Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban the Confederate Flag in all 50 states.

America has done things it is not proud of. Throughout history, moral rules have been bent and ciril liberties have been infringed. But now is the time to make injustice a past and bury the memory so that we may plant a new seed of equality and acceptance in place. Ladies, gentlemen, my name is Forever23 and I am here upon this platform to bring forth my premise which is that the Confederate Flag should be banned in all 50 states. My ensuing roadmap will include divulging 2 of my points into the debate. My first assertion is that allowing public displays of confederate symbols incites racists. When someone sees the Confederate Flag, they think of racism, oppression and rebellion against freedom, against contemporary ideals of equality and human rights in the USA. The confederacy was a nation which loved the institution of slavery, seceded the United states which is an act of treason and was responsible for the deaths of Americans. Hanging this flag on public property, flying it next to the white house shows that the USA supports all of these. It shows that the USA is a country that is against freedom and against human rights. A poll conducted by CNN shows that only 11% of African Americans saw the flag as sign of pride and 75% viewed it as a symbol of racism. This shows the amount of racism and prejudice that still occurs in the country. In short, the flag merely symbolize a time when slavery and racism were acceptable in society. That is no longer the case so it should not be allowed. Flag promotes the supremacy and symbolize racism against African Americans. It is offensive to many U.S. citizens and has a little relevance in 2015 as historical symbol. My second assertion is allowing the confederate symbol in public spaces is akin to allowing the symbol of an enemy nation. We should not be waving an enemy"s flag, no matter the case. Imagine the Nazi flag flying in Trenton. If we are not to ban confederate symbols we might as well forget the idea of banning Facist or Nazi symbols. The confederate states of America was an illegitimate treasonistic criminal state waging war against the united states. According to civilwar.org, Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War. This number comes from an 1889 study of the war performed by William F. Fox and Thomas Leonard Livermore. Both men fought for the Union. Their estimate is derived from an exhaustive study of the combat and casualty records generated by the armies over five years of fighting. A recent study puts the number of dead as high as 850,000. This flag is a flag of the enemies of the American people. The opposition may state we are to allow the confederate symbol on the premise that it is not a symbol which represents the death of thousands of Americans but as a symbol of southern heritage is as absurd a notion as claiming the ISIS, Al-Queda and Hamas flags are not symbols of radical fringe Islamic terrorism but rather symbol to represent the heritage of all Muslims. The fact of the matter is that the confederate states of America was an anti Americanistic nation which was an enemy of the USA. Thank you, please vote for the proposition side of this debate.