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This paper discusses and analyzes reasons why the Confederate flag is a symbol of controversy in the US. The paper argues that individuals ought to be allowed to wear or display symbols containing the Confederate flag motif as a simple matter of their free speech rights, both on and off school campuses, or in any other venue.

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"While it may seem that a 150-year old symbol of a nation which no longer officially exists could not possibly continue to be a source of controversy in the present day, that is exactly the case in the U.S. today, where the issue of the display of the Confederate flag has been an intermittent source of debate for many years. My thesis is that individuals ought to be allowed to wear or display symbols containing the Confederate flag motif as a simple matter of their free speech rights, both on and off school campuses, or in any other venue. The Confederate flag controversy has generally taken a back seat in the..."

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