> A more blatant example: I wave a confederate flag because I want it
> to recreate it as a symbol of the dignity and power of African
> American slaves. No matter how hard I try to shift the symbolic
> meaning, it would be tough ideological work to pull this off.
> Perhaps the problem is not so hard with the stars and stripes, but
> it's a real problem nonetheless.
>
> Miles
Bad analogy. There is far greater diversity beneath the Stars & Stripes than there is, or ever was, under the Confederate flag.
DP