There may not be people still fighting under the Confederate flag, but it is still waved at KKK rallies. You are asking a lot for a time when there will be no more Neo-Nazi groups, no more white power skinheads, no more hate based on race or skin color. I doubt we will ever see such a time.
But the more we fear and ban these symbols, the more power we give to them. Used in context, they are one thing. Used outside that context, they are quite another.
Civil War re-enactors using a Confederate flag is very much different from that same flag being waved by a KKK member. Displaying a Kriegsmarine recruiting poster is very far away from walking into the museum and opening fire.
The context here is a simulation of a nation's navy during a specific time period. The flag of that navy is a part of that history, and some feel that it adds immersion to their activities, in the same way the Confederate flag does at a Civil War activity. I'm sure the Civil War re-enactors aren't really trying to seceede from the Union, or own slaves; the SH3 players are also not playing to support their political views.
Razark
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