# 14CV88 banned as racially offensive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422 "2010-04-26T17:35:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 82

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422/82 "2010-04-27T15:43:05Z")

</div>

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

Whether you want to quibble with the racist intent or not (and I think the racist intent is presnt more often than not) it’s unequivovally an _anti-American_ message, and a pro-terrorist one as well. The Confederacy was a racist, terrorist hate group and an enemy of the United States.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14cv88-banned-as-racially-offensive/537422)._