Ok,first of all,dont make a big deal about this.If you scream and kick,your only gonna make yourself look like an extremist.Keep your cool at all times.Ask yourself why you display the flag.If you dont know,you will be destroyed in a debate.to defend the flag,you need to know about it and about the war it was in.When people tell you its a racist symbol,you can tell them that there are over 100,000 documented black men that VOLUNTEERED to fight for the South.There were also Spanish and Jewish soldiers.You can also point out that some of the last CSA soldiers to surrender,were the Cherokee Mounted Rifles led by Stand Watie.It was composed of about 5,500 native americans.You can also tell them that the greatest general of them all,Robert E Lee,never owned a slave and was OPPOSED to slavery as were MANY MANY CSA soldiers!Meanwhile,the yankee general ulysses s grant kept slaves and he was a slobbering drunk.Southerners are not all racists.Were as racist as any other group!Theres racists EVERYWHERE!!North,South,East,West.....racism is very real and it always will be in every nook and crany of the earth.And its funny that people never look at racism in the north,for instance,it was illegal to be in ohio if you were black.The Southern people are not a buch of bigot rednecks as many people think.The most educated people of the time were from the South.And to answer the very typical ignorant comeback,"the klu klux klan uses the confederate flag."You can say that they use the american and christian flags more which they do,Ive reaserched it!They are a disgrace to all these symbols and remember,they didnt make any of them.Just because the media shows criminals killing people with guns,it doesnt mean they dont do it with their hands and knives as much or more.Does that make guns murderous or violent?I could go on and on.If you want to know the truth,do some serious research.A very good book to read is "The Real Lincoln" Look it up.Be ignorant on this subject no more.I challenge ANYBODY to try to prove me wrong.I love a good debate.Also,please dont talk about starting another war between the states.Dont make yourself look like an extremist moron.The USA is a wonderful place and at the moment,Id die for it.Dont stir up conflict,but hold your ground.You may be a southerner or a yankee,but we are all americans.The minute this country takes your guns away and puts you in jail or kills you for being a christian,then load up your rifles for war.Not now PLEASE!!! I know nobody has said anything about succession,Im just warning you that Ill bit your head off if you do.