Posted on 06/23/2015 8:29:31 PM PDT by drewh
As lawmakers across the South spoke out against the Confederate battle flag and the nations largest retailers pulled items with its image from their shelves, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called the flag a symbol of our nations racist past.
Speaking at an African-American church just outside Ferguson, Mo., an impoverished black community where protests against a mostly white police force erupted in violence last summer, Mrs. Clinton made a forceful plea to remove the Confederate flag wherever it flew. And she encouraged other retailers to follow Amazon, Walmart, eBay and Sears in discontinuing sales of items that display the flag.
It shouldnt fly there. It shouldnt fly anywhere, Mrs. Clinton said of South Carolina, where a white gunman killed nine African-Americans last Wednesday during a Bible study session at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
Several retailers have decided they will no longer sell such merchandise because of the church killings in Charleston, S.C. That night, word of the killings struck like a blow to the soul, she said. How do we make sense of such an evil act an act of racist terrorism perpetrated in a house of God?
Mrs. Clintons emphasis on race has been largely motivated by current events, with her campaign unfolding against the backdrop of riots in Baltimore this spring after the death of a black man who had been in police custody and, more immediately, the slaughter in Charleston.
Mrs. Clintons approach also distinguishes her from her potential Republican rivals who have mostly only dipped a cautious toe into issues of racism. Candid talks like the one in Florissant could help Mrs. Clinton shore up support among the Democratic Partys base who overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama during her failed 2008 presidential campaign.
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Hey, Pig Knees. I'm in Alabama. Molon Labe, and good luck.
The GOP agrees with her anyway
..... Heck ...... Democrats and Liberals know a very important and simple basic principle of nature that has eluded most Conservatives for decades ....... and which has brought a mighty nation to it's knees for not knowing it.
...... Sadly..... the opposition that is against freedom learned early on in this nations history that, like one of the most prominent laws of nature .......... most things move along the path of least resistance.
...... Therefore .... all that one has to do is create a little resistance to guide your ultimate desires towards an intended goal.
..... But sadly ....... the Conservative movement in America figured that the most effective tool to battle this natural movement ..... is to stand around and say stuff .... and hope others will listen. Unfortunately ..... this creates little if any blowback. And as a result of this ...... there is little resistance ..... and the political and social evolution continues to flow along that slick, easy to move along path.
..... And so ..... At the heart of this every destructive and negative FORCE that is happening in this nation ...... is just that ....... The lack of any, if any ..... resistance! So .... Quite simply ....... There is very little BLOWBACK or as some might call it .... resistance ..... to prevent the flow of Anti-American evolution in this country.
....... Therefore ...... the solution to this problems should ..... and most likely is ..... the creation of seriously powerful resistance ...... and BLOWBACK to singe the the never tested resolve of the left.
..... SOLUTION? ...... Create as much resistance and blowback to what the left is doing ..... and they will think twice before they even try it again!!! Use the legal system ..... use any system available to us to do so. It is time to stop this flow of Liberal/Communism along this well lubricated path of least resistance!!
..... For Freedom's SAKE ......... STOP IT!!!!!!!
..... RESIST!
They never say anything about the blacks who kill whites because of race.
Those stores are now dead to me. Well, Walmart has been dead for a long time but now it’s forever.
The RATs are trying to sweep their past under the political/media rug. It might be out of site but it will always be there.
Especially interesting as she has no soul.
I wanted to clarify the discussion of the Confederate Flag in our recent CNN interview. Myself, the past and present members (that are from the South), are all extremely proud of our heritage and being from the South. We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights.
We still utilize the Confederate (Rebel) flag on stage every night in our shows, we are and always will be a Southern American Rock band, first and foremost. We also utilize the state flag of Alabama and the American flag, cause at the end of the day, we are all Americans.
I only stated my opinion that the confederate flag, at times, was unfairly being used as a symbol by various hate groups, which is something that we dont support the flag being used for. The Confederate flag means something more to us, Heritage not Hate
-Gary Rossington
I guess Hillary is pissed off the Demoncrats don’t own the South anymore.
Going to buy one today, Hillary. I will fly it as I choose.
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