Confederate Flag

[loetar44]

This is a sensitive topic. From a totally different order, but the Nazi flag is banned here, as in Germany, and that is in my opinion a right step! I know that there are people who believe that to ignore the Nazi flag (and the manifestation of Nazi symbols) is better than suppressing them. But by ignoring you also ignore the evil philosophy. There will always be (a few) people who will use the flag (and symbols) to provoke racial unrest on the streets or to deeply offend people of Jewish extraction and religion. We must not tolerate that. I see a parallel with the Confederate flag and the African American. I agree with Mitt Romney who stated that the Confederate flag was "a symbol of racial hatred". I agree with President Obama who said that the Confederate flag "belongs in a museum." You can’t deny that for the African American the flag is the symbol of centuries of slavery, lynching and racial prejudice.