If I was told that I had to get rid of my dishwasher, my washing machine, my dryer and all of those devices that are in everyone's homes automating the jobs that people used to do, unless they had slaves, I would be very upset.
The mindset of many people 150 years ago, particularly in the south, was that a black person was worth only a fraction of what a white person was, and so owning them was acceptable. That attitude, unfortunately continues to exist today.
In my comfy chair, it is easy for me to ignore history and judge people. I'd like to think that I've adequately factored it into my opinion though. The confederate flag is held up as a symbol of pride of heritage, but if the people holding it up want to celebrate that one ugly episode of their heritage over everything else, well.
I doubt it's a coincidence that the ass behind the recent church massacre was a confederate flag waiver.
