It Is the Wisdom of the Crowd That Matters

Ta-Nehisi Coates sums up the absurdity of bringing a confederate flag to show how much you love America in the most eloquent way I've seen so far:

But the Confederate flag does not merely carry the stain of slavery, of "useful killing," but the stain of attempting to end the Union itself. You cannot possibly wave that flag and honestly claim any sincere understanding of your country. It is not possible.