text: You wrote:
  
  <<Steven Bannon, who allegedly has some ties to unsavory KKK types...>>
  
  You're not grasping the argument. I doubt Bannon has "some ties" to the KKK. The point is he actively and aggressively promoted an ideology congenial to the white supremacist mission of the KKK.
  
  You wrote:
  
  <<The Confederate Army has been dead for centuries as well, but apparently we still face issues with the simple appearance of it's flag.>>
  
  Typical conservative hand-waving.  Note the Confederate flag represents a treasonous rebellion to defend slavery and its legacy of Jim Crow, systematic terrorism against African Americans, and social and institutional racism.
  
  I have got to wonder how you reconcile Christianity with the ideology of Donald Trump and the alt-right. Hypocrites!