Does anyone really care about the confederate flag?

Yes.

I couldn't careless

Some people just might like to celebrate four years of hunger, famine, bloodshed, and defeat, you never know.

Yes, because I knew it wasn't going to stop at the Confederate flag. And here were are today where any statue memorializing America's history is fair game; just ask the statue of the Union soldiers in Minneapolis that was taken out today. They statue of Robert Gould Shaw was also vandalized last week, as was the World War 2 Memorial.

You think this is only about Confederate flags and statues....that's cute!

I mean i don't think you should ban a flag as a government.

if certain businesses and things are trying to not be associated with it well what do you expect. they want everyone as a patron. It's tough though for someone like NASCAR for examples core fanbase is probably not a big fan of this so they're risking spurning some of their most hardcore fans in order to potentially appeal to a wider audience.

we'll see if the decision pays off. If nothing else it was a reminder to me that NASCAR is still in action in an otherwise sportless world.

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I mean, the civil war was a long arse time ago

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The battle flag that is commonly called "The Confederate Flag," was barely flown during the CW. It didn't come into popularity until the federal government started enforcing desegregation, and it was nothing more than an intentional middle finger both to blacks and the government for forcing whites to integrate with them. It has exactly zero to do with "heritage."

It should be recognized as such and condemned as such. The 1st amendment stands, and anyone who wants to to may fly it. But it needs to be recognized that anyone who does is being an intentional a-hole.

Which is, of course, their right.

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I couldn’t care less, but why would a flag from 150 years ago

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Because it wasn't. It was during the late 50s-70s that the flag in question started being flown.

Well, there's like twenty five versions of the flag which one is it that bothers you most and why do the others not bother you?

Flags are symbols of identity. People can have many levels of identity. One level of identity for those that live in the South is "Southerner". There is still no other symbol that represents Dixie or the South than the Battle Flag.

My take on it is that either you don’t care about the flag and can honestly say it shouldn’t matter to people today what it stood for 150 years ago, or it means something to you because of southern pride or ancestors that fought in the war, etc.

However, if you ascribe to the latter, then you have to admit that just as much as it means to you for southern pride and/or your ancestry it could mean the same to a black person as far as being a symbol of their historical struggles 150 years ago/slavery.