Democrats should apologize for flying the confederate flag in SC

[i am herdman]

Fritz Hollings was the governor of South Carolina and later a Senator. I believe he also made a run for the White House.

Under his leadership, a Democrat mind you, the confedrate flag was raised over the South Carolina state house.

 

[pj(HN)]

And now all those dixiecrats are in the GOP... LOL..

 

[i am herdman]

And now all those dixiecrats are in the GOP... LOL..

Can't escape your party's past PJ.

By the way, Lincoln freed the slaves and he was a Republican.

 

[wvkeeper(HN)]

And now all those dixiecrats are in the GOP... LOL..

It has to really burn the liberals who live off outdated stereotypes that an Indian-American Female GOP Governor is going to take down the flag, while flanked by an African-American GOP Senator, that a white Democrat in 1999 put back up.

Here is another stereotype being killed:

michaelscherer ‏@michaelscherer 28m28 minutes ago
Things I never wrote in '08 and '12: The top two polling Republican candidates for President have Latino families and speak fluent Spanish.

 

[i am herdman]

Will they start tearing down monuments now? My town has one. Next to the Methodist church. It is a piece of history. Will Stonewall Jackson state park need to have a name change? Will they stop showing Dukes of Hazard reruns because of the General Lee?

 

[HerdandHokies]

It has to really burn the liberals who live off outdated stereotypes that an Indian-American Female GOP Governor is going to take down the flag, while flanked by an African-American GOP Senator, that a white Democrat in 1999 put back up.

Here is another stereotype being killed:

Just eats me up inside to see people do things that I think should be done.

 

[GK4Herd]

Rather than playing political gotcha, why don't you guys just state whether you are for or against the confederate flag being flown by a government entity.

 

[wisemaniac]

Rather than playing political gotcha, why don't you guys just state whether you are for or against the confederate flag being flown by a government entity.

Should they fly/display it? Absolutely. On top of a government building that isn't a museum? Nope.

Up until two years ago, I was a Charleston resident for 15 years. While I have always thought the flag should be honored on state grounds in some fashion, it is the state's history after all, the negative connotation from flying it ultimately became a detriment to the state. Make no mistake, even if it's behind glass in a showpiece dedicated to the state's history, people will still demand it be nowhere on government property.

When the Federal Government started weighing in on the flag, I thought they overstepped. SC wasn't breaking any laws by flying it & that perceived overreach is what emboldened supporters.

In a couple years I plan on a big campaign to get Byrd's name off of everything in the state. I figure enough time has passed that once I start pointing out to college kids that Byrd was a high ranking Klansman, did things like vote against both Marshall & Thomas, filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act for 14 hours, etc... - I figure this far outweighs any of the good so his name has to come down.

 

[i am herdman]

I wish it was flying over Virginia, including the bastard wc, nc, sc, Kentucky, alabama, miss. Florida, la, tx, arkansas., tenn, georgia, and Missouri, Arizona, and new Mexico for good measure.

 

[i am herdman]

What will the liberals and race baiters bitch about next?

 

[herdfan06]

If the Governor of SC were a Democrat, Herman would be bitching about Liberals spitting on history and being too worried about being politically correct.

 

[ThunderCat98]

I wish it was flying over Virginia, including the bastard wc, nc, sc, Kentucky . . . .

Kentucky wasn't a confederate state. The Kentucky legislature voted to remain neutral in the war. While KY had MANY confederate sympathizers, after the battle of Perryville - which took place prior to the Emancipation Proclamation - the Union controlled KY through the rest of the war, with no significant confederate incursions.

 

[i am herdman]

I don't care Kentucky is more south than north. I am going to include it. They are in the Sec. Good enough for me.

 

[i am herdman]

The Republicans should be ashamed. They just lost any national election hopes. They won't carry many a vote in the south now. We are going to stay home now.

Have fun with hillary. Suckera.

 

[WiiWii]

Will they start tearing down monuments now? My town has one. Next to the Methodist church. It is a piece of history. Will Stonewall Jackson state park need to have a name change? Will they stop showing Dukes of Hazard reruns because of the General Lee?

Probably should be renamed...Stonewall Jackson should be a person that the south is ashamed of. He faught to keep an entire race enslaved so that he and his buddies could continue to profit from it. Not a man that deserves to be honored by anyone!

 

[WiiWii]

The Republicans should be ashamed. They just lost any national election hopes. They won't carry many a vote in the south now. We are going to stay home now.

Have fun with hillary. Suckera.

Don't be a fool...oops, too late.

 

[i am herdman]

Probably should be renamed...Stonewall Jackson should be a person that the south is ashamed of. He faught to keep an entire race enslaved so that he and his buddies could continue to profit from it. Not a man that deserves to be honored by anyone!

How about Robert Byrd? Thomas Jefferson? George Washington?

KKK member and slave owners.