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Just how offensive are the Confederate and rainbow flags? Just ask the Washington Post...

Last week, I wrote about how some conservatives were insisting that if the Confederate flag had to come down due to the hate and intolerance associated with it, so too did the rainbow flag. I know, apples and Big Macs, right? Well, just yesterday, The Washington Post released an article entitled, "Which is more taboo? The Confederate flag or the rainbow flag?"

The article spoke in-depthly about a poll that was conducted by The American Panel Survey (TAPS) in November of last year. The poll revolved around offensiveness - in particular, how offensive the Confederate flag, rainbow flag, n-word, and a burning flag (U.S.) were. While a very high percentage of Republicans and Democrats found the n-word and an American burning flag to be offensive, they greatly differed in opinion with regard to the Confederate and rainbow flags. While less than 50% of Republicans found the Confederate flag to be offensive, close to 70% were offended by the rainbow flag. In contrast, while 75% of Democrats found the Confederate flag to be offensive, just a little over 25% found the rainbow flag to be.

Elaborating further on the matter, the article states the following:

"A more complete analysis shows that being male, low-income, less well educated, Southern, white and Republican are related to reporting a lower level of offense at the Confederate flag. In contrast, being younger, non-Southern, Democrat and white are associated with reporting a lower level of offense at the gay pride flag."

So, Republican politicians can talk all they want about how their party is the party that abolished slavery (you know, back when progressives filled their party), in 2015, less than 1 in 2 Republicans are offended by a flag that symbolizes slavery and close to 3 in 4 are offended by a flag that symbolizes a fight for equality.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/06/30/which-is-most-taboo-the-confederate-flag-the-rainbow-flag-burning-a-flag/?tid=sm_tw

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