In January of 2000 John McCain said that the confederate flag was a symbol of “heritage.” I think he was trying to make everyone happy by not specifying if it was a good or bad thing just saying that it does in fact symbolize something but still he’s making it seem like a good thing. I am so sick of people supporting the confederate flag, as if America is still separated north from south. It’s thinking like this that leads to ignorance of thinking that we’re sovereign and independent, were all dependent on each other and were all American. So there is no need for the confederate flag anymore, and I personally think we should just make a world flag for all the countries and fly it because people categorize and separate themselves to much. I feel like we need to unify and lose all the labels and categories. I also feel like that was the original Idea for America, a place for unity and the confederate flag doesn’t fit into that picture. Also the reason the south separated from the north is because of slavery and the confederate flag is just a giant reminder of that disgraceful “heritage.”