[Polybius]

If all it takes for a symbol to be banned is it's misuse by certain hate groups, do you think the flag illustrated below should be banned?

That's not the gist at all. Take a closer look at my original post.

Yes, "The Golden Rule" as you interpret it.

Reach into your wallet and pull out a One Dollar Bill. You see that man whose portrait is on the bill? He was a slave owner. He owned more than 200 slaves. How do you think a black man feels when he sees a slave owner on the money in his pocket?

You have decided the the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, associated with Southern military valor since 1861, is a "symbol of slavery" but that George Washington is not?

What about the "Buffalo Soldiers"? Are they a symbol of African American military valor or a symbol of the cultural genocide of Native Americans?

Is the Alamo a symbol of Texan military valor or a symbol of the extension of slavery and Anglo-Saxon hegemony?

Once you start down the slippery slope, very few American symbols not endorsed by the Politically Correct Police will survive.

[samuel_adams_us]

GW gave most of his slaves freedom upon his death also from what I remember, he may have owned them but he didn't treat them like dirt.