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To: lentulusgracchus
Your second point is that the Confederates lost -- so did the American militia, at Bunker Hill and later on Bennington

Actually the Patriot Militia won the Battle of Bennington and eventually the entire Revolutionary War. Big difference in outcomes there.

So I celebrate defeated armies and causes.

"Godda prollem wid dat?"

Not at all, and you don't need your state government's participation in order to do so.

You see, there are many citizens of South Carolina who see the Confederate Battle Flag symbol very differently than you do.

Given that that's the case, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the state government at some point will decide not to antagonize a significant portion of its population by placing such a controversial symbol on public grounds at the state capitol which is supposed to represent all South Carolinians.

The Battle Flag can readily be displayed in any number of places, such as private citizens, businesses, historical societies, and the like.

Even if it stands for Southern Heritage to 2/3 of South Carolina citizens, there's simply no compelling need or reason for the state government to endorse a symbol which might stand for slavery and oppression to the other 1/3 of its citizens.

Who knows? Maybe one day it will be displayed on the state grounds again!

This is just not the end of the world.

159 posted on 06/23/2015 1:42:36 AM PDT by sargon
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To: sargon
This is just not the end of the world.

You could have said that about every single day of the fall of the Roman Empire.

Frog, water, pot, boil.

162 posted on 06/23/2015 2:41:42 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutfeld)
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