All I can say , is if the Battle Flag is a racists flag,then there are more racists down here than you could shake a stick at..The only people I hear of having a problem with the flag live somewhere else or have moved in from somewhere else.,,,we do'nt pay them no mind,we're Southren..
Most, not all mind you, of the blacks down here don't like the Battle Flag. Just ask them. Honestly, because they all vote democrat, we tend to forget them, but some of us are working to wake up a few and hope they'll realize that the democrats are the folks that a) got them into the terrible straights they're all in, and b) take their votes for granted.
I tell my black friends that if you want free stuff, continue to vote dem cause the republicans aren't going to give it to you, but if you want to make something of yourself, and keep the money you earned, then you better well vote your pocketbook, that is republican. The dems might talk nice about you, but it's just talk. Come back to the party that stands for Freedom and Independence.
I've been making a lot of in roads with some blacks who've learned to think for themselves. But most of them hate the Confederate Battle Flag, which is a shame. But the Klan did use that flag to terrorize them back in the day. That was then and this is now, but that is the way they see it.
Darn tootin'!