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Originally Posted by Absynthesis
the thoughts and feelings that symbols evoke can be a stickyt subject for debate... take the swasdika (murdered the spelling i'm sure) for example... an ancient symbol that appears across a few cultures with subtle variations in appearance and meaning... today the sybmol has come to represent specific ideas which most intelligent people find to be unsettling at best...
the rebel flag does the same thing... while it is a part of american heritage, and whatever its original intended meaning(s) it has come to represent specific ideas for certain groups of people... while it may be used for nostalgia or its historical context, many people are offended, angered, or even frightened at the sight of it
not sure what question you are asking here, but there are many ins and outs to this sort of thing but in my humble view any sybol taht comes to represent hatred is to be avoided in my life... regardless of it's origins or historical context
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But the flag was not made to represent hatred.