If I am saying something and putting my opinion on it, I won't go anonymous. And I know you have the option to add a name to yourself even without an account, so don't try and say you can't. And yes, I just realized the mistake in the post title, I apologize for the grammar nazi attack. And otherwise, I did not try to start drama. I wanted to see if anyone had legitimate proof that the flag is anything negative. I didn't ask, however, for someone to "warn" me about proving my point to those whom it might offend. I'm sure you've noticed that I am extremely opinionated, and I will admit to my stubbornness that I do have sometimes. And if you want to have a debate with me, that is fine, I will listen to any point you make, provided you have some sort of proof to make your point. But, if all that will happen is you calling me backward and racist, I can't promise I will listen to you. I don't have civil conversations when people don't want to be civil with me. I apologize if I have seemed stubborn, and I also apologize for calling you petty and cowardly. And as aforementioned, I apologize for being a hypocritical grammar nazi. That said, I do not apologize for things I am not, so I do not apologize for being racist or backward, because I am not. As I have said, I do not judge people for their skin color, nor do I think of anyone as lesser than myself. I consider all people to be genuinely equal when it comes down to it, given that they maintain their natural equality (given that they don't become some murderous drug dealer somewhere and/or simply ruin their life). But as long as you earn my respect, I will respect you enough to have a civil conversation. Respect is not given, it is earned. I give everyone a certain amount of respect naturally. When they start calling me names and won't put anything for their name that could be traced to them, I don't respect that, and let's be honest, would you respect someone for calling you names when they won't even say theirs? I don't think you would. I've apologized for what I've done to you, and while I honestly don't care if you do or not, if you want to be a civil person and continue the debate as I meant it to be, a calm debate about the meaning behind the confederate flag, then the very least you could do is apologize for what you've called me. Like I've said, I don't care if you do or not. If you don't want to, that's fine with me, I don't care if you insult me. I can shrug it off. But if you can't do that, even after I've apologized to you, then I don't see any point in debating this topic. Because in order to properly debate something, you need at least a little respect for the other side. If neither of us can respect the other, what's the point?