That being said, the actual issue, (EEOC: Wearing Confederate Flag T-Shirts May Be ‘Hostile Work Environment Harassment’) has me wondering what this will mean for government run or contracted shops on various Civil War Battlefields continue to sell merchandise emblazoned with the Confederate Battle Flag (which is not the same as the “Confederate flag.”) Will an employee now be able to say “the items offend me, so they cannot be sold?”

Will a re-enactor dressed in Confederate garb, or sitting under a Confederate flag be banned from National Historical Parks because someone is “offended” by the sight of the Confederate Battle Flag?

It is not that I support slavery or racism, but the Confederacy is a part of American history, and the idea the history of its existence, the history of its people, and the history of its “heritage” can be legislated out of existence is greatly troubling.