I lived in Columbia for seven years during the worst of the flag flap (1997-2004) and while I was sad to see it taken off the Statehouse dome, in the end, I believe where it is now, at the Confederate Soldiers Memorial, is a more appropriate place for it. An ANV battle flag flying at a memorial to South Carolina’s dead who fought under it seems like a fitting tribute.
It was funny to watch Joe Darby and Darrell Jackson and the “usual suspects” in the race-pimp community down there try and gin up some outrage, only to find that the vast majority of the state, on both sides, had moved on. Most of the flag supporters had made their peace with its location at the memorial obelisk, and the huge majority of the flag opponents had accepted the “victory” of its removal from the top of the Statehouse, and moved on. Seemed like that by 2004, the only people that gave much of a damn about the NAACP’s ludicrous “boycott” were the Democratic Party and the NCAA!
I don’t see where Thompson’s answer was wrong. As a part of a historical display, or a memorial, then a Confederate flag (whichever one, be it a battle flag or one of the National flags) is certainly appropriate. Flying over the actual seat of government? Not really. Maybe hoist one up for the day on Confederate Memorial Day, under the US and Palmetto flags.
Oh, BTW, has that crazy street person “Rev. E.X. Slave” tried to deface the Memorial again, like he did 3-4 years ago when he scaled the fence at lunch hour and burned the flag?
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