Quote Originally Posted by bust View Post
Almost no one who hangs a confederate flag is only inadvertently supporting white supremacy. They're aware what message they're sending. Sure, they only fly it to celebrate "southern culture". Wink wink.

Maybe this analogy will help. A rainbow could just be a rainbow. But how many who hang a rainbow flag don't intend to communicate identification with or support of the gay community?

Everyone knows what it means.

Even if you don't know enough about the civil war. Or if you've been fooled by white supremacist revisionist history. Even if you're unaware that racist southern politicians like Strom Thurmond and George Wallace led the effort to bring back the confederate symbol and add it to state flags in protest of the civil rights movement... You know the confederate flag is a symbol of racism because of he overwhelming evidence racists use it as perhaps the most popular symbol of white supremacy.

And unlike the rainbow flag, which sends purely a positive message of inclusion, the confederate flag is not just a symbol of support and identification. It communicates a direct affront against a large part of our population.

Really, how many do you think do this innocently?
None.

Great Post with a excellent analogy.

Another would be nobody flys the nazi flag 'in support of their German heritage'. Everyone knows that flag is in support of hate, racial purity plus murder and genocide to achieve it.