"It's not the flag of the Confederacy! It was just the flag of their army!"
Okay, so what? God, this is such a stupid argument.
OK, here's your choice: The Confederate flag stays at all monuments to the Confederate dead and at Confederate cemeteries. In return, voter ID laws are eliminated and the Voting Rights Act is reinstated. Is that a fair deal? Does such a deal actually advance REAL civil rights?
I know that this is hypothetical, but I do think priorities are a big out of whack here. Frankly, I view giving up the Confederate flag as a poor consolation prize for losing the Voting Rights Act and the imposition of Voter ID laws (the new poll tax).
This is an even dumber argument.
"Hey, getting hit in the nuts is actually good because if you could get a million dollars for getting hit in the nuts, you would take it"
No one is proposing your hypothetical trade, nor will they.
