[higherpurpose]

Not surprised that Apple is one of the first companies to censor something. If it appeases a large part of the population, even better.

Now games can't show historically accurate events even if they want to. I'm in no way "supporting" the Confederate flag, just like if I support someone's free speech right even if he says something stupid or "offensive" doesn't mean I support that speech. But it's one thing to take down the clearly obsolete Confederate flag from the government's buildings, and it's quite another to start censoring it on websites, apps, etc...

[michaelchisari]

Most often, the confederate flag is not used in a historically accurate way.

[themeek]

That doesn't matter for his argument, though.

Sure the Confederate flag used today was the battle flag and not the flag of the union. I don't think people flying the flag really care about that. Flags are symbols and the south attempt at secession did rally under their military effort and flag.

Today the flag means something very different than what it did.

That happens all the time with flags.

But again, none of that matters for OPs argument.