Nikki Haley To Call For Confederate Flag To Be Removed From South Carolina Capitol:

57Brave

57Brave

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Guess that sound we hear is the 20th century trainin' into South Carolina.

Hey Hawk, makin sense yet ?
 
Last week, the Confederate flag fluttered at full-staff in front of the South Carolina State House while the American flag and the state's palmetto flag were lowered to half-mast in honor of the nine bible study members shot dead by 21-year-old Dylann Roof at Emanuel AME Church, the oldest black congregation in the South.
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Wow
 
EXCLUSIVE - GOP US Sen Tim Scott is joining the chorus of officials calling for the Confederate flag to be removed from the Statehouse today
 
lol. I love that Scott and Haley are crumbling under political pressure over this.

I hope someone nails them for not wanting to do this years ago.
 
57Brave said:
Guess that sound we hear is the 20th century trainin' into South Carolina.

Hey Hawk, makin sense yet ?
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Oh, it's making plenty of sense.

Something that hasn't been addressed in almost two decades is suddenly of massive importance because it's politically toxic to take any other position. To kind of echo what Heywood said, I'd have much more respect for the process if it wasn't unfurling (no pun) the way that it is.

To be completely honest with you, I think this makes race relations worse in the state (in the short term, at least).

But I'd glad to sense that you think real progress is being made here. Mississippi next right?

Will be quite interesting to see how the legislature responds.
 
The First Step of 12 steps of Recovery is admitting that there is a problem.
I will take the acknowledgement of a problem as progress.

Another slogan used in 12 step programs is
"Progress not perfection"
 
Melissa Boughton
@mboughtonPC
@POTUS, @VP will be in #Charleston Friday to attend funeral of Sen. Clementa Pinckney. @POTUS to deliver eulogy #CharlestonShooting #chsnews

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This is going to be very interesting.
 
Julio3000 said:
Not if you live in the Upstate.
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Isn't this one of yours?

Jeremy Borden
@Jeremy_Borden
SC Sen. Lee Bright says "Stalinistic" to rewrite history. Wants at least more time for debate before state has has #ConfederateFlag dbate

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I kind of want a public referendum on this. Would that be weird?
 
Hawk said:
Isn't this one of yours?

Jeremy Borden
@Jeremy_Borden
SC Sen. Lee Bright says "Stalinistic" to rewrite history. Wants at least more time for debate before state has has #ConfederateFlag dbate

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I kind of want a public referendum on this. Would that be weird?
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I'm not surprised he wants more time for debate. 150 years isn't nearly enough.
 
Heywood said:
lol. I love that Scott and Haley are crumbling under political pressure over this.

I hope someone nails them for not wanting to do this years ago.
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You think a black man and anIndian woman would be big fans of the flag to begin with?
 
The Associated Press
@AP
BREAKING: Governor asks that focus remain on church shooting victims, not on Confederate flag issue.

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Hah.

(and I thought we were supposed to be angry at guns, too?)
 
Lachlan McIntosh
@LachlanMcIntosh
Strom Thurmond's son, State Senator Paul Thurmond is at Governor Haley's press conference calling for the removal of the Confederate Flag.

Jennifer Berry Hawes
@JenBerryHawes
Rep. Mike Anthony: Take flag down tomorrow so it's gone before Sen. Pinckney's casket & family arrive at Statehouse on Wed. @postandcourier
 
This started (this time) with Black Lives Matter. An outgrowth from the Trayvon Martin event.

No shots fired, not windows broken , no fires or arrests of participants.
Maybe these people are on to something ?

Strom Thurmonds kid - huh?
 
Krgrecw said:
You think a black man and anIndian woman would be big fans of the flag to begin with?
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I have nothing bad to say about Scott beyond run-of-the-mill political differences, but Haley would wear the Confederate flag as a scarf or put it in a wood chipper if either would guarantee her advancement.

That said, I applaud this move.

Hawk, as for your musing about a referendum, I'd be really curious to see how that would go (purely for academic reasons), and it's interesting to note that the folks who are elected on a statewide ballot have all come out front on this quickly.
 
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