Backlash is no reason to buffer or end the decent against expressions of hate. There is some speech prohibited and considered criminal as well. If someone says, "I'm going to kill you." that is a place for prosecution. Women use words of hate to obtain restraining orders against those that threaten them. So, there is no absolute to what forms of hate can be a used. It is the emotional threat that matters. The confederate flag is a public display of hate. There is no history applied to it other than the civil war. It all belongs in a museum. History books need to be scrutinized as well.
The politics of hate is outrageous in the USA. It bring violence into our society and victimization. The politics of hate has to end. This is nonsense.
June 23, 2015
By Anna R. Schecter and Tracy Connor
As proposals to ban the Confederate flag (click here) gain momentum across the South in the wake of the Charleston church massacre, a civil-rights group is warning that white supremacists will try to exploit any backlash as a recruitment tool.
Officials at the Southern Poverty Law Center say fringe groups are framing the removal of the flag as "cultural genocide."
"There's no question that organized white supremacy right now is using the battle flag as a rallying cry for their views," said Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project director for the center.
Neo-Confederate and white-pride groups say the flag is a symbol of Southern heritage and a memorial to Civil War dead — not a symbol of the racist views of Dylann Roof, the white gunman who killed nine black church members last week...
The politics of hate is outrageous in the USA. It bring violence into our society and victimization. The politics of hate has to end. This is nonsense.
June 23, 2015
By Anna R. Schecter and Tracy Connor
As proposals to ban the Confederate flag (click here) gain momentum across the South in the wake of the Charleston church massacre, a civil-rights group is warning that white supremacists will try to exploit any backlash as a recruitment tool.
Officials at the Southern Poverty Law Center say fringe groups are framing the removal of the flag as "cultural genocide."
"There's no question that organized white supremacy right now is using the battle flag as a rallying cry for their views," said Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project director for the center.
Neo-Confederate and white-pride groups say the flag is a symbol of Southern heritage and a memorial to Civil War dead — not a symbol of the racist views of Dylann Roof, the white gunman who killed nine black church members last week...
