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No one is really suggesting that the government ban the Confederate flag, that is just silly. Any private citizen can fly any damn flag they want, be it the US flag, Confederate flag, or even Nazi flag. That is an individual free speech 1st Amendment right.
Rather, people are protesting the State government to remove the flag from state government buildings. Many people feel that if the proponents of the flag want it to be remembered for "heritage" or "historical" reasons, the flag should be displayed in museums or on private property instead, not flown high on current government buildings/property.
Those are two different issues. Simply asking whether the government should ban the confederate flag is a superficial analysis that simply clouds the issue.
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