confederate flag, n.Definitions

The Confederate flag is racism disguised as patriotism

The Confederate flag originally represented a new nation founded on reverence for slavery.

The Confederate flag is a reminder of a sacrifice on behalf of state sovereignty and not merely to defend slavery (as most of those who fought and died for the Confederacy did not hold slaves).

The Confederate flag was utilized by Southern Democrats as a symbol of resistance to federal desegregation during the Jim Crow era.

The Confederate flag is a symbol of Southern military heritage, given that the South has always been overrepresented in terms of its military service in the United States.

The Confederate flag is a thing which, when seen flapping from the rear of a pickup truck, hardly invites any association with courtesy, gentility, chivalry, and hospitality.

The Confederate flag is not just unpurged and unwashed... it is quite deliberately flaunted by those who still think that the vilest aspects of the old 'way of life' are the ones to be cherished.

The Confederate flag is, in part, justifiable as a reminder to those who look upon it that evil and good live together in every human heart.