Have we talked about how this sudden removal of Confederate stuff is a ruse?

[King]

It blows my mind that once again we have a horrific mass shooting, and while the rest of the world shakes their head at us again because they already know exactly what the problem is, our own solution is... to take down some flags?

While it probably won't do much about gun violence, I think getting rid of Confederate culture in this country is still a good thing. We need to stop being nice to rednecks and their garbage. We never should've abandoned the tone of Reconstruction in the South.

It's sad that it took this event to spring this series of events, but I'm not disappointed that it's happening.

[King]

Other countries have faced similar dilemmas. Part of the reason the Dutch no longer use their historical blue-white-orange tricolor (their flag is red, white and blue) is that it became associated with Nazi collaborator groups during World War II.

Good post for the most part but I'm pretty sure the Dutch don't use orange on their flag because orange dye fades with sun exposure.