Gov. Nikki Haley Calls For Removal Of Confederate Flag From Capitol Grounds

[bucs90]

Gov. Nikki Haley Calls For Removal Of Confederate Flag From Capitol Grounds


Will the GILF tear down that flag?

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said on Monday that the Confederate flag must come down from the grounds of the state capitol.

Haley's call came after a massacre last week at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The suspect, Dylan Roof, appeared to have white supremacist ties and was often pictured with the flag.

Haley said Roof had a "sick and twisted view of the flag" and noted that most South Carolinians who support the flag view it as a "symbol of respect, integrity and duty" and as a way to memorialize and honor ancestors. For others, she noted, the flag is a “deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past.”

During the news conference, Haley said the "heart and soul of South Carolina" was "starting to mend” following the shooting and noted that the removal of the flag from the state capitol was a step in this healing process.

“My hope is that by removing a symbol that divides us, we can move forward as a state in harmony and we can honor the nine blessed souls who are now in heaven,” she said.

Haley said she would use her authority as governor to force the General Assembly back into session if they did not have a debate over the removal of the flag.

I think she is full of shit about how "most South Carolinians" view the flag.

Duty? WTF is she even talking about.

Just tear it down, already!!

I live here. Shes not full of shit. She said most "who support the flag". Thats NOT the same as saying "most South Carolinians". Most of us here dont really care one way or another. We care more about Clemson vs USC football than that flag.

I personally say put it in a museum...or...encase it in hard glass at the base of the monument.

BUT...Ive met people who support the flag. SC is one of the most historic states in America. The ones Ive met...mostly are history buffs. They relish the pure historical significance of it...just as they do the original 13 colony flag....or our state flag- which by the way was ALSO a battle flag of rebellion- in the Revolutionary War.

Its kinda like if Japanese citizens respected the Rising Sun flag for historical significance. ..even though they dont agree with how the Japanese slaughtered innocent Chinese and Phillipino people under it.

 

[bucs90]

Another freedom lost to liberal PC nonsense. ......

What a shame that individuals won't be able to fly the racist flag......no, wait.

Is the British flag racist? People were enslaved under it. They fought wars to keep it that way and lost. And it still flies.

 

[Sonny Clark]

Gov. Haley's birth name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa and her parents are from India.

She doesn't have an ancestral heritage to South Carolina or the Civil War.

So she should butt out of the flag issue and let the bonafide SC citizens decide the issue. .....

She was born in South Carolina, and has lived there her entire life. Her parents created a multi-million dollar business in the state. She has held public office in the state for over 10 years. At what point do you become a "bonafide citizen?"

I give up. What's the answer?

 

[Katzndogz]

She should not give in to the demands of racists.

 

[rightwinger]

Now Republicans can pat themselves on the back about how they removed the flag

Why are they so far behind ?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Gov. Haley's birth name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa and her parents are from India.

She doesn't have an ancestral heritage to South Carolina or the Civil War.

So she should butt out of the flag issue and let the bonafide SC citizens decide the issue. .....

She was born in South Carolina, and has lived there her entire life. Her parents created a multi-million dollar business in the state. She has held public office in the state for over 10 years. At what point do you become a "bonafide citizen?"

That's right. She's not only a native South Carolinian but she's a Native American, too. Just like all of us non-American-Indian native Americans.
But she's only asking to remove the flag to appease the left wing Ox Bow mob.

 

[aaronleland]

Gov. Haley's birth name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa and her parents are from India.

She doesn't have an ancestral heritage to South Carolina or the Civil War.

So she should butt out of the flag issue and let the bonafide SC citizens decide the issue. .....

She was born in South Carolina, and has lived there her entire life. Her parents created a multi-million dollar business in the state. She has held public office in the state for over 10 years. At what point do you become a "bonafide citizen?"

I give up. What's the answer?

I didn't think that far ahead.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Another freedom lost to liberal PC nonsense. ......

