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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Don't misunderstand
	Date:	4/27/2009 4:58:23 PM

I don't think the Councilman was right in removing the flags. He was wrong to do it, no matter how offended or intimidated he was. There are many other things he could do from writing a letter to the editor, to proposing a restriction on such things in Auburn. If the flags were only being placed on Confederate soldiers graves, it's hard to find fault -- those soldier fought for that flag and what it represented to them.

Without knowing more about the councilman, it's hard to know if he was seeking publicity or if he was sincerely overcome by emotion. The columnist is sincerely out of line with his threat.

And I continue to think it is time for BOTH sides to let this go. We can't change the history of our country. I wonder if the columnist would have reacted as he did if a white person had removed the flags as "offensive"? Would he still have threatened a rally with skinheads and Klan members?