There is one point that Mr. Reese misses when discussing whether the Stars and Bars Flag is reasonably objectionable to Blacks. At least some of the states that now have the Confederate Battle Flag incorporated into their state flags only incorporated that flag into their state flags in the face of the Civil Rights Movement and the desegregation fights of the early 1960's. Of course, and without exception, those states that adopted the Confederate flag as a part of their state symbols, did so at the behest of and through the Democrats who not only controlled, but who dominated the legislatures, the governorships, and the entire political structures of the southern states at the time.
With that at least semi-modern lineage, it should not be surprizing that Blacks sometimes take issue with that symbol.
I believe that many people think that the Confederate Flag is a symbol of slavery that ended nearly 150 years ago and that is the reason that it offensive to some. If that is the only complaint, then it would be an easy matter to refute, at least to rational people.
It is much more difficult to justify the incorporation of the Confederate Battle Flag into state flags as a symbol of the fight against the Civil Rights Movement and the desegreation efforts that are still fresh in the minds of many people, white and black in the American South.
Do most people, white or black, remeber the modern history of these flags or understand the differences between the arugment? I doubt it. The Dems do not want to remind anyone that it was their party that incorporated the Confederate Battle Flags into modern state flags in an effort to trumpet their opposition to allowing Blacks to vote, etc.
Not to mention that the Confederacy itself was a one-party Democratic government.