‘You’re doing harm’: Hamilton mayor to Binbrook resident flying Confederate flag - Hamilton | Globalnews.ca

Community leaders in Hamilton are calling for the federal government to pass a bill that would make it illegal to publicly display symbols of hate.

That’s something that needs to change, said Lyndon George, executive director of the Hamilton Anti-Racism Resource Centre . “You’re choosing willfully to forget about the history, about what happened, and segregation in the South. About individuals who had to fight literally for their lives, and what that flag means to so many when they see it and the fear and the trauma that occurs.”

People who believe that the civil war was fought over slavery, probably believe that ww2 was fought because of the holocaust.

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