Friday, June 19, 2015

Lindsey Graham defends Confederate flag: 'It works here'

Via Billy

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential candidate, on Friday said the Confederate flag is part of the heritage of his home state of South Carolina, rebuffing calls for it to be taken down after a mass shooting in the state.

"Well, at the end of the day it's time for people in South Carolina to revisit that decision. [That] would be fine with me, but this is part of who we are," Graham said on CNN when asked if the flag should stop flying at the Statehouse.

"The flag represents to some people a civil war, and that was the symbol of one side. To others it's a racist symbol, and it's been used by people, it's been used in a racist way," Graham said.

More @ The Hill

4 comments:

  1. I believe it is the responsibility of southern descendants to clarify and educate people as to the historical importance of the Confederate flag. Southerners like any other minority in America are entitled to honoring and remembering their heritage. It's sure getting tougher to be a gun advocate when an idiot with a gun is on the news regularly having killed somebody out of hate....

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    1. I believe it is the responsibility of southern descendants to clarify and educate people as to the historical importance of the Confederate flag. Southerners like any other minority in America are entitled to honoring and remembering their heritage.

      Absolutely.

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      It's sure getting tougher to be a gun advocate when an idiot with a gun is on the news regularly having killed somebody out of hate.

      Crazed people kill other with knives ad infinitum and always will. Apparently he was involved with prescription drugs, also. Thanks.

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  2. Crazed people kill with knives; you mean like this:
    http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/06/20/austria-three-killed-30-injured-as-bosnian-national-drives-into-crowd-then-begins-stabbing/

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