# 14CV88 banned as racially offensive

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**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422 "2010-04-26T17:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422/73 "2010-04-27T14:24:34Z")

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> [@spark240](#):
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> No. A lot of folks _do_ resent being presumed to be sending a racist message which they do not intend.
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> More than a few are pissed off, both at those who (in this view) misuse it, and those who misinterpret it.

I have yet to see any of the “Heritage, not hate” contingent do or say anything when the Confederate flag is misused by a bunch of racist assholes. If you let a bunch of yahoos drag your beloved flag through the sewer, don’t be surprised to find that people complain about the stink.

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