Does this look like a burning cross to you?

This picture has been making the rounds on the Internet. It’s a product being sold by the American Family Association for Christmas: a cross with lights on it. Unfortunately for the AFA quite a lot of people think that it looks like a burning cross, with all the Ku Klux Klan baggage that entails.

Personally it does look like a burning cross to me, and I think the AFA must be pretty dense not to realize how negative a message it might imply, but, hey, decide for yourself.

5 thoughts on “Does this look like a burning cross to you?”

  1. Well, in the U.S., the burning cross is a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan, and setting a giant cross on fire was a way to send an intimidating message to blacks. Even before that, the burning cross was used as a call for Christians to rise up against their enemies.

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