Quote:That's not really new, there was plenty of flag burning during Vietnam War protests in the 60s and 70s. War tends to stir emotions.


 

I'm trying to think of any example in world history where the flag of a group attempting to rebel against a sitting government is still flown after the insurrection has been defeated.
The current discussion is not about eradication of the flag, it is about removing it as a symbol associated with government institutions.

 

The situation with the Confederate flag is stirred by nothing more than emotions.  It's no different. 

 

It's irrelevant what has happened elsewhere.  In SC, the flag is flown over a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers on the capitol grounds. Considering what the monument is, the flag is an appropriate display regardless of how offensive it may be to some. If the flag is offensive there, then so would the very existence of a monument dedicated to the dead soldiers, so then what?  Should SC dig them all up and move them somewhere that is less offensive? At some point there's a line.  Where would you estimate that is?

 

Every state except for one that had the Confederate Battle Flag included in their state flags has removed it.  Odds are the last holdout will do so in the not too distant future.  So, the Confederate flag isn't a symbol associated with government institutions.  It's an historic symbol being associated with those individuals who died for the Confederacy in the Civil War.  That's not some sort of endorsement by government.  It's simply recognition that the history does indeed exist.

 

If it's a concern about flags flying over government facilities, the American flag offends many people.  It should be taken down.  I live in Florida.  The state flag has native Americans on it.  Considering their plight in American history, and because I have Indian heritage, should I demand that the flag be changed because my ancestors were murdered and robbed of their rights by the evil white man even before slavery became a scar from which this nation has still not fully recovered?

 

Quote:You are the one that said "Many of the same people who are offended by the Confederate flag have been known to burn the American flag because they find that offensive". So obviously you must know of examples. I watched the news and saw Democratic and Republican leadership at both the local, state and national level at a press conference calling for the State legislature to remove the flag. Looks like recent events are making this a bipartisan issue.

 

 

So, because it's a "bipartisan issue" that makes it correct? 

 

I think it's just the politically expedient thing to do, but hey, to each his own. 

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