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Published: March 25, 2009
I enjoyed Linda Downing's recent "The Face in the Mirror" contribution and agreed with most of it. However, her logic is seriously flawed when she rants about the "blatant racism" of the Confederate flag, which is ludicrous. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It's no different than the VA hospital in Indianapolis, which recently removed a framed 63-year-old newspaper proclaiming "Jap's Surrender" from a patriotic display, because an employee was "offended" by it. Like them or not, the flag and the newspaper document extraordinarily important events and are part of America's heritage (not hatred, as their opponents insist) and they cannot be diminished by pretending they never existed.
People like Downing are trying to rewrite history by getting rid of all the tangible evidence and symbols associated with our past. That's just wrong and should never be allowed to happen.
Ron Carmony
Sebring
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