I don't think many are saying that at all. No one I know is preventing some "country boy" (was not MY stereotype!) from wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt that I know of. If someone wants to exhibit poor taste and judgment I know of no movement to stop that. Perhaps the opposite....... witness Kardashian of your choice (or Jenner for that matter)......... I see offensive (to some) T-shirt slogans every time I go out in public nearly. I've seen women wearing T-shirts that say lick me........... it's all fair game. Poor taste is everywhere.
Here in Arizona we had to have a big whoop-to-do about a historical mountain name. Someone decided "Squaw Peak" was offensive to native women I reckon. Probably was to some. Likely not to others. So they changed the name and named it after a native woman who served in the military, posthumously if I remember right. Anyway nobody can spell or pronounce (nearly) the new name and most folks still call it squaw Peak, PLUS there's streets with the same name in the area (Squaw Peak lane or something!)..
Yet.......... (my big confusion) No one seems to think nothing about having a high school named Cortez High. Bugs me. I've asked around about it. It's quite an old High school........ like historical as far as Phoenix goes (which ain't a lot!).......... Alice Cooper (and most of his original band) went there.
I asked a (different) High School Superintendent once how it is we have a High School in Arizona named after Cortez the Killer.............. She just looked at me as if I was a martian or something. Somebody else once tried to tell me it was after some bean picker (or was it nose) that was locally famous or something............. I think they said it was some guy named Pedro Cortez............. but I think upon reflection that that guy might have been pulling my leg. He also tried to tell me that Centipedes left little railroad track-like marks on your skin if they crawled over you when you were sleeping, but I'm still skeptical about that one, too............. Anyway, sorry for the windbag like posting all just to state that the whole world's all f''d up and nobody seems to have a clue what truth (or even facts) is/are.
I think I'll go burn a bunch of carbon to get out to the mountains and hole up for a time. Drink me some cheap beer, fornicate as much as possible, and just kinda relax and enjoy life. You guys figure it all out and let me know when the Chump/King wannabe is/has been removed. Send a note via packmule to Occupant c/o Rock shelter
Somewhere in Cochise Stronghold canyon
Dragoon Mountains, AZ
:-)