Warren County is considering a request to allow a Confederate flag to be placed at the courthouse. The measure could be under consideration during the Aug. 15 full Warren County Commission meeting. Matthew Austin is asking commissioners to deny the request.“If black people are to feel no pain for the suffering of their ancestors, no emotional attachment to the atrocious deeds of the past, if there is to be no empathy, then white Southerners have no place to take an emotional pride in their ancestors, especially those who caused and supported the suffering of black people,” said Austin.