I think it would help republicans in that it would give the MSM one less thing to point to as republicans supporting racism. Really, what good does it do to continue to fly this flag? It has obviously been hijacked by people who are not wanting to see the races work together. I live in SC and am fine with it being taken down if it helps heal old wounds.
Hey, if that’s what SC wants to do, then fine.
But if you think this is going to heal anything, you are going to be in for a real shock. You fell for their BS and now they have the formula to start pushing for all manner of stuff to be removed from view, and they will use the same reasoning, maybe even fake a few incidents to move it along.
It won't heal any old wounds. It will simply encourage the left to demand further concessions. You will get nothing in return for doing as they ask. If anything, you will simply convince them that they need to demand more.
This won't help heal anything. If anything it will fuel even more resentment.
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Thank you for your rather rare words of reason. The flag is the battle emblem of an army that engaged in treason against the United States. It is deeply offensive to a large segment of the population of our country for very understandable reasons. South Carolina only started flying it during the 1960’s as a symbol of defiance to the civil rights movement and desegregation. There is no good reason for it’s being flown over public property.
Bring it down.
Next they will demand all Confederate Monuments be removed and replaced by monuments to “Black Heroes”. Then they will demand the flags be removed from Museums and History books—ban all Re-inactors from flying them—Ban Re-inactments of the Civil War. It will come to this—One symbol down—now focus on another.
Taking down the flag will NOT heal old wounds. This nation has gone to extraordinary measures to “heal old wounds,”. This country has been tied in knots throwing resource after resource to appease the 13% black population. Most of the disintegrating cities are run by blacks leaders, which affects the entire nation. The blacks DO NOT WANT wounds to heal, they want to keep them open and festering. Take down the confederate flag, it won’t matter, the country will still be mired in hatred. As Michelle Obama whispered so eloquently to her husband, “all this for a damn flag”.