No penalty for furling Confederate-themed Mississippi flag

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Considering the history, you'd think that it would be at least controversial everywhere

Though it's possible 21st-century New Yorkers - at least in my neck of the woods - might be a little foggy on their history. But we certainly have a pretty varied population, especially in Saratoga, since that's been a tourist mecca since the 1800s and there are people living there from all over - and a large African American community. I would have thought the confederate symbol would be unacceptable to everybody.

And it is an insult, should be for everyone. I think I read that Mississippi is 36% African American, that's a sizeable population, so you'd think enough people would have spoken out loudly enough that it would have become a national story. It's disturbing that it didn't...