Quote:The swastika was a symbol of good fortune in eastern religions for over 10,000 years.

I keep seeing this argument, but it's non-equivalent.  When you commit genocide under flag, the flag is permanently desecrated.

 

As I said in an earlier post, slavery is evil, but it's not genocide.  And while you were taught Southerners were fighting solely for slavery.  I wasn't.  Please forgive me if I believe what I was taught.  Stealing and murder are both sins, but will you really argue that one isn't worse than the other?

 

Regardless, my stance on Lee's flag rests on 2 foundations:

 

1. Free speech

 

2. Honoring the dead, even if it offends the living.

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