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since the "don't tread on me" flag was once considered by the Continental Congress to be the flag of the USA, I do not see how it can be considered racist.
Seems to me that if someone makes a complaint, then they have to investigate it.
Meaning I'm not going to lose any sleep over one loser filing a report.
You would think someone with some common sense would be able to determine when the cost to "investigate" a frivolous claim is just not in the organizations best interests.
That flag represents individual freedom for all and that includes the person who complained. Isn't the idea of fighting oppression - "don't tread on me"? The flag represents not being oppressed, maybe complainer should rethink and fly that flag himself.
Although I will be the first to admit that blacks have MANY legitimate gripes and many of their ancestors were seriously abused by some whites and by the U.S. government, this is just too much!
Someone in an earlier post said that people could even complain about the U.S. flag, the "Stars and Stripes", and I actually found myself thinking that a case could be made as that is the symbol of the U.S. since 1777, when slavery was very much in existence and condoned by many of our first presidents.
But if that comes to pass, where would this end?! If the U.S. flag is changed, could people then even be prohibited from wearing any red, white and blue clothing (even just as a color combination) because that might offend some people by causing them to think that the person wearing those clothes was actually -- gasp! -- patriotic and "proud to be an American"? This might seem to be absolutely ridiculous, but I never would have predicted even ten years ago all the things people are now taking offense at now.
And, no, I am not patriotic at all -- but I do strongly believe in the First Amendment, and I think that no one should be able to prevent someone from displaying a U.S. flag any more than I think someone should be prohibited from displaying an Iranian flag or an old Black Panthers poster.
Freedom of Speech and Expression should apply to ALL things and to ALL people, equally, with very few exceptions (such as the often used example of crying "Fire!" in a crowded theater and speech that indisputably tries to incite hate-filled violence).
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