You're the one who was wearing confederate battle flag gear not long ago. Not me. Clearly there was a reason you chose to buy that gear, and you could see at the time that the flag is nuanced and means many different things to many people and is not like the Nazi flag, but now that you've all of a sudden decided that it's unacceptable, you sit on your high horse and assume things about the people who choose to associate with the flag, like you did. Should you be cancelled for wearing the flag in the past?
Yes, anti-black racists are more likely to fly the battle flag. Duh. I think we all know that. Republicans are more likely to fly the American flag, and therefore, anti-black racists associate themselves more with the American flag than any other group. This is true as well. This doesn't full stop make both of these flags racist by association. A lot of people fly both of those flags because they have pride in being a southerner, or an American. In any case, I think we have far more important things to focus on as a society than worrying about flags, and changing street names and school names. I'm not going to support any of this, because the woke will never be happy, like I showed you with that BLM article where they say they don't feel safe around anyone flying the American flag. Getting rid of flags really doesn't accomplish anything, because some people wake up just looking for things to get offended by, and they're going to find something to be offended by regardless.
I like to compare the battle flag to the Quran or the Bible. Some pretty nasty stuff in those books, right? Well, I'm perfectly fine with people carrying around those books too, and I'm going to treat them the same way I would the battle flag. As long as you're being peaceful, I'm not going to judge you for carrying around a book that talks about killing infidels and apostates, because I know that different Muslims have different views, and there are many softer Muslims or even progressive Muslims. Going by helios logic, I should just throw all of the Muslims in the basket of deplorables and say fuck them, right? That's not who I am. I refuse to take a big shit on Muslims because they carry around a Quran because they were brought up with it, just like I refuse to shit on all people who fly the battle flag, many of whom surely grew up seeing it as a symbol of southern pride.
Yes, anti-black racists are more likely to fly the battle flag. Duh. I think we all know that. Republicans are more likely to fly the American flag, and therefore, anti-black racists associate themselves more with the American flag than any other group. This is true as well. This doesn't full stop make both of these flags racist by association. A lot of people fly both of those flags because they have pride in being a southerner, or an American. In any case, I think we have far more important things to focus on as a society than worrying about flags, and changing street names and school names. I'm not going to support any of this, because the woke will never be happy, like I showed you with that BLM article where they say they don't feel safe around anyone flying the American flag. Getting rid of flags really doesn't accomplish anything, because some people wake up just looking for things to get offended by, and they're going to find something to be offended by regardless.
I like to compare the battle flag to the Quran or the Bible. Some pretty nasty stuff in those books, right? Well, I'm perfectly fine with people carrying around those books too, and I'm going to treat them the same way I would the battle flag. As long as you're being peaceful, I'm not going to judge you for carrying around a book that talks about killing infidels and apostates, because I know that different Muslims have different views, and there are many softer Muslims or even progressive Muslims. Going by helios logic, I should just throw all of the Muslims in the basket of deplorables and say fuck them, right? That's not who I am. I refuse to take a big shit on Muslims because they carry around a Quran because they were brought up with it, just like I refuse to shit on all people who fly the battle flag, many of whom surely grew up seeing it as a symbol of southern pride.
