NYC subway system to tear out tile art that 'looks like' Confederate flag

Social justice crusaders are spotting Confederate flags everywhere, even places they don’t actually exist.

In the wake of a deadly conflict between anti-fascist agitators and white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend, officials in many states and cities are heeding calls to remove all traces of the Confederacy.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the U.S. Army to rename streets in its Fort Hamilton facility in Brooklyn named after Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted the city will “conduct a 90-day review of all symbols of hate on city property,” and Bronx Community College removed Lee’s and Jackson’s busts from its Hall of Fame for Great Americas, Fox 5 reports.

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