http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/23/1395751/-Public-Reaction-Brought-Down-That-Flag-Not-A-GOP-Epiphany?detail=email
Funny how a few days makes the right of our country suddenly find a conscience [although that is still up for debate]. Lots of praise has been given for Nikki Haley's call to take down the flag from South Carolina State Capitol grounds. Even though it is a quite spectacular "U turn", public opinion, rather than any sense of wrong seems to be the driver here.
Other right wing politicians after so many years suddenly realize that this is a symbol of white supremacy, segregation and slavery. Give me a break, some still cling to the State Rights issue for the flag, just as they have done so for so long over the whole "excuses for the Civil War slavery" thing.
Better late than never, it would have been so much better if they had not gone batshit insane all because the majority of the country voted for an African American President. Some even think that this is a sign the GOP is moving back to the center, oh please, stop that nonsense. One flag coming down through public pressure over a brutal hate crime, does not mean the right has moved one iota. But, but, I always thought that flag should come down, I just didn't like to say so, seems to be the rhetoric of the day [as always when faced with the truth].
You can pull down the symbol [and that is a good thing], but you also have to back it up with truth and clarity in education. You have to start healing the wounds and fight racism at its core, and that starts from day one, by family, community and schools.
We have seen a spate of police killings of people of color and the accompanying media apology tour to try and make the deceased guilty and therefore the murder justified. The only symbol here is, the color of the victims skin.
i really hope many who would buy the faux epiphany of the republicans are able to realize or someone drops the knowledge on them it's a hoax folks there is no 24 hour change of centuries of supported bigotry and racism to "okay it's all good now" these people are in a bag of change by necessity public resistance to their ideological attitudes in an election cycle made it so more that than public opinion the public has spoken many times for their voices to fall on deaf ears they don't do as we request they tell us what we want and think the real crime here is we keep letting them. they tell us the answers to all our problems mostly those of color but they never seem to do anything about it does that make our problems unsolvable or does it make them condescending SOB's who have no intent????
