The Union did not give birth to night riders who terrorized blacks under the flag in the latter part of the 19th century and then again in the mid 20th century.
And, if I were black and looked at the overall history of America's treatment of my ancestors I might very well harbor a corner of resentment toward both flags. There are lots of black Americans who do.
What seems to me to be inescapable and irreconcilable in this flag issue is that there are two opposing views as to what the flag means and both views are legitimate and understandable. It further seems to me that there are those on both sides who use the flag to antagonize. These people (whom I see as the NAACP boycott types and the all yankees are dirt and can go to hell types) accomplish nothing but the deeper entrenchment of the other side and the loss of goodwill from those of us with nothing at stake.
The gulf between die hard folks on the opposite sides will not be bridged anytime soon, if ever.
Now I can sit back and wait for my words to be twisted and intentionally misinterpreted. To those who will try to tell me what I must really mean, let me say now that you're wrong and I will not bother to reply.