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user-inactivated  ·  3443 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Democrats' Views on Confederate Flag Increasingly Negative. While 78% of Republicans view flag positively

So the 21st century's confederate flag is the 20th century's swastika? The evolution of symbolic language is a fascinating one, fraught with complexities. I can remember, decades later, the shudders that the phrase "Piss Christ" sent through the American sociopolitical landscape.