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

[Rev. Rye]

Instead of calling it 'the Confederate Battle Flag', perhaps a campaign should be started to refer to it as 'the Battle Flag Of The Slaveholders' Rebellion'.  Calling it anything else is just putting lipstick on a pig.

Boru

Technically, it was the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. The closest thing the CSA used to the design we know and hate today was the Second Confederate Navy Jack; ironically, by the time the CSA adopted that navy jack, they stayed largely irrelevant except for their brief forays into submarine warfare (which you don't really use flags for).

The real Confederate Flag:



Granted, they did put the classic design on later flags, but they were just part of the canton in the corner of a flag that was otherwise all white except for a red stripe added for about a month near the end.



Doesn't look that inspiring, does it?