Reply #211: This is totally different than wanting to take "God" out of the "Pledge."

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Those poor Southerners who can't promote their racism freely don't get much sympathy from me.

I was one of those Dean supporters who agreed with him when he said to court guys with Confederate flags on their pick-ups. But I don't deny the racist connotations behind the Confederate flag.

I live in Richmond, Virginia, the ex-capital of the Confederacy. So I have a deep-running problem with that flag. Try walking down the street with your African-American girlfriend when the Sons of the Confederate Veterans are marching outside your house. That provides a little perspective.

I don't agree (or care) that it's a "win or lose" issue for the Democrats. I could care less. The Confederate flag is a racist symbol, period. Why get behind that? This girl, regardless of the probably tiny black population at her school, is trying to instigate problems. Fuck her, and fuck the Confederate flag. I could care less if this wins elections. Racists should not be accomodated, regardless of whether this keeps us out of the White House.