I suppose to some it could be depending on the manner it's flying. If it were paraded several times past an outdoor party attended by black folks accompanied by verbal insults, that might do it.
Did those fellers believe it might be provacative if that's what they did?
Bullshit.
From the demagoguery that you lefties have been pushing the last few months, with the flying of the confederate flag equating support of slavery, you obviously consider it provocative.
THus, the one scenario has a group of blacks, in their/your mind, reacting strongly to a great provocation.
THe other scenario, has the whites randomly picking this birthday party, with a crowd that greatly outnumbered the truck drivers, for intimidation.
WOrds have consequences. Your lefty race baiting has primed blacks to react violently to the Confederate Flag.
I doubt this will be the last such incident.