Removing a flag, banning a flag, is not enough on its own, and it’s a smothering tactic to make us all feel better to suggest otherwise.

In circumstances like this, banning is understandable, even admirable. We have to be seen to be doing something, reacting somehow.

Our culture today is entirely reactive, as if collectively we are 24/7 being tapped on our knees by little doctors’ hammers, primed to agree or disagree on whatever issue commands our attention in the moment.

Social media has increased the speed of all kinds of debate, and the endgame of these debates is predicated on whichever constituency is most vocal in the moment.

The court of public opinion is really a giant school playground.