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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 2292533, member: 301&quot;]You&#039;re in the stadium, but wrong section...</p><p><br /></p><p>The flag is a symbol.</p><p>I don&#039;t cotton to flag burning , or flag on table burning, as it congers up images of racist hatred, usually by folks NOT from the USA.</p><p>I recently heard that Nascar .... a strong American cultural symbol has asked folks to no longer display the Confederate Flag at any of their events.</p><p>I suspect that Terry does not like that idea.....&amp; for my own reasons , neither do I.</p><p>I also do not think tearing down statues , is the right way to move forward, in a non divisive healing manner.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t get folks to like or respect you by attacking their beliefs, assaulting their history &amp; eradicating their cultural symbols.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we&#039;re all going to live together.....we have to understand and respect each other, now &amp; in the future.......... but I fully understand that for many folks...that may be too much to ask !</p><p><br /></p><p>I was taught to hate Nazi&#039;s....fear Muslim Arabs, and distrust Moroccan Jewish men.............so ya....I guess I&#039;m a racist.</p><p>I was also taught to do unto others as I would have them do unto me.....&amp; love my fellow man &amp; woman.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a constant reminder to be a better man....&amp; it&#039;s a struggle ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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