the flag is like bike lanes... removing the flag is only part of the issue... putting in bike lanes is just part of the solution... in the end... we need to revise how people think

it seems like it is widely believed that the Confederate Flag represents HATE and RACISM

if so... I fully agree with the removal of this flag from government buildings and from state flags

but really

we do not need to remove the flag

we really need to remove the ignorance that perpetuates hate and racism

remove all the flags you want

there will still be hate and racism

just like putting in bike lanes

it is the mind state of the drivers that needs to change

not the infrastructure

sure... entirely unrelated tangents

yet somehow I try to connect those dots

how do we change the ignorance of people?

that is the change we need