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What's silly is to say that a national movement to delegitimize a racist symbol which was actually REVIVED during the civil rights movement is knee-jerk reactio
by justizin 11y ago
What's silly is to say that a national movement to delegitimize a racist symbol which was actually REVIVED during the civil rights movement is knee-jerk reactionary tilting at windmills.
It's actually ridiculously fucking late. We have much bigger things to do to bridge racial divides but this elephant has been in the room for a while.
That said, and you can read my previous comment more focused on apple's decision, I think there is a possibility this is something they'll reverse.
If that's the case, and they removed a large amount of non-historical content in iTunes and the App Store which glorifies the confederate flag, and in the scuffle, for a short time, some historic works were mis-flagged, I think that's a reasonable price to pay.
- markbnj 11y agoI was specifically referring to banning the symbol in question from a game. That's the completely silly knee jerk reactionary part. As far as "delegitimize a racist symbol" is concerned, be my guest. I have no particular love for that flag, and in fact to steal a quip from a friend of mine, the only Confederate flag that matters in my view was solid white. But what often happens when you make a stink about symbols like this is that you simply raise their profile even higher.