Board Thread:Community Discussions/@comment-5052737-20150705194317/@comment-4845243-20150705194915

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Rationale: The flag represents the Confederacy (duh) as well as terrorist groups like the KKK, who are pro-confederacy and engage/have engaged in racially motivated terrorism. Using a symbol that has become charged with racist overtones is completely unacceptable for our wiki.

In my decision I would like to cite this statement, left by User:ToneTyphoon on my wall, which I think sums up the problem with the Confederate flag:

ToneTyphoon wrote: You guys are even more ignorant for not being conscientious of the connotations this flag carries with it now. What you're doing is like posting a picture of the Twin Towers with a plane flying past them. Technically innocent, but the actual events surrounding it make it a controversial issue. Your obstinance is merely further cementing your reputations of being people who can't let things go.It's so simple to see. '''People remember that flag as the flag the South flew during the Civil War, and they remember that they were for slavery. If you fly that flag, that's going to be projected onto you whether you want it to be or not.''' You are powerless to change that. Move on and get over it.

For most Americans in the North and West, and for most of the rest of the world besides the South, the Confederacy is associated with slavery and people who support the Confederacy are thus easily construed as people who support slavery. Attach this to the fact that it is now a symbol of white supremacy, racism, and terrorism via the KKK, and supporting this symbol is quite problematic.