The confederate flag in the Capitol

[lost in space]

Now that I've looked around some more, I see that actually, there was an alarming presence of racist symbols.

[deckeda]

Whether or not the pseudo Confederate flags on display were historically accurate wildly misses the point; they still remind you of the Confederacy and that is what symbolism is all about. Why was there an Indian flag there? Is this supposed to make sense, beyond illustrating the mankind will always want attention for whatever reason?

lost in space wrote:
Regarding the confederate flag having been carried through the Capitol building during the insurrection in DC, I have a problem with the significance given that gesture. The press and others have taken it to mean it represents a turning point against our efforts over the last 50 years to bury racism. But as far as I can tell, its appearance at the insurrection was because some single racist halfwit thought it would be a cool thing to do, not as a representation of the insurrection as a whole. Am I wrong here?

As a whole? Of course not. As this thread illustrates, radicalism rarely is unified the farther into the rabbit holes you go. The best-organized things are always some sort of compromise. And there were several U.S. flags flown there, proving yet again many have no clue what it is and what it is not.

[Don C]

Lots of "Christian" flags and signs too. I was switching between CNN and MSNBC in the evening and a guy with an orange flag with the word "JESUS" was parading in front of the cameras.
one news story

[Sarcany]

sekker wrote:
That photo with this flag really bothered my wife.

I suppose I've grown used to the confederate flags all over the place. That didn't shock me.

I was shocked by the number of people wearing Nazi paraphernalia and "Six Million Weren’t Enough” shirts and covered in swastika tattoos standing right next to people waving American flags.

[Lemon Drop]

The common thread was Christian nationalism/white supremacy. The group that tried to kidnap gov whitmer was there, and they are linked to Timothy McVeigh's group amd ideology.

This is the culmination of 20 years of ignoring our right wing domestic terror problem. They were a contingent in search of a general and they found him in Donald j trump.

[gabester]

Lemon Drop wrote:
This is the culmination of 20 years of ignoring our right wing domestic terror problem. They were a contingent in search of a general and they found him in Donald j trump.

It bears repeating, that's a guy who's said on more than one occasion that "I am the least racist person in the room." - which of course is a sure sign he is far from it... So it can reasonably be presumed that anyone flying his flag is flying a racist symbol as well.

[rjmacs]

Sarcany wrote:
[quote=sekker]
That photo with this flag really bothered my wife.

I suppose I've grown used to the confederate flags all over the place. That didn't shock me.

I was shocked by the number of people wearing Nazi paraphernalia and "Six Million Weren’t Enough” shirts and covered in swastika tattoos standing right next to people waving American flags.
This could reflect something about how the confederate flag appears to you vs. other symbols, too. Nazi paraphernalia and messages strike a stronger chord with some folks, and would be hard to get "used to" no matter how common they were.