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[Ziggy and Angelbaby]

If people say you can wave a confederate flag because it's your "heritage", does that mean I can wave a Nazi flag and yell "HEIL HITLER" if I'm German?

My heritage is German, and I've made similar comments before (specifically about the swastika) while discussing the confederate flag. Obviously I haven't the slightest interest in glorifying Hitler, supreme historical fuckhead that he was, in any way, shape, or form. I just like to point out that I have the good sense and capacity for empathy (to say nothing of decency and compassion) that generally prevent me from doing stupid, insensitive shit like that.

I've said, repeatedly, that southerners need to find something else from which to derive pride. They stubbornly cling to a symbol that is inextricably associated with slavery and racism. And nobody better give me a history lesson; it doesn't matter. Perception holds the greater influence nowadays, and the association is a deep-seated one. Hell, members of the KKK wave the damned thing. I think they've figured it out, and they're bigoted morons.