Today, an editorial appeared on the Los Angeles Times condemning the practice of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs flying Confederate flags at "...some national cemeteries on Memorial Day and on Confederate recognition days...." (Confederate flags have no place flying over national cemeteries) The article claims that the Confederate Battle Flag "...remains a potent symbol of white supremacy, racial intolerance and oppression..." and that "[t]he U.S. government should not be flying the flag of the secessionists whose traitorous actions more than 150 years ago posed the most serious threat to the nation’s existence. Of course, a passionate attack on the institution of slavery and its related economic system follows.
