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In reply to the discussion: Every S.C. Statehouse Flag Is at Half Staff--Except the Confederate One [View all]gelsdorf
(240 posts)5. You are correct, sir!!
I call bullshit!
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Every S.C. Statehouse Flag Is at Half Staff--Except the Confederate One [View all]
Adenoid_Hynkel
Jun 2015
OP
I guess you go get the ladder and take the fool thing down altogether then.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#2
I guess that doesn't apply to those who hate America enough to start their own country.
arcane1
Jun 2015
#4
Only a Church Pennant may fly above the US Flag and then only at sea during services.
happyslug
Jun 2015
#9
The confederate flag is on a pole at ground level, while the American flag and SC flag are on a
Fla Dem
Jun 2015
#63
not familiar with the flag setup, but it's possible the us flag at half-mast is still higher.
unblock
Jun 2015
#12
Good for you - me too. I have little reason to travel to the south, in any case.
erronis
Jun 2015
#24
Let it stay. Maybe, just maybe, this will be the week when it finally shames them. n/t
Orsino
Jun 2015
#11
I think the most we can hope for is that a few more are peeled away from the hardcore neocons. n/t
Orsino
Jun 2015
#16
The killer will probably be tried in a courthouse with this flag flying out front
Midnight Writer
Jun 2015
#55
I spit on their flag. It is a flag of the terrorists who invaded the United States.
Harriety
Jun 2015
#23
I live in the Deep South,,,and every person I know that is a Republican is a Bigot.
Cryptoad
Jun 2015
#25
Keep in mind the State paid a flag company with taxpayer money for that rag.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2015
#27
I do notice, though, that it's not up there atop the dome of the state capitol building.
calimary
Jun 2015
#28
Why is everybody in denial that the Confederates fought AGAINST the U.S.?
world wide wally
Jun 2015
#35
There is no difference between the confederate flag and the nazi swastika flag, both are symbols of
Augiedog
Jun 2015
#40
The people of SC should march on the capitol and take that flag down by force.
Marrah_G
Jun 2015
#42
Have you read that case, it was very dependent on the fact it involved NEWSPAPERS only.
happyslug
Jun 2015
#75