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Georgia added the "southern cross" flag to their state flag in 1956. South Carolina put up the battleflag in 1962. Yes, it was around 100 years after the Civil war, but the Confederate flag was "the bonny blue flag that bore a single star" if you recall the confederate anthem. That flag does not have the hateful associations, so of course the all white Democrat legislature chose, of all the Southern flags that had been used, the one most used by the KKK.

I am glad it is down, and its position at a cemetary should be a warning to racists in the future.

I'm glad the flag has been removed from the dome but for reasons I enumerated in my previous post.
I guess you've never been to the State House in Columbia. The Battle Flag sits on a flag pole in front of the building, not at a cemetery. Ironically, by moving it from the dome to the front of the capitol, it is more visible now than before. Now, you can't avoid seeing it because its right in front of you, but before you had to look up to see it.
Hateful to whom? To the majority of the citizens of the state? Is a majority obligated to consider the feelings of a minority when deciding on which objects to honor? If so, why?
In any event, hating like loving is a matter of perspective. Its all but impossible to be hated by all or loved by all. Its a matter of who you want to please or anger.
For example, the Cross has a powerful and positive meaning to me, but I recognize that it may have negative effects on Muslims. Unfortunately, they will have to live with these feelings, as I would have to live with prominent displays of Islam, if I lived in a Muslim country.

yet ANOTHER false, deceptive & ignorant post!

are you trying to become the next "m.eSPINola" the class clown & DUMBbunny?

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