ProudVeteran69 Loc: Seattle,Washington

:?: Why isn't that r****t f**g already gone?

The Confederate f**g is a symbol of h**e. Getting it taken down--for good--will be a step forward in confronting the legacy and reality of r****m in 21st century America.
June 27, 2015

The Confederate f**g flying on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol building (Jason Lander)The Confederate f**g flying on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol building (Jason Lander)

TO THE millions of people across the U.S. who are horrified and outraged by the massacre of nine Black parishioners at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by an avowed w***e s*********t, it really goes without saying.

Take down that r****t f**g. Right now.

"What do you do if you find you have cancer?" Tom Hall told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "You cut it out. You don't wait."

Hall was among the demonstrators who crowded onto the lawn in front of the South Carolina Capitol building, where the Confederate f**g still flies. The protesters had a loud-and-clear message for anyone who listened too long to the right-wing hot-air machine: The Confederate f**g isn't about "heritage." It's about h**e.

This was the battle f**g raised by Confederate troops who fought for the preservation of s***ery in the South and secession from the Union. It was the f**g waved by supporters of segregationist Strom Thurmond's "States Rights" Democratic Party campaign in 1948. When the Ku Klux Klan and the r****t "Citizens' Councils" terrorized participants of the civil rights movement, the symbols of r****t segregation were the white hood of the Klan and the f**g of the Confederacy.

As the civil rights struggle began to overcome and achieve advances in federal legislation like the Civil Rights and V****g Rights Acts, the Confederate f**g went up over the r****t-dominated statehouses across the South--an act of sullen defiance against the strides for justice made by the Black freedom struggle.

That's when the vile "Stars and Bars" went up over the South Carolina Capitol building in the modern era. It's been taken down and stowed away in some Southern states. But it's the f**g that still flies on the grounds of the statehouse in Columbia.

And it's the f**g that w***e s*********t Dylann Roof posed with in pictures to show off his fanatical r****m. The only "heritage" he was honoring was the heritage of h**e.

As South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, another Republican p**********l hopeful, said after the massacre last week: "It works here."

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PROTEST--AND the utter shock of the rest of the world that the Confederate f**g was still flying as the family and friends of Roof's victims mourned--forced South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to finally say she was in favor of taking down the f**g at a June 22 press conference.

This is a far cry from just eight months ago, when she had this to say: "[O]ver the last three and a half years, I spent a lot of my days on the phones with CEOs and recruiting jobs to this state. I can honestly say I have not had one conversation with a single CEO about the Confederate f**g."

It seems pretty easy to comprehend: Stop displaying a symbol of s***ery and w***e s*******y on the grounds of a government building in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on Black church members. But some politicians, including a few p**********l candidates, couldn't find it in themselves to say the right thing.

Asked by ABC News' Martha Raddatz, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum bobbed and weaved. "You're a candidate for president," Raddatz persisted. "Do you not have a position on this at all?"

"I don't think the federal government or federal candidates should be making decisions on everything and--and opining on everything," Santorum said. "This is a decision that needs to be made here in South Carolina."

Sure, it's a matter of state's rights--that same tired excuse that Southern states used when they refused to desegregate in the 1950s.

Mike Huckabee felt the same way. Standing by his 2008 statement to a South Carolina audience that "you don't like people from outside the state coming in and telling you what to do with your f**g," the former Arkansas governor told NBC's Chuck Todd: "For those of us running for president, everyone's being baited with this question as if that has anything to do whatsoever with running for president." He continued, "My position is: It most certainly does not."

Of course, not taking a stand on the Confederate f**g has nothing to do with respect for the people of South Carolina to make their own decisions. It's about not opposing r****m, not offending the r****ts who you want to v**e for you--and pretending that r****m doesn't exist, much less flourish, as it does in 21st century America.

There have been angry protests in South Carolina, including a demonstration of hundreds in which a banner with the names of the nine victims was hung on the balcony of the Confederate Museum--and public outrage nationwide, with more than 300,000 people signing onto a "Take Down the F**g" petition within days.

This put the f**g and the r****m it represents on the table and forced Haley to say something. Now the question is whether the governor will make good on her word.

"Compromise" legislation passed in 2000 moved the f**g off the top of the Capitol dome, but put it in one of the most prominent spots on the surrounding grounds--near a monument to Confederate soldiers, yet more "heritage" that deserves to end up in history's dustbin. At the time, some f**g supporters chanted, "Off the dome and in your face."

The 2000 legislation also stipulated that the f**g could only be moved again if two-thirds of both the state House and Senate agree. Since that time, there have been several attempts to get rid of the Confederate f**g, but they've never made it out of committee. The next session of the state legislature isn't until January, but if she wants to, Haley could order a special session to do it now--while all eyes are on South Carolina.

