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?
“So does she remove all the Confederate memorials on state property as well? All in interest of making them neutral?”
Nah. Nobody’s waving those in videos or making them the symbol of anything.
Be hard to remove everything associated with the CSA.
But the flag? That’s easy and yeah it is placating outsiders but they’re the outsiders bringing jobs and money to the state. The flag is seen as a symbol of white racists. Whether that’s fair or not doesn’t matter it’s already perceived that way. I bet they pull it down and it’ll probably sty down this time.
This issue just got way too hot to touch.
“So does she remove all the Confederate memorials on state property as well? All in interest of making them neutral”
George W. Bush did.