Of course it is their Constitutional privilege. Does that make it right?
If Georgia wants to put a swastika on their flagpole, they could, but it would be the wrong thing to do.
No, the Confederate flag isn’t the equivalent of the swastika, but like it or not, it has been used by many as a means of hatred.
What is the argument to keep it flying on government property?
In the end, the members of government will vote and everyone will have to respect that decision no matter how it turns out.
On a personal note:
I was the first white to be invited to join an all black golf club. I accepted.
A group of 40 of us flew to South Carolina for a weekend of golf. Twice that weekend, trucks with Confederate flags drove by and taunted our group. They were s cumbags trying to use the flag as intimidation.
That was almost 20 years ago and it was when I realized it was time to take the flag down.
“If Georgia wants to put a swastika on their flagpole, they could, but it would be the wrong thing to do.”
Typical liberal BS rationalizing we use to hear during discussions in college, implying that evil darkens the soul of the great unwashed. In case you don’t know, the swastika is not an American icon.
“They were scumbags trying to use the flag as intimidation.”
No, they were scumbags using themselves to intimidate. I have seen pictures of the KKK in parade, using only the American flag. How does that differ from your experience? Did that parade morph the American flag into something evil?
It would be impossible for me to express my contempt for people who are so easily and mindlessly stampeded into a self-righteous frenzy about a flag that, until only recently, would not even cause anyone to raise an eyebrow. Remember the Dukes of Hazard? An aircraft carrier once had that symbol as its flag, it was so benign. Getting rid of the Confederate flag will not amount to a fart in a hurricane. Liberals and the self-righteous will very quickly start sniffing around to find something else, some part of OUR American heritage, to smear, besmirch, and to expunge in order to erase OUR American identity.