I tend to judge after I get to know people, but all I'm saying is for people that dont share your view of what it stands for, you cant be mad at them for thinking that way. If this is leading to the whole "it was a battleflag" thing, I mean you reacted to this with someone calling it the "Confederate flag" so... Its obviously more commonly known as a flag that represents the confederacy than whatever meaning you've attached to it. That is all I'm trying to say.

The flag has been used for a lot of things that represent pretty racist things, Dixiecrats primarily, but regardless, I get that people that use it more-often-than-not do not idolize any of the racists doings of the flag itself, but I feel thats kind of the problem. Why use a previously racist symbol? Why not change it?