Oh my! Red Dawn! Quite often, you make very saucy and funny comments. Hilarious!

Good ones here!
"While I don?t quite qualify I?m sure you?ll have an easier time finding one than a Californian not on Prozac."
Here's a Californian who's not on one and was not at any point!

Don't be dissing my state! :| Hehehe!
Well, on a serious note: From a historical point of view, I see nothing wrong with people generally flying the flag. Of course I know and am sure there are some who fly it with complete honour to the principles held by the South then--with immense endorsement of slavery. However, as stated by Hubris, every state and people have some dark past. There's more to the history of the South than its endorsement and practice of slavery. Besides, the North wasn't soooo clean. The North was allowed to practice enslavement if they possessed slaves at the time of the war. I guess the emancipation of slaves was to punish the Southern states that were not willing to relinquish their fights and stick with the Union. If you read history, you'll note that the Southern states that elected to stay with the Union was not affected with the declaration. Read the Emancipation Proclamation yourselves. It is true that slavery was not a vital means of revenue for the North, so it was not an issue for the North (i.e., slavery was not as prevalent as it was South) as it was for the South that depended on it.
From a strategic point of view, the Emancipation Proclamation worked to the advantage of the Union 'cuz it attracted support from some European nations (Britain and France in particular) that were against slavery. It was not the first day Lincoln made this declaration. It was way later in the war and when he did, he was not expecting to have to live up to it. In fact, many slaves wondered if they could trust the words of Lincoln as they gathered to hear the news. It took a while, years, years before they finally were emancipated, and gradually at some states of the Union.
So, in essence, I support free speech and think people should have the absolute liberty to fly the flags, of any kind in fact. On the other hand, I won't on a personal level necessarily really befriend a Southerner (just acquintanceship). I don't think we have much in common, anyway . . . Cali. vs. the South . . . huge difference.