> This is why the Confederate flag will come down from the SC statehouse.<
The battle flag was taken down from the SC statehouse over a decade ago.
You’re a little late to the event. That flag currently flies over a war memorial. That memorial does happen to be on state property. The earlier move was in response to a bunch of breast beating and histrionics by leftists about how something just had to be done about that awful flag. So, something was done. The leftists were mollified for a short time, we now see.
I see this as a freedom of expression problem. Your reality is totally different from many who fly this particular flag. The flag has meaning for many people. If you do not like the flag, by all means don’t fly it or own it. Your opinion does not trump the opinion of others. It most certainly does not neutralize their rights of freedom of expression.
The South Carolina legislature will ultimately decide what happens to this flag, not the Governor. It’s my understanding that the flag may be removed from the war memorial only by a 2/3rds majority vote to do so. I think Governor Haley has a long road to getting such a large majority to follow her against their constituents’ wishes.
I am not a Southerner. My experience has been that many of the people who fly the flag or use the flag as a symbol are at least a little racist. Not all, but enough to make me uncomfortable. South Carolina can do what it wants. But major employers are watching. No big company wants to deal with the Confederate flag issue.