Dear Editor:

You saw it at all the gatherings, demonstrations, and conventions. You even saw it, though briefly, at the Republican National Convention when it was unfurled from the upstairs banister. You likely also saw it locally flying from the back of the pick-up trucks or hanging from front porches. You may know it better as the ‘Stars and Bars’ of the Confederacy.

What you may not know, if you’re not up on your history, is what the flag represents. In short, it has very much in common with the Nazi flag and Swastika designed by Hitler. Both flags represent a belief in Aryan supremacy, suppression of minorities, and slavery.

What you may also not know is that thousands of Americans have fought and died in two bloody wars, one on the home land and one in Europe to defeat those two flags and what they represent.

Now in fairness, that flag used to fly in the Democratic party, until in the 1960’s when a southern Democratic president from Texas by the name of Lyndon Johnson made little white girls and little black girls use the same potty nationwide. That’s when the exodus began! But the floodgate opened eight years ago when the Democrats managed to elect ‘A Black Muslim from Kenya’ (sic) as President of the United States.

Today, you can rest assured that every racist in the United States is a registered Republican, and “yes!” They do vote.

P.S. Hateful, divisive speech hurts, and will likely have long term consequences!

Allan L. Gustafson,

Warren