There are historical markers and signs on the roads here, for goodness sakes, and yes, they have Confederate flags on them.
So far, the signs are still up...
The whole thing is a diversion, as so many have already said.
Posted on 06/24/2015 8:50:37 AM PDT by GIdget2004
On the order of Gov. Robert Bentley, the Confederate battle flag which stands at the foot of the confederate memorial on the state Capitol grounds was taken down this morning.
Two workers came out of the Capitol building about 8:20 a.m. and with no fanfare quickly and quietly took the flag down. They declined to answer questions.
Moments later Gov. Bentley emerged from the Capitol on his way to an appearance in Hackleburg. Asked if he had ordered the flag taken down, the governor said, "Yes I did."
Asked his reasons for taking it down and if it included what happened in Charleston last week, the governor said, "Yes, partially this is about that. This is the right thing to do. We are facing some major issues in this state regarding the budget and other matters that we need to deal with. This had the potential to become a major distraction as we go forward. I have taxes to raise, we have work to do. And it was my decision that the flag needed to come down."
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There are historical markers and signs on the roads here, for goodness sakes, and yes, they have Confederate flags on them.
So far, the signs are still up...
The whole thing is a diversion, as so many have already said.
With RINO Bentley as governor all these state markers will come down. When the people of Alabama elected this idiot over Roy Moore I knew they had lost their collective minds. He also caved on queer marriage, so caving on his state’s heritage is small potatoes for him.
Me, too! Me, too!
Its proper name is the Gadsden flag.
Reconstruction is here to stay...
Here in VA, I recall the Sons of the Confederacy display a large Confederate Battle Flag right by I-95, south of Richmond and, predictably, the carpet baggers, libs and dish!ts’ heads explode...*giggle*
No we’re not.This scumbag
Ain’t heard nothing yet,people are pissed.
I am sympathetic to the view of black Americans who see that flag as a symbol of the state which fought to keep their ancestors in chains.
But once you start selectively censoring your own history like this you are on a very slippery slope.
And frankly, if you are a black American, freed from slavery, with all of the Constitutional freedoms, rights and opportunities that this nation provides, I don’t know how you can expend that much emotion or mental energy on the flag of an extinct entity.
Hey, let’s ban Budweiser and Seagram’s and Gold’s Gym (he was wearing their T-shirt) and dig up everything he ever bought.
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