Posted on 06/23/2015 8:16:14 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Virginia will begin the process to remove the Confederate flag from state-issued license plates, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday, calling the emblem divisive and hurtful.
McAuliffe said that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows states to decide which emblems to allow or not allow on license plates. He said that the decision supersedes previous federal court rulings that required Virginia to issue Sons of the Confederate Veterans plates that include the iconic image of the red flag with a blue X.
His announcement comes a day after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state’s capitol in Columbia.
“As Gov. Haley said yesterday, her state can ill afford to let this symbol continue to divide the people of South Carolina. I believe the same is true here in Virginia,” McAuliffe said in a statement. “Even its display on state issued license tags is, in my view, unnecessarily divisive and hurtful to too many of our people. ”
Virginia does not fly the flag of the former confederacy at its state capitol in Richmond, once the capital of the South. But in 1999, the General Assembly allowed the specialty license plates for the Sons of the Confederate Veterans. Although the legislation attempted to preclude the flag from being displayed on these plates, court rulings forced the state to allow a depiction of the banner.
McAuliffe says that he’s directed state transportation officials to devise a plan to replace these plates “as quickly as possible.”
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate displaying the flag and rejected a free-speech challenge. The court found that Texas can limit the content of plates because they are state property.
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Another idiot.
SCOTUS said that the state should have final say on what was appropriate for personalized license plates. Everything that I’ve ever seen regarding personalized license plates has affirmed that they have the discretion to determine what is appropriate and what is not. Propriety is a subjective critter and there are always going to be those who don’t get what they want.
If you choose to see this as a Niemöller moment then buckle up buddy because you ain’t seen nothing yet.
People of the South, the Left is going to hang this albatross around your necks.
I know it’s not right and my experience has been that most Southerners are polite and tolerant towards others. As well, I’ve seen more hate and intolerance here in the Northeast.
But this crazy redneck, shooting up that church, has done irreparable damage to the image of Southerners, who are mostly good people, and that’s a shame.
The flag didn’t kill those people...the gun didn’t kill those people, evil did. Would you want to be a candidate in 2016 running for office having supported this meaningless gesture, “feel good” moment of voting to remove a flag from the public square? Think where this argument leads them. This was a deranged, evil, young man that committed this heinous crime. What happens when it is another deranged, evil, young man that does it wrapped in the U.S. Flag? Instead of standing up to bullying (on the part of liberals, media, etc.) and calling evil for what it is and failing to speak out on the continuation of failed policies on poverty, education, the breakdown of the family and culture, feckless politicians take the expedient path to what they think (in the case of Republican politicians)will lead to the “other side” liking them more. We have ISIS running amok in the Middle East, our borders are pourous, Russia and Nato gearing up for a renewed Cold War, China thumbing their nose at us in the Pacific (not to mention owning our debt), Iran laughing at us as we cede ground continually on nuclear negotiations, and an economy that is at zero GDP and a false unemployment rate, and we’re all atwitter about a “flag”. Rome truly is burning...
We are being stampeded into Gleichschaltung by the Liberal Media propaganda soldiers.
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Very interesting. Thanks for posting the link.
>SCOTUS said that the state should have final say on what was appropriate for personalized license plates.<
The state implies a legislative body, not just a governor.
“The 1950s and 60s Civil Rights Movement was great with this. The Bus Boycott was planned long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. In fact, there was a previous candidate, a young girl who did the same before Parks. Unfortunately for her she was pregnant out of wedlock, so the Civil Rights leaders dropped her and waited for a better candidate. Who they got in Parks.”
I read a book about the 50s. There were several chapters about the civil rights movement that mentioned what you described. MLK and the other leaders knew that if they just waited that eventually somebody would do something so horrific that it made staying neutral impossible.
The book also mentioned that the civil rights leaders looked for situations that had an easy to hate villain, like Bull Conner or Lawrence Rainey.
Remember folks, Old Glory is next.
