[TomOnTheRun]

Not an answer to my question.

You're quite right. Sorry. I thought the fact that you felt provoked was the most important part.

To answer you question ... I asked because I feel that it IS provocative to fly that flag. It was a battle standard for a confederacy that was conquored in war. A war that was - not entirely - in some measure waged over controversial issues like human and civil rights for all. It is & should be a provocative act to fly that flag.

Mind you - I don't think that means that people shouldn't fly it - but when they do they should be fully aware that it is and should be considered provocative. If people think about it before they do it they are less likely to do it in silly/thoughtless ways that can do damage to a movement wider than that individual. We should all do what we think is wise but we should be fully aware of what we are doing. =)

[jessduntno]

“I asked because I feel that it IS provocative to fly that flag. It was a battle standard for a confederacy that was conquored in war. A war that was - not entirely - in some measure waged over controversial issues like human and civil rights for all. It is & should be a provocative act to fly that flag.
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We should all do what we think is wise but we should be fully aware of what we are doing. =)”

Ohhhhhhhhhhh...a moral compass...goody...gee, you know ALL of your posts center on the moral compass motif of the left...