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Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX
Can't have your cake and eat it to. Either we have free speech or we don't
Can't regulate away everything somebody dislikes.
I don't see anybody criticizing the Black Panther's flag and what it means,.... How about ISIS,... How about the LGBT flag,... and so on, there will always be somebody not liking it.
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The right to free speech is a right of the citizens of the USA. The state government is an entity, not a person. No one is saying you can't display the Confederate flag. The issue is whether the state government should be flying it. In reality, the government should follow the direction of the people. (even though that doesn't always happen) We have reached the point where enough of the people find it offensive, and it should be taken down.
I'll be the first one to agree that the fact that the Confederate flag has reached this kind of symbolism is kind of stupid. But it is what it is. I wish every person in America could go to school and get a great education and be full contributors to society. That would help race relations a lot. But that too, is just too much pie in the sky thinking.
-Curt
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