Good point. I don’t know the current makeup of their legislature. Perhaps there’s an upset in her future?
>I don’t know the current makeup of their legislature. Perhaps there’s an upset in her future?<
One would think. In SC’s case, the flag was moved not that long ago to the memorial, because of the flap at that point in time. Now, the goalpost has been moved to putting the flag “in a museum”. Given time, will the goalpost be further moved to eliminating it from any museum, in order to salve the tender sensibilities of the Perpetually Offended?
No, no change of heart, but it is a pretty stupid topic. I can’t defend flying the old Stars and Bars over a government building in the Union, but at the same time, it’s ludicrous to act like this dopey issue of the flag going to solve racism in either direction.
This was also, you may recall, part of the ratcheting up that took place in the 1999 through 2002, effort.
It is terribly difficult for Conservatives, who--however we may differ among ourselves as to particular priorities--still recognize the need for some sort of moral compass; to really understand the hatred--not idealism or altruism--but pure hatred that drives the Egalitarian/Collectivist in the war on reality. But none of these antics will ever make any sense until one realizes that that is indeed the driving mechanism.
How is the Confederate flag have anything to do with the shooting? Will the tv show “Dukes of Hazard” be banned too? Will they change the car using special effects? <<<<<<<<<<<
Exactly. I was wondering if “Pawn Stars” will be precluded from dealing in Confederate artifacts and collectibles? Surely “Gone With The Wind” should be banned, as well. Soon the history books will be wiped clean of everything that offends anybody or could incite a nutcase to commit multiple murders.
I see the MSM has handily forgotten the shooters a few years back on the East coast who took out multiple people on the interstates, at store parking lots and at gas stations. Oh, wait, they were not crazed white shooters.
And you are either so cognitively unaware that you are incapable of understanding the big picture, or you are deliberately ignoring the free speech/equal protection aspect of this.
The state can no more prohibit one sort of speech than they can another, and they are obligated by the 14th amendment to treat everyone equally under the law.
They don't get to exercise "discretion" when it comes to freedom of speech on public property. There is no "permitted" speech, and "prohibited" speech.
And your argument "The supreme court says so" is just a variation on the theme of "might makes right", which come to think of it, seems to be your answer for a lot of other sorts of tyranny as well.
Are you sure you belong on a conservative web site? The Liberals are the ones who generally advocate the totalitarian stuff.
You're welcome. People need to know about their methods, their intentions, and even their unintended consequences.
Someone pointed out something interesting about Dylann Roof’s lunatic “manifesto” that was found online after the shooting. In it he decried the fact that “there is no skinhead or KKK presense in Charleston.”
Imagine that. In the cradle of the confederacy this loon was not able to find kindred spirits for his basic garden variety racism. If that’s not progress then what is?
But by golly you may have a point (besides the one on top of your noggin). In reviewing the Virginia state statutes (you see, I'm kinda funny about the rule of law vs. your feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings) it looks like there may be a loophole that you might be able to squeeze through (I hope you don't get stuck with your huge cranium).
Virginia code:
§ 46.2-726. License plates with reserved numbers or letters; fees.The Commissioner may, in his discretion, reserve license plates with certain registration numbers or letters or combinations thereof for issuance to persons requesting license plates so numbered and lettered.
But specific to the SCV plates they forgot to include the discretion language:
§ 46.2-746.22. Special license plates; members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.On receipt of an application therefor and written evidence that the applicant is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Commissioner shall issue special license plates to members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. No logo or emblem of any description shall be displayed or incorporated into the design of license plates issued under this section.
(1999, c. 902.)
There, I've done your footwork for you - now you can file suit with the state of Virginia and demand your "confederate" plates.
Good luck Don Quixote!
I’m not going to read your response because you don’t actually have one.
That would actually be a fair and equitable solution. The "State" would not be promoting one type of speech over another.
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My disappointment is in the southern Republican politicians who are so scared to be called racists that they throw their fellow citizens under the bus.
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