Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, flanked by Sens. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, both Republicans, hold a press conference to call for the removal of the Confederate Flag in Colombia, South Carolina.
Should the Dixie flag of the South, the venerable “Stars And Bars”, be removed from the South Carolina statehouse?
While the voters of South Carolina have every right to decide who hangs what flag on the statehouse grounds, the argument against the Dixie flag in invalid. First of all, it flies over a tomb monument, not the actual courthouse itself and therefore is not either commemorating Dixie nor is it honoring it.
It flies over a Civil War War Memorial honoring the men killed in the war. It also has nothing to do with what happened at the Charleston church shooting where 9 people were killed by a racist who was looking to seek justice for wrongly perceived slights to whites.
In short, it’s simply because some unknown persons are offended. No one to date has filed an official grievance or petition with the Governor’s office.
‘I’m offended’ is the new motto for the United States.
It won’t stop with the Dixie flag however– soon any notion of the Confederacy except as an historical pejorative will be destroyed. History texts will be amended. Statues of Lee and other Confederate heroes and veterans will come down. Historical monuments of the Confederacy will be removed. Confederate uniforms, sayings, reenactments and clothing will be banned.
In short, its the liberal agenda seeking to re-litigate the Civil war, and in turn reestablish the Reconstruction South that was so desperately resisted by President Lincoln, who wanted the people just to go home and heal the nation.
The real agenda of the left here is to destroy the notion of an independent state from the federal government, which is a threat to the statist left. They are going to open old wounds and drag up the argument of North versus South to once again, divide a nation further and capitalize on the dissension.
Mark my words, if they take that flag down, it will only be the beginning.
That’s why you can’t do it South Carolina.
There is too much at stake.
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Amocat / June 24, 2015
As Robbie Robertson wrote: “The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singing
They went, “Na, na, la, na, na, la”
Unfortunately, it refused to stay down, and its symbol of slavery, segregation, racial superiority, and rebellion has received state sanction for far too long. It’s time for America’s swastika to be put away.
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