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Debate Score:10
Arguments:6
Total Votes:10
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Confederate Flag

Should the Confederate Flag be banned?

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This is a stupid question. Why should we debate over something that can't be changed. The flag is protected by law. (First Amendment) And I highly doubt anyone will change that amendment. The Confederate Flag can never be legally banned. It's like a book. Banning a book means nothing.

Side: Not banned
NormanL(25) Disputed
1 point

The Confederate Flag is not protected by law. The US Flag is protected by law. The Confederate flag is flown in the south from Confederate statues and displayed on trucks and on graves. The NAACP would like to ban it from any public building or property, including monuments and statues. It is presently being flown beside a statue on the state house grounds at the capital in Columbia. They are boycotting the State of South Carolina until it is removed. I think that as long as it is not displayed on the capiton itself, there should be no problem. It is a strong part of South Carolina's heritage and history.

Side: banned
Cicero(239) Disputed
2 points

First Amendment protects it. First Amendment to the Constitution, supreme law of the land.

Side: Not banned
2 points

The South has a troubled past. The civil war was fought because the north invaded the south. They did this because the south refused to change their way of life. they fought to protect what they knew. I condemn slavery. It is a terrible thing. The flag is flown in protest of the north's forced changes onto the south. I have a confederate flag on my wall. it doesnt mean i'm gonna go out and burn a cross.

Side: Not banned
1 point

it should be banned from public display by government institutions or memorials paid for by tax dollars.

not only is it the BATTLE flag of traitors, but it has since come to SYMBOLIZE white supremacy and racial hatred.

it has no place on display in any public place where government dollars are at work.

you want to put it up over your fireplace to show ppl when they come to dinner, fine.... that way they can know where you are coming from and walk out, if they have any sense.

Side: Banned

It is now 2015 and with the recent Charleston Church massacre, a movement is in full swing to have the Confederate flag banned on public displays.

Side: Banned