Rebel with a Cause

So I was sitting in the parking lot at work and something caught my eye.  I saw this truck roll by with a huge rebel flag flapping in the back.  I wasn't really surprised based on where I work.  There are plenty of times when people walk right past me after I speak like I never even spoke.  I had a complaint against me because I didn't "shuck and jive" with a customer.  I'm numb to it to a certain extent, but it is annoying.  I've been in retail for ten years now.  There has always been the occasional shaft, but now it is much more prevalent.  You learn to deal with it, but that doesn't make it easier to deal with.  So seeing that flag just made me shake my head.  I see them all the time and I've even heard people try to validate their reasons for keeping the flag.  People claim it's about the history.  But it's a racist history.  So if you support the rebel flag, are you supporting the hatred that came along with it?  That's the history of it.  Burning crosses, lynchings, beatings, slavery.  That's the history that I think of when I see the rebel flag.  So whenever I see someone with a rebel flag on their shirt or on their vehicle, I'm automatically judging that person.  And that probably won't change.  It may be wrong to judge people, but it happens everyday.  That symbol is one that everyone knows.  Advertising it let's everyone know what your beliefs are.  And they have every right to support that flag.  I'm glad that South Carolina decided to take that flag down from the state capital.  It has no business being up in a position like that.  But at the end of the day, I don't care.  People can do whatever they want, as long as it's  not affecting me or my family.  I'm going to keep making my observations.  If I've offended anyone, then.....OK.  I'm only here so I don't get fined.