The title is a bit misleading. The bill doesn't ban the flag from the state, but rather bans the State of California, as in the government of California, from selling or displaying the flag except for educational purposes. People can still buy it from any shop that chooses to carry it.
I don't like the idea of stifling voices even if they are bad voices, and I would oppose this if it were trying to make the flag illegal to display or sell across the state, but if the government chooses not to buy, sell and show it, it's their prerogative.
@darkday said:
It shouldn't be banned. But at the same time the concept of Southern Pride being tied to the Confederacy is just cultural romanticism. Simply put, America definitely needs to get rid of its rose colored historical nostalgia glasses
and drill into ourselves facts instead of opinions.
I agree about the rose colored glasses.
I'm from Arkansas, and a lot of people here just see it as a sign of Southern Pride similar to a I Love New York T-Shirt. I've had T-Shirts with Confederate flags on them, and I never considered it a racial statement though I don't think I'd wear one now because of the racial component that many assign to it.
@comicace3 said:
Why are they even selling it? They're weren't even part of the confederate states anyways.
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's one of those feel good pieces of legislation which actually does nothing.
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