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Explanation: For those of you lucky enough to not be aware of US political squabbling, it has been a recurring issue these past few decades over whether statues of 'heroes' of the Confederacy, the attempted slaver secession of the US Civil War, should be torn down. Many of those statues were, in the first place, erected in response to the Civil Rights Movement in an attempt to intimidate Black Americans.
The excuse given by many is that tearing down such statues is 'destroying history' and 'erasing the past'. As if keeping propaganda pieces up in public spaces is necessary to remember historical events.
The Confederate flag should have been treated just like the Nazi flag right from the beginning. Ban any reference to it outside of museums and textbooks.
What about using the Nazi flag in movies about how terrible the Nazis were? Like Inglorious Basterds, Life is Beautiful, and Jojo Rabbit?