It's a symbol of southern heritage - fuck banning it!
It's the people who 'fly' the flag in wrong ways that make this such an "issue".
One person will use it as a symbol to say they're a rebel, love Lynyrd Skynrd, hate niggers, and they're an ignorant cracker with no sense of history or heritage. Others see it as a symbol of their heritage, whether personal or familial, and the southern culture. I'll be damned if I let some vote-hungy, out-of-touch cracker politician take down that flag because it's "wrong". Fuck that. Southern by the grace of God, damnit.