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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