60% of Americans don't know who the vice president is and you want me to believe the majority of people of any race, religion or creed can identify something that hasn't been in common use in a half century?

Just because black people know they are supposed to scream racism when they s much as hear a mention of the flag doesn't mean they know what it looks like.

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Posted by NC_Tigah

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Member since Sep 2003

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Posted on 2/19/14 at 8:55 pm to Roger Klarvin

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60% of Americans don't know who the vice president is and you want me to believe the majority of people of any race, religion or creed can identify something that hasn't been in common use in a half century?

I don't want you to believe anything. I want you to produce information that would indicate one of the three most offensive things to US blacks is not the Confederate Battle Flag.

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Posted by MrCarton

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Posted on 2/19/14 at 9:05 pm to Roger Klarvin

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60% of Americans don't know who the vice president is and you want me to believe the majority of people of any race, religion or creed can identify something that hasn't been in common use in a half century?

That flag has been used as a race baiting device for so long that I would be shocked if the vast majority of Americans don't instantly (and incorrectly) recognize it as a universal sign of racism and slavery.

You can put politics aside for this discussion. The fact is that people see that flag in a very negative light. This includes a large portion of "southerners".

I personally detest the glorification of the civil war, but I could care less who wants to brag about having a dead relative that participated in that completely avoidable travesty.

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