[Michael.SF.]

Note the date if the bill: May 10, 2000

This was long before hating the Confederate battle flag was cool and trendy amongst the libs.

[JennysCool]

Oh no, they’ve been hatin’ on it a long time. I wrote a newspaper column around 2002 about the dust-up, jokingly suggesting that these nutcases’ next move would be to digitally remove the flag from the General Lee in “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns. A little more than a decade later ... It’s no joke.

[Ready4Freddy]

“This was long before hating the Confederate battle flag was cool and trendy amongst the libs.”

There had been a move afoot for decades to have the flag removed from the Capitol roof.

The bill/vote referenced here was where it succeeded in 2000.