"What would it take to get rid of an embarrassing symbol of racism and a very long time of shame of this country?"
(this is not the flag, but the original flag of the confederacy)
Amazon, Ebay, Alabama, flag manufacturers (who make flags for a living), and even freakin' Walmart who would sell grandma's organs in exchange for orphans' souls if it made a profit (I am speaking metaphorically, poetically, and for all intents and purposes legally comedic here, so please don't sue me, I have hardly any grandma organs or orphan souls for you to take)...anyway, all have said the price has been paid. done.
It was a price, a stupid, stupid price, not really a price, but enough just stupid evil that some woke up and said... enough.
You might say that the flag meant something else, you also might say that it is part of our collective history, but there is another symbol that has history, the ancient Greeks used it, Hindus and Buddhists, even the Navajos. It was a symbol of good luck, a symbol linking heaven and earth, hell, even early christians used it, but at some point (maybe roughly the latter part of the first half of the last century), we as a collective, said, nope, it was done.
(this is about as close as I am going to get to this, really, in a mirror?)
On the plus side, sometimes we all need to take a step back and watch a video of baby hippos swimming. I saw an advertisement for Tylenol, and generally we hate advertisement, but damn: "It is not who you love, but how you love," despite groups like one million (morons) moms, we are winning!
Tylenol, crap, now I need to get a headache, maybe sharpie on the face will do it.
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