Wether anyone likes it or not the flag is as much a part of American history as the Civil war is. People now a days use it for many reasons, there are those that display it just to get a rise out of others ie racism. Then there are those that know their family history and have is as a symbol of that history. Then you just have the group of people that see it as a symbol of being a rebel and opposing those in positions of power, it is more of a statment of their feelings than haveing anyting to do with racism.