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He is too hateful. Donald Trump spews lies and false data. He is, in just the act of running for president, causing a divide in America. He has been tweeting false statistics, which people believe and causing them to hate other groups even more. He is a dangerous man with a lot of money and power.

Yes, there are games that don't cause violence. That is impossible to deny. Growing up in the age of Oregon Trail, I know that games can be seeming educational. However, the violence of video games make students use the violence in "educational" games. Have you ever destroyed another character on Minecraft? I know that you would put your least favorite person as the last character on Oregon Trail so they would die. It's too easy to destroy in video games.

If your background has something horrible in it, why celebrate that? If my ancestor was a serial killer, should I keep his mementos in my house because they are from my family?

You argue "within reason." Who gets to decide what's acceptable? Yes, we are free in America, but that doesn't mean that we aren't guided by our ethics. Is is ethical to fly a flag that represents a time when Americans were divided? Is it ethical to call yourself an American and fly a flag that is technically anti-American?

Legally can they fly it? Yes, they can. Morally? Is that something that we want to embrace an an American? It is illegal to fly the Nazi flag in Germany. People could argue that the confederate flag represents as much hate and destruction as the Nazi flag. Why would someone want to embrace hatred?