Comment Re:Try it for yourself! (Score 1) 818
Now replace "confederate" with just about any other potentially offensive term (nazi, communist, rhodesia) and you get plenty of results.
Not in Germany or France you won't. It's almost like a symbol does not have an independently objective meaning but rather can only be understood within the context of a particular culture. There is little reason to believe that Americans, when exposed to nazi propaganda, will suddenly start goose stepping, nor will Germans who see the battle flag of the Confederacy decide to wage war against the United States. But there is a reasonable concern that Germans who show interest in nazi memorabilia are doing so because they believe in German racial superiority, and likewise a concern that Americans who want to fly the stars and bars are doing so because they want to hearken back to the day when African Americans were in chains. Google does not have to help them satisfy those wishes.