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    Mortal DictataYesha
    9/08/17 9:06am

    “I wish it would’ve never gotten to that and I’m sorry people took it as racism,”

    Yes how could a Battle Flag for a cause defined as “yay slavery of Blacks” be taken as racism.

    This level of raw stupidity just hurts the mind.

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      Creflow DollarsMortal Dictata
      9/08/17 9:18am

      This isnt stupidity, they know good and goddamn well what it means

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      Mortal DictataCreflow Dollars
      9/08/17 9:22am

      Having seen what passes for education in the US I think it’s 50/50 between stupidity-related racism and intentional racism.

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    A Drop of Hell, A Touch of StrangeYesha
    9/08/17 11:14am

    This must have only recently become an issue in the Midwest. Those kids never rocked the Stars and Bars before Trump. I live in the Deep South and Confederate symbols were banned at our schools more than twenty years ago. Because the administrators were thoughtful, progressive and tolerant? Of course not! Most of them loved that bullshit! It was the daily fights and occasional near-riots that forced their hand. Which, for a time, led to the bizarre situation where a flag that flew on the dome of the Statehouse was banned in all schools in the state. Possibly because Superintendent of Education is the only state office usually held by a Democrat. It’s sad to see schools working their way through this still. They should have known better back then and they definitely should have known better today.

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      yesA Drop of Hell, A Touch of Strange
      9/08/17 12:03pm

      They may be appearing more now, but I’m from Indiana and I definitely grew up seeing Confederate flags and bumper stickers. They weren’t exactly mainstream, but I would say they were displayed by at least a non-negligible subculture. And at least in my education, I was taught more of a “States Rights” perspective than a “Holy fuck, they OWNED HUMAN BEINGS and did not want to stop” perspective, and I think that’s pretty common in the Midwest. If that’s the perspective that you’re hearing, you’re less likely to push back. Now that it’s a little harder the inconvenient truth that “Holy fuck, not only did they own human beings, not only did they not want to stop, not only did they rule by terror for a century afterwards, but the results of this are still playing out violently,” you’re going to get more disruption.

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      Jane ErrorA Drop of Hell, A Touch of Strange
      9/08/17 12:36pm

      In Oklahoma, there were Confederate symbols all over the place when I was in school in the 1980s and 1990s. I’m guessing it’s less of an issue to administrators when there are fewer black students.

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    dudebraYesha
    9/08/17 9:25am

    If racists can’t find remorse or seek forgiveness they have to be disciplined and shamed. Their flags should only be looked on with fear and disgust and not allowed in the public sphere as the false symbols of their degenerate and hateful pride.

    Keep them in books and museums where they can be used to illustrate what needs to be changed about the worst of human nature.

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    JonsLegionYesha
    9/08/17 10:09am

    Good.

    That shit should be reviled and shit on at every possible opportunity.

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    Surprise PumaYesha
    9/08/17 10:03am

    I was happy to read the headline, then disappointed to read the rationale. If they’re only banning it because of the disruption, its not going to be long before they start banning things that are legitimately about free speech and protest.

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      TzaSurprise Puma
      9/08/17 10:20am

      They already do that. I’m just happy to see it going towards something legit hateful instead of a LGBT Pride T-shirt like it usually does.

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      Surprise PumaTza
      9/08/17 10:33am

      Sure, that’s clearly a thing that’s way too common. I was referring to this school in specific though, rather than the “they” in a general sense. I had a moment of thinking that one specific school might be really standing up for something, but their rationale makes me think they’re just playing it safe and trying to stay out of things. I should know not to get my hopes too far up that a bureaucracy would take a righteous stand.

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    jccalhounYesha
    9/08/17 12:41pm

    I’m born and raised in Indiana and have never understood why people here will wear or fly Confederate flag stuff. Indiana fought against the confederacy you dumbass racists. Those traitorous assholes killed people from Indiana.

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    IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnerYesha
    9/08/17 9:28am

    C’mon, man. This only requires a tiny bit of additional thought—the Klan, neo-Nazi, and general White Power groups prominently use this flag as part of their identity, and if you just can’t see it as a symbol of racism, you’re either not willing to, or you’re so mind-bogglingly stupid, you probably need constant reminders to handle higher-order processes like ‘blinking’ and ‘breathing’.

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