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I saw where Alabama took the flag down last week. What I must have missed was the NCAA and the NAACP boycotting Alabama.Today or tomorrow.
Does everyone here agree it was time for this to happen?
I saw where Alabama took the flag down last week. What I must have missed was the NCAA and the NAACP boycotting Alabama.
They should do it at 4am to rob all of these news clowns.
I don't care either way. How can a flag be the answer to all the country's problems? I don't hear anyone hollering about Mississippi's flag - the confederate flag is actually embedded in that state flag.
Yeah dropping the flag will solve it all. It could be the end of all hate world wide now that the Confederate flag no longer waves. It's a never ending cycle that will not end until even the color gray is abolished. How many of the dozens of blacks in Chicago were killed by other blacks waving that racist flag? Count with me....0. USA is now the land of the offended or at least the land of pretending to be offended. Close Gettysburg and make a tractor pull out of the battle field all that Confederate merchandise sold in town offends me and my dog.Today or tomorrow.
Does everyone here agree it was time for this to happen?
I've live in SC all my life and have never met anyone in pain after seeing the flag. It's a piece of fabric on a pole. JeepersTaking it down will not end racism.
Taking it down will not erase the heritage and the pride of people who want to honor their ancestors.
Taking it down will ease the pain many of SC's citizens feel every time they see that flag.
The choice is quite simple.
Recruits and most of the good people of SC cannot tell you what is on the grounds of the State House. Most never knew the flag flew over the State House until someone else told them. Politics at its best.So, this is gonna' help recruiting. Right?
So, this is gonna' help recruiting. Right?
Today or tomorrow.
Does everyone here agree it was time for this to happen?
Like many things we have had to endure, we will need to bear with it. I want it to be retired openly with dignity, not as if what our legislature and many South Carolinians were wanting was something sneaky and wrong. I have as many ancestors as do many of you who served on both sides in the war, but that is the past. Now is the present, tomorrow the future.Am quietly rejoicing at it coming down. In hindsight wish Gov. Haley had signed the bill at 2AM and taken it down immediately.
I have no desire to see the possible circus with one side chanting take it down and the other side singing Dixie.
I too would like it done with dignity but am skeptical of this being possible. Would rather it be a nonevent than have it being a platform for idiots of all stripesLike many things we have had to endure, we will need to bear with it. I want it to be retired openly with dignity, not as if what our legislature and many South Carolinians were wanting was something sneaky and wrong. I have as many ancestors as do many of you who served on both sides in the war, but that is the past. Now is the present, tomorrow the future.
They are telling us that this is a step toward healing and unity in SC. Really? Can anyone explain to me how enacting legislation that is so divisive to so many will bring about unity? It seems to me it will be the opposite. It seems to me that we will be more divided than ever.
You're imagining the divisiveness. There is a contingent of "good ol boys" still in this state but it is getting smaller. This is the sign of them "good ol boys" days running the state finally being over. Yeah some will be angry and whine about it for a while, but when they realize no one is listening to them anymore they will give up. Patience.They are telling us that this is a step toward healing and unity in SC. Really? Can anyone explain to me how enacting legislation that is so divisive to so many will bring about unity? It seems to me it will be the opposite. It seems to me that we will be more divided than ever.
one step at a time.Taking it down will not end racism.
Taking it down will not erase the heritage and the pride of people who want to honor their ancestors.
Taking it down will ease the pain many of SC's citizens feel every time they see that flag.
The choice is quite simple.
Maybe they will invent a time machine so you can go back to 76 and stay there.Sad, sad day in a once proud state. I've been a South Carolinian since I was born here in '76, & this is the first time I truly feel ashamed of my state.
Leaving it up there won't fix anything, that is for sure.Hell yeah baby! Removing the flag will fix EVERYTHING!!! Just wait and see!
That flag didn't pull the trigger. Just like a gun doesn't go off by itself. But getting some people to understand that is impossible. It'll just be something else the weak will cave too, count on it.Leaving it up there won't fix anything, that is for sure.
It's not how I see it, it is how it is. Just look at the polls. When over 50% of the population disagree, that is pretty damn divisive. How do you NOT see it as divisive? How do you see it as unifying? Do you think all those people who were against it are going to suddenly say, "oh well, since it passed, now I changed my mind and think it is a good idea"? Let's all sing Kum Ba Yah!You see this legislation as divisive. No one will ever be able to explain anything to you given your line of thinking.