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Intent Doesn't Matter

DISSENT:

By Suzanne PETREN Moritz

THE staff position is correct: the man hanging a Confederate flag in his window is indulging in a legitimate but insensitive form of speech. But his intentions--pure or otherwise--have no relevance to this issue.

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