A little history lesson on the flying of the Confederate Battle Flag at South Carolina State Capitol, first flown as the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern of Virginia.
1 South Carolina seceded in 1860 with a declaration drafted by Christopher Memminger due "to increasing hostility on the part of non slave holding states to the institution of slavery"
2. South Carolinian secessionist Edmund Ruffin fired the first shot of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina
3. The Stars and Bars was flown as the rallying cry of Confederate troops.
3. The Civil War ended June 17, 1865 and Ruffin wrapped himself in the Confederate Battle Flag and blew his brains out.
4. The flags were folded up and kept in the closet and appropriately used at memorials or cemeteries for the brave men the pansy ass plantation owners sent to be slaughtered, the majority by hunger and disease and not battle.
5. There was no need to fly the flag for the next 70 years as Jim Crow reigned unchallenged. African Americans that challenged Jim Crow hung by nooses from tall trees
6. In the late 1940s the Dixiecrats revolted against Harry Truman when he desegregated the armed forces and supported anti lynching bills. The flag was once again waved at their opposition rallies. At the Democratic convention in July 1948 9 southern states backed our Senator Richard Russell over Truman and Confederate Battle Flags were waving to the sound of Dixie. Later in Birmingham Alabama they nominated Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Sales of the Battle Flag exploded in the south.
7. Over the next decade the flag was a staple of Klan rallies.
8. In 1961 South Carolina in defiance to being forced to integrate their schools took out the Confederate Battle Flag that had not flown on state property in 79 years and flew it to show their support of segregation and separate but equal.

What in the hell is wrong with allowing black kids to go to white schools and end segregation? That is why the flag was flown after 79 years and that is why it should be taken down. I have no problems with memorials and cemetery respect for the Confederate soldiers that fell and were abandoned by the wealthy plantation class that ran an entire economic system on slave labor.

You just demonstrated the bigoted selective reference of bastardized use of the flag while disregarding its actual heritage.

 

[bucs90]

Now Republicans can pat themselves on the back about how they removed the flag

Why are they so far behind ?

We're "so far behind" because we spend our time worried about creating business and raising families and praying and not obsessing over race. Or an old flag next to a monument.

 

[rightwinger]

Now Republicans can pat themselves on the back about how they removed the flag

Why are they so far behind ?

We're "so far behind" because we spend our time worried about creating business and raising families and praying and not obsessing over race. Or an old flag next to a monument.

Who insisted the flag be there in the first place?
Who screamed bloody murder when it was taken down?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Gov. Nikki Haley Calls For Removal Of Confederate Flag From Capitol Grounds


Will the GILF tear down that flag?

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said on Monday that the Confederate flag must come down from the grounds of the state capitol.

Haley's call came after a massacre last week at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The suspect, Dylan Roof, appeared to have white supremacist ties and was often pictured with the flag.

Haley said Roof had a "sick and twisted view of the flag" and noted that most South Carolinians who support the flag view it as a "symbol of respect, integrity and duty" and as a way to memorialize and honor ancestors. For others, she noted, the flag is a “deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past.”

During the news conference, Haley said the "heart and soul of South Carolina" was "starting to mend” following the shooting and noted that the removal of the flag from the state capitol was a step in this healing process.

“My hope is that by removing a symbol that divides us, we can move forward as a state in harmony and we can honor the nine blessed souls who are now in heaven,” she said.

Haley said she would use her authority as governor to force the General Assembly back into session if they did not have a debate over the removal of the flag.

I think she is full of shit about how "most South Carolinians" view the flag.

Duty? WTF is she even talking about.

Just tear it down, already!!

I live here. Shes not full of shit. She said most "who support the flag". Thats NOT the same as saying "most South Carolinians". Most of us here dont really care one way or another. We care more about Clemson vs USC football than that flag.

I personally say put it in a museum...or...encase it in hard glass at the base of the monument.

BUT...Ive met people who support the flag. SC is one of the most historic states in America. The ones Ive met...mostly are history buffs. They relish the pure historical significance of it...just as they do the original 13 colony flag....or our state flag- which by the way was ALSO a battle flag of rebellion- in the Revolutionary War.

Its kinda like if Japanese citizens respected the Rising Sun flag for historical significance. ..even though they dont agree with how the Japanese slaughtered innocent Chinese and Phillipino people under it.

That's a great point. The Japanese still fly the flag that represented their aggression and murder and we defeated them over that but the comprehensive history and legacy are still respected and allowed.
The reason is that the democrats can't create an angle relative to the Japanese vote. But given the opportunity they'll work on it.
Hey, it worked for them getting the Mexican vote.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Now Republicans can pat themselves on the back about how they removed the flag

Why are they so far behind ?

They've gone backwards to meet up with democrat ilk.

