“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.
Ah yes, if someone disagrees with you they must be a liberal.
If you can’t understand that that flag can and has been used as a source of intimidation, you are even more simplistic than a liberal.
Not everyone uses the flag that way, but others have.
In the end, whether it be tomorrow or in 5 years, this will cease to be a topic of conversation.
Don’t worry. You’ll still be able to worship the flag. Just not in or outside government offices. In the end, economic factors win out.