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Many groups stood up in the 50s and 60s and declared that the Confederate battle flag was not a racist symbol. Not only the re-enactors and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, but quite a number of just ordinary folks. They were condemning the Klan at the same time. But that's all gone down the memory hole.

I think you should provide some documentation on that if you can.

There's a difference between going against the Klan, which took some courage indeed, and saying that the CBF didn't belong to them, and bucking the whole system of segregation in place at the time and arguing that the CBF shouldn't be identified with it.

In retrospect it's natural to assume that everyone who took on the Klan also rejected White supremacy or racism, but it's just not true.

Don't know about you, but I don't let the liberals and the haters drive my opinions.

Okay, but some people in favor of the flag do. It becomes a liberal vs. conservative issue and conservatives are expected to sign up with the Confederacy without really thinking things through.

I told you, I was there.

My father was part of the bi-racial religious action committee that kept the Klan and Stokely Carmichael out of Atlanta. He marched at Selma and fought against J.B. Stoner and other local Klan members. What I know is what I personally observed, and what he and his friends told me.

You can believe me or not, as you please.