A conversation about the Confederate flag...

[yellowcanine]

128. Well, it is the Cross of St. Andrew, or the flag of Scotland or even a multiplication symbol until

one adds the stars to it and uses a specific color scheme - and then it becomes something else, doesn't it?
And an omelette is just broken eggs.

What you are doing here is quibbling. See my other posts - the Confederate Battle Flag is the one symbol which has consistently been associated with Jim Crow segregation and racism since the 1890s and up to the 1960s Civil Rights struggles and forward to white supremacist groups today. States adopted this symbol as a way to officially bless massive resistance to school desegregation and efforts to end Jim Crow laws. People can fool themselves and "reinterpret" it any way they want but that fact doesn't change. This is a good example of rationalization and in many cases "aggressive ignorance" - people choose not to know or find out the origins of this symbol. To paraphrase, "ignorance of the racist origins of the Confederate Battle Flag is no excuse." You can redefine or reinterpret or choose not to know all kinds of offensive things - that doesn't make them any less offensive to the group being offended. By your reasoning it is okay to for the Washington NFL team to be called the "Redskins" because this term has taken on a new meaning in today's society. Yes, it certainly has taken on a new meaning but no it still isn't okay even if there are Native Americans who say they are not offended - it was used as a derogatory term against a whole group of people so that makes it not okay now, even if Mr. Dan Snyder chooses to keep his head in the sand about it. And even more so with a symbol like the Confederate Battle Flag, which is still used as a racist symbol by too many people and many African Americans find very offensive and for good reason.

Cross of St. Andrew - Flag of Scotland Cross of St. Andrew - Confederate Battle Flag