How Germany’s ban of the Nazi swastika echoes in the battle over the Confederate flag

A darker emblem looms over the heated conversation about a controversial American symbol. To hammer home how problematic the continued state-sanctioned tolerance of the Confederate battle flag is in parts of the United States, some have drawn comparisons to the infamous banner of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. "It would be like having the swastika flag flying on your […]









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