re: Uh oh, some people in Georgia are offended over a license plate

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I live in the south and can honestly say I see it maybe once a month. It certainly never makes it onto TV.

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I have seen it less and less as the years have gone on. I had one as a kid, most of my buddies did as well. For us it was more a southern pride or cultural symbol. I never even thought about black people when I saw one. Once I left the south, I saw how non-southerners really felt about These days I rarely see them. I still hear talk about it, and it is almost always negative. Associated with slavery of course.

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I can easily see how most people outside of the south could go their whole lives without seeing it. Just because people know about it doesn't mean they recognize it, anymore than most people could recognize the Greek flag.

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Well I disagree here. It is still taught in schools to be a symbol of slavery and oppression. Many schools these days prohibit it to be displayed on clothes and on vehicles, even those schools outside of the traditional south. I am not aware of any polls that cite how recognizable it is, but I would guess it is much higher than 60% in most parts of the country.