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Well, the United States changed its ways it now stands for freedom of all people, as opposed to ur flag which represents hatred, racism, and slavery.

While I've already noted (and quoted this comment earlier) that the Confederate flag doesn't represent "hatred, racism and slavery" any more than the US flag does, let me ask a question.... What about African flags?

I've seen plenty of them, hanging from mirrors or put on liscense plates (for those of y'all confused at this point, a lot of southern states only demand one liscense plate, so a lot of people put something else--such as a rebel flag, or an African flag--in place of the front liscense-plate)--a green, yellow, and black flag that represents Africa. Many black people display this because they are proud of their heritage--and this is not only allowable, but very cool. But if, by your logic, a flag under which slavery took place represents slavery... then how much more so a flag under which is still takes place? Slavery is, in fact, the only African tradition which the United States has imported, has been part of its history for thousands of years; and the slaves brought to America were captured by Africans. You say that if the South had won you'd probably be a slave today? You'd be more likely to be a slave today if your ancestors had stayed in Africa.
Yes, but no racist group uses the African Flag to promote its version of racial superiority. The Nazi flag and the Battle Flag of the Confederacy (as I understand it, the "stars and bars" was the battle flag put in place because the Confederate soldiors were getting confused and leaving with Union units) are both currently used by racist groups as a symbol of their goals. The KKK uses the "stars and bars" flag all the time. The neo-Nazis use the swastika flag the same way. If neither flag was used by these groups right now, then they wouldn't be considered racist. They'd be historical flags hanging in museums. Really the political flag of the confederacy has no racist connotation at all because no racist group has ever organized itself under the political flag of the CSA, just the battle flag.