OK, I'm a Yankee from NY state. I am not bothered at all by the Confederate flag. It is a flag. It has no power to harm us. The war has been over for more than a century. What is the problem? If I were a Southerner, I would probably like the Confederate flag. It is a symbol of the South. Does it promote slavery? No. Is about the mythic "white supremacy", I don't know, but the flag doesn't seem to refer to that. So its a flag. If a black person flies a Black Panther flag, does it bother me? No. Flags are flag. That's what they are. They have no power at all. Are they rallying points. Yes, sometimes. But I wouldn't lose any sleep over that concept. Just watch where the trouble is. Don't look for flags.