Whatever is the most convenient opponent they wish to remove.
I have no dog in the hunt: two ancestors fought for the north in the war, one from AR and one from PA; another ancestor was a slave owner in SC before the war, and I'm glad he lost.
But the issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.
We see the process yet again. An event occurs for which the overwhelming majority of people have no responsibility. I had nothing to do with Dylann Roof becoming who he became, I had nothing against AME churches in Charleston (we disagree on political issues, but not on theological ones), I have never flown a Stars and Bars, I have never supported slavery, and I'm glad the middle of North America is one nation under God rather than two or three or ten, like practically everywhere else in the world.
But the minute the massacre occurred and became news, the main goal of all the MSM and all the Democrats was to impute guilt upon every non-black American for the actions of Dylann Roof. This time, that failed in general, for three reasons: 1) we've been through this before (Sandy Hook, Aurora, Fort Hood) and it wasn't our fault then either, 2) Dylann was an evident nutcase on tons of medication he didn't need, and 3) those closest to the victims called for Christian forgiveness and healing rather than socialist revenge and revolution.
So within 48 hours, feeling the necessity of getting something out of the crisis, the MSM and Dems pivoted to plan B. OK, they half-admitted, Dylann Roof really wasn't your fault, but [squirrel!] look at that flag he's holding, you really don't want to be guilt-by-association-ed with THAT, do you? Well, do you? (whisper "you're a racist if you do") WELL, DO YOU?
At which point the politicians, who know there isn't any re-election support in standing on the principle of freedom of expression, and the corporations, who know there isn't any marketing support in standing on the principle of freedom of expression, both cave. So Wal-Mart gets a day of free publicity, and Nikki Haley gets a day of free publicity, and everyone else, well, you REALLY don't want to be associated with Dylann Roof and racist murderers, DO YOU?, and that's the end of the Stars and Bars.
Remember, I have no dog in this hunt. But to misquote Niemuller, first they came for the Confederates...
This will not mean the ‘end of the Stars and Bars’
In all likelihood, it will be a huge business opportunity for some people.
You may see them more now than ever......................
This is exactly the point that some people on this site are too dumb to grasp.
Before Hitler's pogroms against the Jews, first there was a whispering campaign against them.
This is how Nazism began in Germany.