Neither of those were reframed as hate. "It's Okay To Be White" was a slogan 4chan developed with the specific intent of being the most innocent sounding white suprematist slogan possible. ALM was occasionally said with innocent intentions, but again the origin of the phrase was an attempt at discrediting the claim made by BLM that people did not care when black people die.
I also have no idea how the author can claim with a straight face that forty years ago having a Confederate flag wasn't making a statement about race.
I also have no idea how the author can claim with a straight face that forty years ago having a Confederate flag wasn't making a statement about race.