It's strange how this one incident - as bad as it was - suddenly makes people re-evaluate the confed flag. If it was such a blatant racist symbol, why is it only now - midway through 2015 - that people are taking extreme issue with it? It seems like just the typical phony outrage that is so popular in today's culture.

The American flag flew on slave ships. Slavery happened under the American flag, as did the numerous atrocities committed against the Natives. Why is that flag not also offensive?