Nikki Haley’s Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash

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[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

As a Yankee who lived in South Carolina for over a decade, I agree with her. Most Southerners really do have "sacrifice and heritage" in mind when they honor the flag of the South.

A February report... identified the [Charleston] shooting as a central moment in the Confederate flag debate.

Fittingly, a shooting in Charleston was a central moment in the Confederate secession debate 150 years before.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have always viewed it as an American version of the swastika. Lots of people see that flag and understand to be a flag of racists. Seems White supremacists see it the same way. Anyone who displays that thing looks to be supporter of Dylan Roof and his ilk. Maybe you think it is wrong that we have that impression, but that is the impression we have.