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AS LONG as the Confederate f**g is displayed, the government of the state of South Carolina is telling Black people that it doesn't represent them--and that Black lives don't matter.

In fact, there are more rules protecting the f**g of s***ery than the rights of African Americans in South Carolina. When reporters asked why the American and state f**gs were flown at half-mast after the massacre at the Mother Emanuel Church, but not the Confederate f**g, they discovered these exacting regulations--for instance, "This f**g must be flown on a f**gpole located at a point on the south side of the Confederate Soldier Monument, centered on the monument, 10 feet from the base of the monument at a height of 30 feet." There is no pulley system, so it can't be lowered.

South Carolina officials weren't so worried about "rules" in April when a North Charleston police officer shot Walter Scott eight times in the back after stopping Scott for a traffic violation. Or when the cop threw a Taser near Scott as he lay dying to make it look like Scott had stolen a weapon. Or the dozens of acts of abuse carried out by the North Charleston Police Department, which has been sued 46 times since 2000 in federal court alone.

In a place where Black life is treated so callously--as evidenced by both the symbols of r****m flown from state f**gpoles and the actions of police and city officials--it's not surprising that a w***e s*********t felt like he could commit acts of unspeakable violence.

And as those who have been taking to the streets to say that "Black L***s M****r" across the country know well, this systematic r****m isn't just a South Carolina problem. R****m isn't something out of the Old South's ugly past. It is alive and well in American institutions at every level--from its police forces and prisons, to the ine******y in its schools, to the continuing discrimination in jobs and housing.

Taking down the Confederate f**g in South Carolina won't solve these problems, but it will be a sign that even a political and business establishment steeped in r****m and violence has been forced to retreat--and that's a step forward for all of us who intend to make sure that Black l***s m****r.

jelun

Great sentiments.

ProudVeteran69 Loc: Seattle,Washington

It needs to be banned and removed from America. It is the sign of Evil and destruction.

reconreb Loc: America / Inglis Fla.

Banned from america? the f**g should be removed from gov. property. Banned from america? What your calling for is a totalitarian goverment,just ban everything that offends anybody, where dose that get you? THANKYOU for you servies!

jelun

I am not sure that the banner should be banned, this is not something that just offends anybody. It sends an ugly message to LOTS of somebodies.

Loki Loc: Georgia

B****s are 13% of the US population. They are more than 60% of the murder victims, and more than 50% of the perpetrators.
Black lives don't seem to matter to b****s, since more than 94% of the time, b****s are k**led by other b****s. The same week that Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, and there was nationwide outrage at the death of a poor black kid "murdered" by a "White Hispanic," (wh**ever that is ), more than a dozen black kids were k**led by other b****s in Chicago alone. Not a peep about them. Black lives only matter when they are taken by w****s. The other 94% of the time, when they are k**led by other b****s, their lives appear to be worthless, judging by the amount of airtime they receive.
How many of these black on black victims were k**led because of a one hundred and fifty year old f**g?
Nearly every black in this country is descended from people who were ens***ed in Africa by other b****s. S***ery at that time was legal and practiced all over the world, as it had been since recorded history began. There was not one single ship in the s***e trade owned by Southerners. If you want to ban f**gs, start banning those from Nigeria, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These countries are populated by the descendants of the b****s who ens***ed the ancestors of American b****s.
S***ery ended in white controlled countries in 1888. (Brazil ). S***ery continued in black African countries until the 21st Century, and continues unofficially today. Do you think the battle f**g of the Army of Northern Virginia caused that? Did it cause the ens***ement of more than 20 million b****s by Arabs and other b****s in the 800 years between the Crusades and the Civil War?
You mentioned the "South's ugly past." The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 "freed" the s***es in the south. S***ery remained legal in four Northern states until the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865, almost a year after Lee's surrender. If the war was about s***ery, why was it allowed to continue in these four Northern states?
Before the war, until the 1830's it was illegal for a black who wasn't born there to reside in Boston for more than 3 months for any reason.
B****s were forbidden to move to Indiana.
B****s were forbidden to move to Oregon Territory. This was eventually changed sometime after Oregon's statehood.
There were more than a quarter million freed b****s in the South at the outbreak of hostilities. Nearly a third owned s***es. Of this nearly a third, a little over half owned one or two family members to protect them. The other 40 odd percent bought and sold their fellow b****s just like their white counterparts did,and their black counterparts in Africa had been doing for thousands of years before the first white European ever set foot in sub-Saharan Africa. Do not prattle about the South's past when you only have a handful of facts.

ProudVeteran69 Loc: Seattle,Washington

I was born and bred in South Central Louisiana, and you don't see that F**g in my neck of the Woods, yet in Northern Louisiana, you see them every where. Pollock, Alexandra, George town, Shreveport. My neck of the woods is Cajun, Opelousas, 20 minutes out side of Casino town, Ville Platte.We are very strict as to who enters our neck of the Woods.If you are a Redneck, you need to be cool and not cause any strife. The people who live in South Central Louisiana are Cajun, Creole and Native American. I am Cajun and Native American. We do not like R****m.

