Is there any rational person out there who honestly thinks that if the Confederate flag had been removed ten years ago then Dylann Roof would not have murdered those people? The rush by these politicians to try and push through a worthless gesture that is going to piss off as many people as it appeases is further evidence that we elect morons to office.
It’s all about racial symbolism just like the myth of “hands up, don’t shoot.” They know they’re pandering to a substantially illiterate underclass who are given to urban myths and folklore.
You could vote to outlaw cheeseburgers....and it’d have the same effect of outlawing the SC flag. Within the state, even if you subtract the flags....there’s still at least a thousand reminders of the period prior 1865. Will we dismantle those as well, and if you do....will it finally halt racism or violence?
“Is there any rational person out there who honestly thinks that if the Confederate flag had been removed ten years ago then Dylann Roof would not have murdered those people?
Excellent question. I would like for someone to ask Jeb! and Romney that question at a news conference.