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Banned flags day

Apropos of the calls to ban the Confederate flag, remove it from state capitols, eradicate the Confederacy from history books, and otherwise declare that entity and its symbols as ideological enemies that must be erased from our knowledge, Amerika.org presents a few controversial flags for your enjoyment:

Flag of ISIS

Flag of ISIS

Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America

Battle Flag of the Confederate States of America

Viet Cong Flag

Viet Cong Flag

Symbionese Liberation Army Flag

Symbionese Liberation Army Flag

Communist Party Flag

Communist Party Flag

Perhaps we should clear away our addiction to symbols of the past and the associations we think they have, and instead focus on why what they represent still has relevance, and what we have forgotten or overlooked in our mad rush to ignore the warnings from history.

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