So was watching a video the other day and the guy was talking about explaining various complex ideas like how modern warfare works. Basically starts talking about what's called hyper normalization. Basically where people what to break down a complex and multi faceted subject so their simple bite sized and as he said " could fit on a head line". Now the problem is you simply just can't do this with A LOT of stuff you just can't and have it still be 100% accurate or even correct at all.
Prime example would be this flag


Most discussion around it is , is it racist or not. People want it to be a yes or no deal with mabye a very simple bite sized explanation. Yes because the confederacy fought for slaves or no slavery wasn't even that bad yadda yadda yadda. When in reality it's a much much more complex deal. But when you get past the yes or no part of it and the once sentence answers most people don't want anything to do with the conversation. They want bite sized even though simply saying yes because the civil war was over slavery so it must be racist or something else for the yes argument are factually inaccurate.

I can make multiple multiple other examples ( a prime one being why black culture is the way it is , get asked this alot and when I start explaining it's kinda a complex deal instead of just bla.ing the CIA for introducing crack to black neighborhoods or the democrats or something most people just seem to zone out) but ever since here what this guy had to say I can help looking back at so many conversations I e had new head lines I've seen and argument/debates I've seen and listened to and think " yeah most people just wanted short sweet and too the point...even if it wasn't right."

So I gotta ask..... What got us to this point ? Because honestly it worries me. Like I was talking to an older coworker a while back . Was discussing the news and he being in his late 60's I think, said he didn't watch the "news" anymore . I asked why and he said the the news isn't the the new anymore hasn't been for a long time. Just a dumbed down summary for the masses that big brother can manipulate as much as they want as long as the keep it KISS. So now I'm wondering..... Who's going to win now days m people who actually put out information, actual information or those who simply follow KISS.....

.. you go on and bring that ...and I’ll work on sourcing some discount pickled pigs feet.

I honestly don't think it's that simple. Living down here you have a few different types of people who all fly that flag. I I don't know you and your flying it I'm already on edge. Why , because it's not just good people flying it it's not. Same thing with black panther flags trump flags or Biden flags

Southern flag isn't about racism. It's about a section of the United States wanting to leave the United States.

I always here the trite saying, "Love it or leave it," well they wanted to leave it.

Now you have the people that say live it or leave it defending the people that wanted to leave it.

I associate the Confederate Flag with the rebel mindset. It can also mean southern pride--which is appropriate. It is not necessarily a sign of racism.

Regardless, it is just a flag and has the meaning given it by whoever is flying it. Some idiots use it as a symbol of (insert stupid cause).

It is no different than the U.S. Flag being misused. Some slob wearing a XXXL dirty t-shirt with a U.S. Flag on the front is not doing it for patriotism. He picked the shirt up off the floor and wore it because he always needs to wear a shirt. A shame, yes. But the U.S. Flag does not automatically become the symbol for too many bags of Doritos.

The flag that the OP posted is not the Confederate flag, it is the Confederate battle flag.

The Confederate flag is the stars and bars but was confused with the Union flag on the battle field so a Confederate battle flag was designed by a Confederate officer and carried on the battle field.

This is the Confederate flag.

Um, no.

The battle flag is square. The Naval Ensign is rectangle.

And I wipe my butt with corn cobs.