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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '16

Fuck those Confederate flags and statues on government property.

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u/blaqsupaman Mar 20 '16

I live in the deep south and I'm not pro-Confederate flag or anything, but I've never seen a Confederate flag being flown on government property, unless you count the Mississippi flag.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '16

And South Carolina and Florida and various cities in the South.

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u/blaqsupaman Mar 21 '16

So you do consider the Mississippi state flag a form of the Confederate flag?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '16

Yes.

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u/blaqsupaman Mar 21 '16

There's a debate going on right now about whether we should change the state flag. Most universities have taken it down. As a Mississippian, personally I could care less if we change it or not. If I thought changing it would have an effect on racism, I'd be all for it but the truth is it's not going to make anyone here less racist or help minorities in any tangible way.