Reply #4: The problem with that, IMHO, is

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that it would seem some here would attack the north and Lincoln as easily as the south on the whole war thing.

My wife loves reading about the civil war, watching videos on it, and so on. She respects both north and south for their efforts and battles. It was a terrible war with many dying on both sides for a variety of causes. It is worth noting, for trivia's sake perhaps, that civil war statues up here in the north face south, and vice versa.

Despite the politicians and the politics of that war many average people fought and died in it. Many did not go overboard in their politics, they just did what they were told to do - fight. It was a different time with different people, different lifestyles and beliefs, and so on.

The flag to her represents a side in a major historical time period, it reminds us of many things. One cannot help how another interprets a symbol. When she sees that flag it means something different than when someone else might see it.

Myself I would not mind having a nazi flag to sit around the house, my office perhaps. When someone asks why we could jump into history and discuss what it was, what it meant, and how we need to learn the lessons of history - and how we are on that path again. While it is something that screams evil it also is a part of our history and who we are as a people/race. It cannot and should not be forgotten.