21. Any symbol as emotionally loaded as the Confederate flag...
Will cause a lot of minds to race off in emotional directions...
Beginning a reasoned dialogue about it is the start of robbing it of that "larger than life" impact on people.
I think that is some of what Pres. Clinton was getting at in wanting a national dialogue on race...when people actually listen to each other about these things it's much harder to just get your hackles up and start screaming at each other.
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