JQPublic1
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I don't give a damn about the flag, I give a damn about the 1st amendment and the Constitution. You obviously don't. If the people of that state want the flag to come down, fine. If they don't, you don't have the right to demand it anyway, regardless of what you think it stands for.It doesn't matter if it's fine with you or not, we have the 1st amendment in this country. The flag is part of our history, and you don't have the right to not be offended. Liberals are some of the most intolerant people in the world and you prove it every time you try to force your will on the rest of society, regardless of what the Constitution says.Burning the flag of an enemy nation which only existed during a war with the USA seems fine with me. Whatever you want to claim about "historical significance" is ridiculous. That flag has been used as a symbol of racial subjugation and racial terrorism since its creation.
Liberals aren't intolerant. The Rebel flag has been flown rebelliously on various public monuments for more than 140 years after the resounding defeat of the Confederacy. That is far too long but "liberls," and other people of good faith, bowed to the sympathies of descendants of a defeated enemy. Their tax dollars spent to support an enemy flag. Speaking fo forcing someone' will on others, I think it is time to stop forcing Americans citizens to have to view that confederate rag every time they visit the capitol.
What is really surprising is that you are so attached to an alleged Democrat relic after all your crying about Democratic plantations and KKK origins. Perhaps , though, it is the pending loss of Southern Democrat Conservatism tied to that flag that really bothers you more than party affiliation.
Well, I have the right to demand anything I please...That doesn't mean those demands will be honored or addressed.
In this case, the people of South Carolina probably did not have a say in placing the flag on the capitol so why should they have a say in the removal of that flag? Who made the decision to place it there in the first place? I doubt if there was a public referendum where one could vote yea or nay on the matter. I think some past governor with strong ties to the defeated Confederacy probably ordered the rebel flag to be flown. He might or might not have had legislative concurrence.
Is that a violation of the 1st Amendment as well if it was just a spontaneous act?
As it stands now, the last I heard is that the present governor backs taking the flag down as does some of the legislature.
Sorry, but I think the flag is coming down!