Posted on 06/23/2015 3:57:14 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
It's a relief that South Carolina leaders, including Republicans such as Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, are finally calling for the removal of the Confederate flag that still flies on the Capitol grounds.
That flag should have been taken down 150 years ago at the end of the Civil War. And political leaders should have stood firmly against the Confederate flag -- and all it stands for -- before the Charleston shooting.
While the Confederate flag is a powerful and problematic symbol, one that should completely be dismantled, taking down the flag is just the first step. What we must do is take down racism
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“down the flag is just the first step. What we must do is take down racism”
Imprisoning Sharpton, Jackson, and Holder? Dismantling the NAALCP? Outlawing the Southern Poverty Law Center?
Freaking RINO Yankees.
It will never be enough.
IT doesn’t matter what the particular issue is.
None of the left can be placated by anything. They just keep demanding more.
Good reason never to give in to them in the first place. Basically we need to learn how to ignore them.
Watch them really go apesh1t.
The cluelessness of so many freepers and pundits like Michael Medved embarrass me. Even Mark Levin, who is always denigrating the southern side in the war, finally acknowledged tonight that there was a problem with the banning of the flag. When will people wake up? This is just the first step. Those of us who love history are losing our history. And I’m a NYer!
Lets not wait until white is bred out, lets round ‘em up and slaughter them now - just to be safe.
Nuking the Southern states?
Fun factoid: the USAF Global Strike Command HQ is in Louisiana.
I get into it with “the south was right” folks on FR, but I would NEVER get on board with this obvious canard. This is not about the CSA or slavery, this is indeed a naked attempt at erasing part of American history and is a front for an attempt at grabbing at things that have nothing to do with it.
The whole game consists of keeping people going by forever being sore at them. Until the people finally wise up.
One of these days there is going to be a horrific crime against white people by black perps and this will all turn the other way. . . . . Oh wait. Hmmmm.
One mad man, nine murders. In how many years that the Dixie flag was there.
Chicago beats this on slow weekends.
Would the author ban the burka because some people regard it as symbolic of the oppression of women and of violence against women who violate Islamic norms? Of course not, but WHY not?
And... wanna bet. The murder rate and madman rate will not dip at all.
I might be flying my own DONT TREAD ON ME flag on the 4th if the USSC prohibits laws banning same-sex marriage.
It’s time for a Congressional White Caucus.
I never argue about south/north - the matter was settled with the blood of 700,000 men. But both sides have a right to their beloved symbols of sacrifice and patriotism. Lincoln must be rolling over in his grave - after all, he always had the band play “Dixie” after the war.
It never ceases to amaze me how people can write this crap. He is calling for the end of selective free speech and doesn’t even know it.
These people may rue the day when they started this crap. Some dictator may get into power one day and tell them what they can and cannot say and the punishment will be harsh.
The republicans’ reactions tell me elections are all rigged. You can’t tell me they won’t lose votes over this yet they do it anyway.
The Progs smell blood in the water—they will act on Monuments next—stone mountain will be blased away—the CSA graves bulldozed for headstart schools and low income housing. They think they have won—but they have just played their hand. The intolerent neo-nazi/commies will overplay their victory and turn the south—Black and White against them. The Ghosts of Lee, Jackson and Davis will rise up—maybe CW II is coming.
Yep
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