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 @9F98SLY  from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Only people that have not read their state’s Articles of Secession would feel comfortable flying that flag. They have a misplaced loyalty to a treasonous cause, that has only been successfully propagated by intentional ignorance.

 @9FFKWKP from North Carolina  agreed…2yrs2Y

I agree! Most of the people who use it are using it to dog whistle their racism and use the "history" as a shield, without understanding the true history of the flag

 @9FFN8JB from North Carolina  disagreed…2yrs2Y

It’s loyalty to states rights and checking a runaway federal government, not loyalty to treasonous cause. The question is flawed.

 @9F8MGYB from Mississippi  disagreed…2yrs2Y

I do not have a counter argument because I do not argue with racists. I simply dismiss their ideas outright.

  @TheHillbillyLordRepublican from Maryland  disagreed…3mos3MO

Then you'll never "end racism" (even though there is no "racism" to end). In fact, the only racist thing is DEI. Displaying a flag isn't racist, but enacting programs that target specific races is racist.

  @@1876-Elbert from Colorado  disagreed…10mos10MO

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To all those who say no; y'all are forgetting that the North didn't oppose slavery until quite late in the war. It was not the plan to abolish it, just the CSA.

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