Stars and Bars - Is it acceptable?

[Steppe Merc]

i get the whole southern pride thing, but explained, like the op's dad did, the popular understanding of the symbol is gonna get you labeled nasty things you might not want to be associated with.

And sadly they did. Not just by their detractors, but also by their fans. So it did cause them to be misundestud (how the hell do you spell that?). I blame the fans, my dad blames the fans but also Skynyrd for allowing room for the fans to misunderstand them.
Ronnie Van Zant (the leader of the band) also once went to a fancy record promotion, and they told him to dress up. So he wore a Confederate officer's uniform.

The St Georges cross could go either way and I feel quite strongly about it. By allowing only racists to use it, it will take on a racist meaning. Its far from too late to save it, so I am all in favour of it being used a lot more by normal people. As I am pleased to say it is.

Which was exactly the view of the members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, I believe.
My friend from England considered getting St. George's cross on the roof of his car. He decided to go with the Union Jack instead. At the time, I was unaware of the racist conatation, so I didn't really get it. Why is it considered racist? Is it because of England's colonial past?

And I can see where Don's friend, Ichi and Pindar are coming from. Myself, I don't see any difference between flying the battle flag of the Confederates and say flying the Union Jack or St. George's Cross. Just because we fought Britian in our past doesn't mean British people shouldn't be able to fly their flag. Of course, it's not quite the same obviously, but I really don't see a problem.