Unclet Loc: Amarillo, Tx

Only according to the Liberal Mind. If you want to remove everything that offends someone, you are going to be very busy. There are several around where I live, come and take any one of them down. Personally, I could care less, but there are a lot of good folks who might take exception to your trespass. They might find it offensive that you don't meet their expectation and remove you from the area. Gently, but firmly of course.

Unclet Loc: Amarillo, Tx

Head on up to Zwolla and remove the Stars and Bars from behind the bar in the Blue Moon Tavern. There might be some Cajuns/Indians who might object strenuously and with vigor. Let me know how you make out.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Everything is r****t.

My telephone is r****t 'cuz it is white.
My car is r****t 'cuz its white.
My cat is r****t 'cuz he is white and brown.
My dishes are r****ts 'cuz they are white (got black stripes on them though)
My neighbor is a r****t 'cuz she lives in a white house. (So does Obama)
Our supermarket is r****t 'cuz it is white.
Our local ambulances are r****t 'cuz they are white.
My printer paper is r****t 'cuz every sheet is white.
My lawn chairs are r****t 'cuz they are white.
And, OMG, my eyes, they have w****s in them.
Yep, everything is r****t.


I do have a black rifle though. I reckon it is also a r****t.

So, let's just wipe out an entire segment of American history in which 620,000 Americans died. Forget about the 260,000 that fell under the Confederate f**g, pretend they never existed, and the Civil War never happened.

Of course, we can follow the lead of two virulent anti-American r****ts, Calypso Louie and Jeremiah Wright, and also destroy the Star Spangled Banner. Hell, let's let Obama finish the job of destroying America. Bye bye, America, it was fun while it lasted.

Unclet Loc: Amarillo, Tx

I don't think I'm ready for that yet!!!

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Might want to think about getting ready, just in case.

Unclet Loc: Amarillo, Tx

I am ready, but not to let it happen. That, I can never be ready for.

America Only Loc: From the right hand of God

So lets see now...let us view that this f**g and maybe 20 other aspects that the Black Agenda in the USA is met. When then does the Black Agenda finally come to terms with the facts that the Black population has to use some form of a "crutch" for misbehavior one way or another no matter what they have handed to them. When does it stop? Maybe all b****s should be allowed to simply not have to follow any laws at all? That is the direction is seems to me that the black community wants things to go. K**l and rape or sell drugs and steal or do anything at all, but damned, don't arrest them because they are BLACK and maybe...MAY have some connection to some s***e.....from a hundred or two years ago.


The shooting in the church was damned sure wrong. No doubt about that. BUT where is the media and the horror sobs when it comes to all the violent crimes b****s do to w****s and even to each other? Where are the "get a close up of that there, Hank", from the media? Not going to happen and why? We have the most r****t pile of crap as President and he and he alone has set a tone...a standard....yes...black l***s m****r and that is all to be said. Screw the rest of the problems. Lets not do anything about the ignorant violence that just POURS out of the black community against EVERYONE. Lets not discuss it..lets blame anyone or anything for it...instead of those responsible.


Using the LIBERAL's way of explaining things....the young man that shot the people in the church should be turned loose today. He should NOT be held to answer for his crimes.....NOPE! He should be set free and why? Because he is a victim of abuse, a bad situation, no job, having it "hard", and every single excuse that is used as to why B****s r**t or misbehave.
The Cops set that young man up....they are being r****t. His civil rights have been violated. Come up with any of the many hundreds of excuses you do for black that r**t, and use those same excuse for the young white kid that shot up the church and k**led those people.


Personally, I think the youngsters only real crime was going to the church instead of to Pennsylvania Avenue.....he shot up the wrong black folks. He shot up innocent people.

America Only Loc: From the right hand of God

So does you being a socialist. We all know you want a Swastika flying on ever corner and f**g pole to play honor to your Daddy, Hitler.....but we don't really care at all about you...your agenda...your comments or your pathetic C*******tic life.

You want to talk about Ugly....geez you are so damned ugly, FUGLY ugly, when you walk past a tree with birds in it, they all drop dead, the tree drops all it's leaves....the grass turns black and folds over itself....the smell makes people RUN the other way......from you.....and then here you are posting your c****e queen q***r garbage......and you being on this website POLLUTES it with your evil spawn. That is a message YOU put out to not only this world, but to the Universe....YOU are UGLY....Evil...and smelly....TO THE GALAXY, UNIVERSE, and beyond! And you actually BRAG that you are not only that ugly, but that smelly as well? LOLOL!!!!!!!!!! Yep....you are sure a pile ....smelly pile.....sick too.