I'm not sure how often I've agreed with Hillary Clinton on public policy declarations, but I agree with her today: The Confederate Flag in South Carolina should come off of the state house property. She said so here. Of course, the media loves her, so if she were to say that Kleenex should be used to clean jewelry, I'm sure it would make the headlines.
But in this case, she is right (as she was about the Iraq war until that became less of a vote getter).
I lived in South Carolina when the flag was flying over the State House, not just on the grounds. What an afront to honor! The Confederate state is not soverign over the State of South Carolina and should not have the flag flying over it.
By the way, the flag is no longer flying over the state house. Some trivia about that issue: the flag was put up there by then Democratic governor, and later democratic senator Fritz Hollings as a way to protest civil rights progress. The flag was removed by order of Governor David Beasley, a republican. I am sad to say that it cost him his job. He was not re-elected. Why not? Because white Christians of South Carolina refused to stand in solidarity with Blacks on this issue. Shame on them, I say.
The flags that fly over the State House now are the American Flag and the South Carolina Flag. that is how it should be, for those are the sovereign authorities which oversee South Carolina. The confederate flag was removed from above the state house, but political pressure kept it on the grounds as a historical artifact.
