I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag

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I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag

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RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag

May 16, 2017 at 9:03 pm

Btw, saying, 'oh the problem of symbols with horrible historical meanings exists in other places' is not an excuse to let the one we are discssing to continue outside of museums and history books.
Come on people, you should know better than that basic fallacy.

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I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by NuclearEnergy - May 15, 2017 at 8:50 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Silver - May 15, 2017 at 9:42 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Chad32 - May 15, 2017 at 9:55 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by vorlon13 - May 15, 2017 at 9:57 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 1:40 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Seraphina - May 16, 2017 at 1:46 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 15, 2017 at 10:13 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 15, 2017 at 11:34 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 16, 2017 at 1:33 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 16, 2017 at 4:04 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 16, 2017 at 10:44 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Neo-Scholastic - May 16, 2017 at 2:18 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Jackalope - May 16, 2017 at 2:28 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Pat Mustard - May 17, 2017 at 4:06 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by CapnAwesome - May 16, 2017 at 2:43 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by J a c k - May 16, 2017 at 2:47 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by CapnAwesome - May 16, 2017 at 3:01 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by mlmooney89 - May 16, 2017 at 3:42 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by J a c k - May 16, 2017 at 5:29 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 16, 2017 at 5:51 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 3:46 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 16, 2017 at 5:02 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 5:03 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 5:39 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Jackalope - May 16, 2017 at 5:44 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 6:58 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 7:34 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 7:46 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 7:52 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Silver - May 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 16, 2017 at 5:50 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by mlmooney89 - May 16, 2017 at 3:48 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Jackalope - May 16, 2017 at 5:57 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 16, 2017 at 6:20 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Silver - May 16, 2017 at 6:21 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 6:27 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 16, 2017 at 6:57 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 16, 2017 at 4:56 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 4:57 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 16, 2017 at 5:26 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 16, 2017 at 6:01 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Jackalope - May 16, 2017 at 6:08 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 16, 2017 at 6:27 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 16, 2017 at 7:28 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 16, 2017 at 8:19 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 16, 2017 at 8:48 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2017 at 6:37 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 16, 2017 at 6:43 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by mlmooney89 - May 16, 2017 at 6:56 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 16, 2017 at 7:10 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 16, 2017 at 7:12 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 16, 2017 at 7:44 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 16, 2017 at 8:01 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 16, 2017 at 8:16 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by henryp - May 17, 2017 at 9:45 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 17, 2017 at 10:01 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 17, 2017 at 1:07 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 17, 2017 at 3:25 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 17, 2017 at 8:27 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Aroura - May 16, 2017 at 9:03 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by paulpablo - May 17, 2017 at 12:36 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 17, 2017 at 8:31 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by mlmooney89 - May 17, 2017 at 9:06 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2017 at 11:13 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 17, 2017 at 12:04 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2017 at 12:06 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 17, 2017 at 12:43 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by mlmooney89 - May 17, 2017 at 12:45 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Crunchy - May 17, 2017 at 7:14 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Minimalist - May 17, 2017 at 6:29 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 17, 2017 at 6:39 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2017 at 6:41 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 17, 2017 at 6:48 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2017 at 7:04 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 17, 2017 at 7:17 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 17, 2017 at 7:32 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Catholic_Lady - May 17, 2017 at 11:13 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Rev. Rye - May 18, 2017 at 12:23 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Amarok - May 18, 2017 at 1:21 am

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by Gawdzilla Sama - May 17, 2017 at 8:10 pm

RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag - by The Grand Nudger - May 17, 2017 at 7:34 pm

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