I am having great difficulty understanding the glaring contradictions associated with this whole controversy. On the one hand it seems to be acceptable and even fashionable to try to erase from our public space those symbols that represent people or practices of repression in our distant and not too distant history. As a society we appear to be attempting to sanitize our language and are even prepared to jail offenders who do not adhere to what the police of political correctness mandate as acceptable or not acceptable. Allegedly, we are doing this as a society because of what those symbols or historical persons or entities or hurtful language represent to some members of our society. In other words a minority of people who object to playing by the new rules can be demonized, sanctioned or jailed for not conforming. Why is it then acceptable and defensible to allow these articles of clothing that also represent oppression and tyranny the freedom to offend? These are not religious items