Yup, as I said he is welcome to his own "personal feelings" about the flag, however I could see reading the beginning of his article that he neither understands the issue nor is expressing anything that justifies that flag flying over government buildings in his state. As I say in my post, and in this he and I agree, the flag should not be obliterated or "banned."

That would be wrong and anybody that pushed for that would also be wrong. It should not fly over government buildings or property UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE because in truth despite as he puts it "nostalgic feelings" he and others have the flag does not stand for anything good and is not the equivalent of moon pies and RC cola.

He is right in that if people want to wear it on their t-shirts, hats, jackets or put it on their cars or fly it in front of their house or use it to say "I'm a friendly Southerner!" good for them but they ignore the history of the flag itself in doing so. That flag has nothing to do with being friendly or hospitable.

In all honestly that is the attitude that is part of the problem, that people's "feelings" about things might differ from historical fact. The reasons he and/or others might embrace that flag have nothing to do with why that flag was created or what it represented when it was. Just because he and others have warm nostalgic feelings about it and he thinks Southerners are known for their hospitality does not erase where that flag came from. Can he and others repurpose that flag for their personal use? Sure they can, but the government should not use it as symbolic of anything they stand for as that would be ignorant in the extreme.

As a veteran it is sort of surprising that he seems to gloss over the fact many people died to eliminate that flag and create a country that lives in unity under one flag and that Confederate flag represents one of the darkest moments in the history of this country. Flying that flag over government property also desecrates the memory of all those Americans...both from the North and South.