Agree. As a southern-raised conservative Christian who believes that God made all of us equal in our humanity, I find it very easy to understand why blacks would be deeply offended to see the Confederate flag.  Its defenders say it doesn't stand for racism, by those who fly it are not especially marked by their passion for equality, are they?  They say it stands for a noble cause --- resistance to Northern Aggression and the Right to Secession.  But what was the cause of that cause?  Slavery.  And that flag, if it ever had a noble significance, completely lost it during the civil rights era, when it was flown as an express symbol of resistance to the Equal Protection Clause.  It's meaning is clear enough, and it offends.  Agnikan is right:   If this flag DOESN'T offend you, you need a history and an ethics lesson.  And a lesson in basic Christianity and the meaning of empathy.