“That negative PR existed when they decided not to remove the flag. It hasn’t translated into any economic hardships. I don’t think it will going forward. “
The negative PR got impossible to ignore when a guy who is an admitted white supremacist claiming he wants to start a civil war killed 9 black people at a historical black church while they were having a prayer meeting.
Pulling the flag down from state buildings is really the only action that can be taken.
Governor Haley can’t make people not be racists and she can’t make people not hate each other. She can make the state buildings look neutral.
I believe that when they refused to take it down the first time over 60% of the population wanted to keep it up. Now the governor wants to alientate that large a percentage of her population to placate outsiders?
Governor Haley can’t make people not be racists and she can’t make people not hate each other. She can make the state buildings look neutral.
So does she remove all the Confederate memorials on state property as well? All in interest of making them neutral?