with Democrats being the biggest noise in favor of banning it. Which forgets entirely that, from the fifties on, the Confederate Flag was also the recognized flag of the Democrat Party. In his '92 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton even had a Confederate Flag PIN as part of his campaign paraphernalia, and the flag is still flying over the Arkansas statehouse, on his order, when he was governor. I don't believe we should BAN the flying of that flag, although I think Americans in their right minds should not DISPLAY it, because of what it represents. We don't ban the display of the NAZI Flag or the ISIS flag, but the same thing applies to that. Those who DO fly the Nazi flag are signaling their “solidarity” with Naziism. There should not be a LAW against it, but the ostracization it brings to those who display it is usually enough, except for those sufficiently feeble-minded as to display the flag of our enemies. (Washington Post)

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