I agree with the tenor that visiting the sins of the parents upon the children is not exactly fair. Not only have I not oppressed anyone, but some of the people complaining about historical oppression aren't being oppressed themselves... And I'm a big fan of history, and maintaining historical what-have-you's, but the crux here to me is that the symbol so opposed wasn't historically part of the flag, it was added in the 50's as a F*** You to the civil rights movement. And while I don't think that the civil rights wars have been won, there comes a time to Just Grow Up. Taking that off the flag now would come under that heading, to me.

But I'm not black, and my ancestors were either Quakers who wouldn't own slaves, or Jews who were having their own troubles and weren't oppressing blacks either. So some would say I have no right to this opinion... sorry, anybody who minds.