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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by gamblor956 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:25PM (#23717613)
The Confederate battle flag has been around for 150+ years. It was, from the very beginning, a symbol of treason, of racism, of owning other people as property, of being allowed to rape and murder other humans without consequence.

Those who want to "celebrate" their Southern "heritage" have plenty of symbols and flags to choose from that don't have inherently racist and treasonous implications.

Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by profgerm on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:19PM (#23719618)
> Those who want to "celebrate" their Southern "heritage" have plenty of symbols and flags to choose from that don't have inherently racist and treasonous implications.

Such as? What are those examples?

Is there a reason you feel the need to put scare quotes on celebrate and Southern heritage? Are they not allowed to have a heritage?

I don’t want to defend the flag, because the Confederacy was a monstrosity. But I also don’t like seeing people that have never met a Southerner in their lives (not necessarily you specifically, but certainly most people attacking it) thinking they know all about it and all about the people that fly it.

There are ample numbers- by no means a majority, but certainly a large number- of Black people that use the flag because, whatever its flaws and whatever evils committed under it, that flag is the most popular symbol of Southern culture- their culture.

That’s another factor; most people insulting the South don’t realize just how much of their attacks land on Black people themselves.

Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by BEEdwards on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:55PM (#23717959)
That 5 years of traitorous heritage, it's very telling that's the part of their culture they want to focus on...