Confederate flag stickers at NC State Fair

[struggle4progress]

BY CAMILA MOLINA, ABBIE BENNETT AND AARON MOODY
OCTOBER 20, 2017 8:23 AM

The N.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans, which has a booth in the commercial and education building at the fair in Raleigh, has been handing out stickers containing an image of the familiar Confederate battle flag, said Brian Long, spokesman for the N.C. Department of Agriculture ...

... Leaders of the NCSCV say they’ve exhibited for more than 30 years at the fair and have always handed out stickers ...

Will Reeves, 60, called the fair to complain about the stickers. He said his family has roots in Raleigh that go back seven generations, and some of his ancestors fought in the Civil War. But the stickers shocked and upset him ...

... "My family was in the Civil War, but it wasn’t right and I’m not proud of it. If my family were Nazis, I wouldn’t wear swastikas or if I were related to Charles Manson, I wouldn’t wear anything representing that. I think it’s a kind of hate and ignorance and intolerance to other people" ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article179901341.html

[guillaumeb]

1. How can anyone separate the hatred from the claimed heritage?

How can one separate the literal chattel slavery from the plantations and the mythology of the refined planter class?

How can one separate the lynchings from the sweet tea and grits?

How can one separate a battle flag of treason from Southern pride?

[Hoyt]

2. Come on, it's just a symbol of Heritage.

A heritage of ignorance and hate.

[MLAA]

3. Exactly, that nails it.