While the swastika was a symbol of a government plan to exterminate a race of people -- and anyone else it found offensive -- the Confederate flag was not. Far from wishing to exterminate slaves, Southern states depended on them to a great extent. At that time, many Southerners felt a greater loyalty to states rather than to the Union, and they fought for their way of life and the right to self-government.
The Confederate flag is part of our history -- one symbol of a terrible and destructive war to preserve the Union and to free slaves. It is no more a symbol of hate than was the Union flag a symbol of hate. Being intimidated by one remark into taking down a flag is a pitiful example of the loss of freedom of speech now prevalent in this country.
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