I don't own a flag, nor do I know anyone that does. Only flags I've ever held are of my state and country. But I was explaining that when I'm driving through Texas and I see a confederate flag, I know of its double meaning. I'm sure the person has no ill will towards someone of color, but I know that those who do are usually waving that flag or the Nazi flag.

Being considerate of how someone contrives feelings from a symbol that I hold dear should not illicit a violent reaction. Seeing a symbol you disagree with should not "hurt your feelings." I understand the history of blacks and their history in the United States. But where does that stop? Slavery has not been an institution in this country for over 100 years. If you argue that we should never forget and that we should always cater to them, then you should also cater to the whites that were stolen from Europe by Muslim slavers during the Barbary Slave trade (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_slave_trade). At some point or another, someone has been subjugated or enslaved. And for most of the modern world, we have moved past that. Unfortunately blacks were the last people to have been slaves in a western power.

Wearing a sports jersey of an opposing team in another city has been reason enough to start a fight over a symbol that doesn't even have a deep cultural meaning (though now that I think about it, that may be debatable). Other symbols are more meaningful to their heritage. My family came to the southern U.S. after the civil war. But we still consider ourselves apart of its culture.