It represents an old, outmoded way of thinking that most Americans, and indeed, most of the world, consider to be deplorable.
It represents a system that tried to destroy America, but was defeated, even though some people refuse to believe that fact.
It represents white privilege and dominance by the use of force.
It represents America being divided by violence.
It represents the idea that your freedom is more valuable than that of anyone else, and that you are willing to kill those people, who believe in their freedoms just as strongly as you do.
It represent the complete inability to compromise, to bargain, to be reasonable, to debate, to not get your own way every single time.
It represents a past history that everyone else is trying to move past and beyond.
It represents the few trying to force their views on the many.
It represents American soldiers in blue uniforms dying in battle to preserve the Union.
It represents a lost cause that never should have been a cause to begin with.
Pouring My Art Out 
And somehow the flag of, well, basically, treason against the USA is used to represent “American patriots”.
yup.. go figure
You pretty much described conservative ideology. The Confederate flag also represents traitorhood, since the Confederacy wanted to secede from the nation as a whole and destroy the United States. After 160 years, they’re still fighting and still haven’t won!
I’ve seen all sorts of crap in American politics since I started following Watergate as a kid, along with my parents. But I have NEVER seen anything like what happened Wednesday! The entire world is watching the U.S. make a blatant fool of itself.
We will live this down, but it might take a while
Thank your for regurgitating the dominant narrative promulgated by big media. We needed to be reminded of what is crammed down our throats every day.
You’re welcome
Try to get more even handed news so you aren’t so easily manipulated into simple-minded conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNHQX4FQPyU&t=612s
I will work on that, but it seems to be a little late to stop thinking tRump is an idiot.
Just expose yourself to multiple perspectives, and not just partisan media. I trust you can make up your own mind.
I made it up before he even won the presidency
Excellent!
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I will try that… thanks