There are those that don't want to be denied their place in history, but yet, the Confederate Battle Flag is a part of our history that we should never forget. We shouldn't use it as a crutch to say how bad this person is or that, but look at it for the pain and suffering it caused on both sides. I may not be black and you can say I don't understand, but all that is in the past. Unfortunately there are still those pinheads, black and white, that can't get past the racial thing or want to use the past as an excuse for their failures. It is just a flag, a ghost of the past, it can beckon you as a reminder of our failings as a nation, or trap you in the hostility of the past. It is just a piece of cloth that had meaning in our dark past, but now...it is just a piece of cloth to remind us...just like a photograph of the relative we aren't real proud of.
