Reply #19: I understand your position, there are indeed liberals in Georgia [View All]

but I think you'll agree that you represent a statewide minority -- a strong and vocal one, but a minority nonetheless. Face it, a substantial majority of your fellow Georgian voters prefer the confederate heritage represented on their flag. Let's be democratic (small d) about this.

The question with respect to state symbols is, or ought to be, in some sense, representative of who makes the laws for that state. If California re-elected Schwarzenegger and radical neo-cons took over the legislature there, they'd be all set to replace their bear with a swastika no matter how many progressives live in San Francisco.

Perhaps, when our legislatures get around to voting on the gay-marriage ban amendment to the constitution, we could have a national referendum to replace the US flag with the confederate battle flag and take care of both issues at one time.