 

[Mertex]

Another freedom lost to liberal PC nonsense. ......

The freedom to fly a loser's flag? Aren't conservatives supposed to be such "Patriots"....since when does a patriot root for the losers that tried to take down his country?
I guess conservatives are just not right in the head?

 

[Mertex]

Gov. Haley's birth name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa and her parents are from India.

She doesn't have an ancestral heritage to South Carolina or the Civil War.

So she should butt out of the flag issue and let the bonafide SC citizens decide the issue. .....

Apparently they are too stupid to do so........they've been flying the flag of the losers for years and all the time getting the most from the rest of us....talk about redistrubiton of wealth.......I for one am tired of supporting such an idiotic state, that relies on the rest of us and roots for the losers.


South Carolina Is a Welfare Queen TIME.com

 

[Mertex]

Someone should remove her.

She's the only one with any sense in that entire state.....many Republican leaders align with her, even the one you all wanted to make President, Romney, and some of the candidates that want to be President...Lindsey Graham, Rick Perry, even Scott Walker - who seemed to be yo-yoing on the issue, I guess he figured out that most candidates are going with the flow, doesn't want to be left out...but Rubio....he's the only dummy who thinks it's up to South Carolina to decide....like it's okay to have a traitor state in our union? WTF?

Romney Take down the Confederate flag 2016 GOP field Leave it to South Carolina - Marc Caputo and Ali Breland - POLITICO

Lindsey Graham to call for Confederate flag to come down - CNNPolitics.com

Perry We Need Good Conversation About Confederate Flag Mediaite

Scott Walker Was Against The Confederate Flag Before He Was OK With It Before He Was Against It Again

 

[hazlnut]

Twitter conservatives furious at ‘RINO’ Nikki Haley for supporting Confederate flag’s removal

I remember the first time I heard RINO, it was in reference to John McCain. It's so… NAZI Youth sounding, to degrade a member of your own party, a war hero with bonafide conservative credentials because he refused to go after Obama with Rev. Wright.

RINO - the extreme right is so much like the Taliban, it's sickening. They are looking for party purity. No one can say, hey, maybe that Dem has a good idea… How fucking retarded and backwards are they?

So, here they are attacking the GILF.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s remarks on Monday calling for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the state capitol might be going over well in some political circles, but conservatives online are taking her decision as a betrayal of the Republican Party.

Within minutes of Haley’s statement, speculation began on whether she joined the call for the flag’s removal out of a need to score political points, or as a way to angle for higher office:

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Twitter conservatives furious at ‘RINO’ Nikki Haley for supporting Confederate flag’s removal

I remember the first time I heard RINO, it was in reference to John McCain. It's so… NAZI Youth sounding, to degrade a member of your own party, a war hero with bonafide conservative credentials because he refused to go after Obama with Rev. Wright.

RINO - the extreme right is so much like the Taliban, it's sickening. They are looking for party purity. No one can say, hey, maybe that Dem has a good idea… How fucking retarded and backwards are they?

So, here they are attacking the GILF.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s remarks on Monday calling for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the state capitol might be going over well in some political circles, but conservatives online are taking her decision as a betrayal of the Republican Party.

Within minutes of Haley’s statement, speculation began on whether she joined the call for the flag’s removal out of a need to score political points, or as a way to angle for higher office:

Nikki Haley screeching about bringing down that wall...er, flag. Love it.

 

[mikegriffith1]

Oh, so if someone thinks that Haley's reaction is a cave-in to the PC crowd, they're a racist? That's absurd.

Dylan Roof's use of the Confederate flag was obscenely inappropriate. If Confederates like Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin, James Longstreet, etc., were alive today, they would be aghast that their flag would be used by such an evil nutjob.

When Robert E. Lee was the president of Washington and Lee College, he expelled white students who were caught harassing black students. Jefferson Davis called for allowing blacks to serve on juries at a time when such a view was still very unpopular. Joseph E. Johnston called salvery a "curse." Judah Benjamin advocated emancipating slaves who would serve in the Confederate army--so did Lee. James Longstreet joined the Republican Party after the war and advocated racial equality.

 

[Stephanie]

and we see it has you democrat racist and bigots spreading your hate and lies

How do you live with yourselves? Seriously? Does it make you feel good? because it shows you aren't an honorable human being

 

[Missourian]

Liberal's hate the South. Let no crisis go to waste.