Like most leftists, author Rick Perlstein is not a fan of our nation’s efforts in Vietnam, despite the fact he was born in 1969 and, thus, too young to remember much of it himself.
Thanks to an op-ed in the progressive Washington Spectator that was picked up by the now online-only Newsweek magazine, we’ve learned that a venerable symbol of that war was just another example of American racism.
Perlstein opens the article by saying,
“You know that racist flag?
The one that supposedly honors history but actually spreads a pernicious myth?
And is useful only to venal right-wing politicians who wish to exploit hatred by calling it heritage? It’s past time to pull it down.”
“Oh, wait.
You thought I was referring to the Confederate flag. Actually,
I’m talking about the POW-MIA flag....”
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