Thread:Obi the LEGO Fan/@comment-25988337-20150704210626/@comment-4845243-20150704225403

Keplers wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote: Derpulse wrote: Obi the LEGO Fan wrote:

Legofrodo12 wrote: Hmm... Does anyone else find it interesting that a Rebel Flag (a common symbol in the southern states where Keplers and Mish live) is considered offensive enough to ban, but gay flags aren't? Not saying there's anything wrong with users having gay flags, just saying that a Rebel flag really isn't very different. Well, it's quite simple. A flag used by the KKK is a symbol of oppression (in this case racism and terrorism). Symbols of oppression are offensive and unacceptable. The pride flags, on the contrary, are symbols of solidarity for oppressed people. There is no comparison. Hey, the KKK has used the USA flag multiple times. I issue a formal request that all American flags are banned, as they're just as racist as the Confederate flag. Except

1) America abolished slavery, the Confederacy defended it

2) The American flag is not viewed as a symbol of racism by oppressed people

3) The American flag is not associated with slavery or KKK

4) The American revolution had certain key principles, like "all men are created equal" that are contradictory to slavery. When KKK uses the American flag, they are contradicting the original intent. When they use the Confederate flag they are not, as the Confederacy fought for the right to own slaves and many of them were slave owners themselves. That's not the reason the war happened... I am not and have not made any claims about why the war started.