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While the US doesn’t ban the confederate flag, it is heavily discouraged and official government cannot use it. Lots of controversy over confederate symbolism t

While the US doesn’t ban the confederate flag, it is heavily discouraged and official government cannot use it. Lots of controversy over confederate symbolism too with one side arguing it is history, and another arguing it is racist symbolism. Germany bans the swastika. I do think it is well within the sovereign right of a nation to ban symbols of a competing government. In Taiwan’s case it is claiming itself as a rightful government to China, which is actually somewhat different than simply a historical symbol. Allowing it can be a tacit acknowledgement of legitimacy.

chadlavi 7y ago
it's a lot more like if the confederacy won and banned the stars and bars in this case.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > if the confederacy won and banned the stars and bars in this case. I think you meant the flag of (what would be) the preceding national government against which the Confederacy would have won, the Stars and Stripes. The Stars and Bars is a different flag [0] that it would be odder (and not parallel to any construction of the PRC/ROC issue that I can see) for the Confederacy to ban. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#First_flag:_the_%22Stars_and_Bars%22_(1861%E2%80%931863) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_Sta...