If someone who isnt a racist has a Confederate flag displayed and is accused of being racist I think the last thing they should do is 'shut up and deal with it'- that's ridiculous. I'd encourage them to explain their view and do their part to take back their symbol from the bigots and racists. Problems are never solved by shutting up and just accepting something as is.
Exactly. They should explain their views. If they want to use a symbol to reclaim it's meaning, they have to tell others why.

It was mentioned earlier, but the "Stars and Bars" are the actual confederate flag, and not one that most would recognized.



The Confederate battle flag or Southern Cross Flag often is incorrectly identified as the "Stars and Bars".



The change was made because in battle the Stars and Bars resembled the US flag too closely.
Now I feel like an idiot.... but thanks for explaining the difference.