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Seems weird to die on this hill because a handful of black folks might be flying it for clearly different reasons than the white folks who claim "muh heritage" but you do you. I've got underwear that has lasted longer than the confederacy did, and as pointed out by OP, the Nazis lasted longer and did more, but no one tries to pass off flying their flag as heritage.
Edit - also stealing this quote from ZombiePirate:
-Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederate States of America
There's only one "heritage" associated with the confederacy by anyone not in denial, and that's it.
Do you also have a list of good reasons why it should be OK for you to say the N word in different contexts?
Hm... check this out: https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/photos-they-black-and-they-proud-the-confederate-flag/by06A6ywMrqi7mYP9A1jmO/
Appears to be heritage. Part of their history.
Just to be clear, I'm not "for or against" the Confederate flag. My ancestors came to the U.S. way after the civil war. Like mid 1900s..
I just wanted to point out that the Confederate flag is not exclusive to White segregationists... that there's Black men and women who also value that flag.
That's it, nothing else.
Pointing out a vanishingly small exception isn't really doing anything except being contrarian.
I'm just trying to show the whole picture. Not the 4:3 but the 16:9.
Homie, you've added a single pixel to a 4k image.
Ohh... I like that. Take my upvote.
OK.