Thousands should march to the SC State Capitol and Cut Down the Flag.

[MineralMan]

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The Confederate battle flag still flies at the top of its flagpole there. The people of South Carolina should march to that flag pole, cut the rope and throw that flag into a nearby trash receptacle.

It represents the racism that caused the death of those people in the Church. The killer has a Confederate States of America license plate on the front of his car. That this emblem of slavery and racism is still flying high is the ultimate insult to the POC in South Carolina. They and their allies should simply march to the Capitol Building and cut that flag down and discard it.

That act would express their disgust at the obscenity that is the Confederate Battle Flag.

[HassleCat]

1. Please, no

You'll be met by hundreds of armed nuts, and they just might shoot you.

[MineralMan]

4. Don't announce it. Just do it.

Destroy the flag and leave before anyone knows you were there. Bring hundreds of people, black and white. Bring arms if you like. Just do it. It is an obscenity.

[wendylaroux]

10. I like this idea,just show up,

with a flame thrower!
And then all that would be left is charred crispy remnants
of that obscene,trashy flag.
I know,I know,I can dream can't I?

[Qutzupalotl]

11. A good symbolic protest, but

I'm sure they'd have a replacement up the next day. Probably have a closet full of 'em.

[MineralMan]

24. Then do it again. Do it every time it is raised.

For FFS!

ENOUGH!

[0rganism]

28. after the first time, the armed nuts would show up to guard it all day

then what?

[MineralMan]

35. Then hundreds should show up every day and shame them.

That's what. This should be the last straw in this battle that has been going on since he 1860s. The fucking Civil War is OVER!

The Suthren States need to get over it and join the United States of America, finally. Let the good people of South Carolina come out and say:

ENOUGH!

[calimary]

46. I love this! I'm IN!

They told US to "get over it" after Selection 2000. GET OVER IT. MOVE ON AND GET OVER IT.

Well, it's THEIR turn now. And they can just start figuring out how to get over some obsolete and utterly SINFUL "grievance" that dates back almost 200 years ago. The Civil War is OVER. They LOST. THEY need to get over it. And if they won't do it voluntarily, then maybe we have to MAKE them do it.

OR, I suppose they could always make good on that cocky, asshole-y threat that rick perry likes to insinuate, to secede - and I'd say "good riddance!"

[mountain grammy]

84. Agree! No excuses.. it's the symbol of white supremacy

and treason. Take it down, burn it!

ENOUGH

[MineralMan]

85. Thank you!

[Fast Walker 52]

116. exactly x 1000

[llmart]

134. Hundreds???

I say thousands of people should show up. Hell - tens of thousands. And then take the march to NRA headquarters.

[lostnfound]

146. A referendum on it would be better

Especially if it was specifically done to honor the victims of this awful act.

[SCantiGOP]

120. Those 'armed nuts'

Would also be wearing police uniforms.

There was a march on the Statehouse on MLK day in 2000 that was estimated at 40,000. As a result, the flag was taken off the dome and placed behind a Confederate monument on the grounds, where it remains to this day.

While there are still calls to remove it, a majority of the Legislature does not want to reopen that debate. It will be interesting to see if this incident changes that, but since they won't be back in session again until next January the momentum will likely die down.

[jwirr]

2. Agreed and I suggested that those of us who cannot be there send post cards telling the

governor exactly how this happened.

[MineralMan]

3. If I lived there, I would be at the front of the group.

I have a sharp pocket knife in my pants pocket, and it would give me enormous pleasure to sever the rope that holds up that flag.

[LanternWaste]

38. Of course you would. This being the internet...

Of course you would. This being the internet...

[MineralMan]

40. I was in the front lines in front of the Pentagon in 1968.

Screw that shit! I'm almost 70 years old now, and don't do much street activism any more. I'd do this, though. I can't afford to fly to South Carolina, though. George W. Fucking Bush stole my retirement money, so I have to keep working, so I can live paycheck to paycheck.

YOU DO NOT KNOW ME!'

ENOUGH!

Please go bother someone else.

[frogmarch]

63. +1,0000

[Hekate]

66. ^^^^^MM^^^^^

[we can do it]

82. I'm with you- screw the haters.

[RKP5637]

101. K&R! n/t

[etherealtruth]

106. +1,000,000

[AtheistCrusader]

128. If I were in SC and you needed it

I'd carry you to the base of that fucking pole just to see you cut it.

[MineralMan]

138. I'm still completely mobile. If I were in SC,

I'll be walking for myself. I really appreciate the sentiment, though.

[llmart]

136. Most of us old timers on DU......

know a lot about you and I for one say, I am quite certain you would be at the front of the pack doing exactly what you said you'd do.

For what it's worth - I'm on the slippery slope to 70 also and I'd be right there next to you helping. I've marched before and I'd do it again. We need the passion of the '60's again.

[MineralMan]

137. Thanks!

[heaven05]

60. where were you

during civil rights marches and demands for social justice. Where do you stand on racism. Your answer begs these and many other questions

[Bonobo]

94. She was honing her snark skills on the internet, man! Someone's gotta do it! nt

[JonLP24]

99. Personally

I feel the poster was right to question him since he's had different personalities. Pretending to be a Republican on Free Republic, pretending to be a Republican somewhere else -- now he's posting here no longer pretending? The collection of posts is gone *poof* in meta

From Mineral Man on Free Republic (just what I can find on short notice)
After 4 years and a little over 23,000 posts on Free Republic, I'm taking my leave, probably permanently. The recent election, and a number of other things makes this a good time to quit posting on political topics and devote my time to pursuits that actually have identifiable results.

I've made a lot of friends, and more than a few enemies here. I've tried, with varying degrees of success, to post in a reasonable way about subjects that interest me. I've had many people post kind words. I've also been called a troll, a liberal, a DUer, and much, much worse. I'm none of those things. I've even had one death threat sent to me via FReepmail, which I dealt with in my own way.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2705446

I'm not into digging on this so I'll stop short of saying there was something a "stereotypical" black woman that supports Obama posted at one of the conservative places now Mineral Man is saying he's a lifelong activist? What I'm saying is I give him props for maintaining his username he was still saying different things here than he was saying over here.

On edit -- On the Dixie flag Mineral Man say "it's not necessarily a racist symbol"

To: conserv13

Dumbass! While the flag is not necessarily a racist symbol, the Klan picture on the back most certainly is. What a maroon!

If there's any justice, he's wearing a couple of black eyes right now.

6 posted on 9/15/2005, 10:49:06 AM by MineralMan (godless atheist)
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1485160/posts?q=1&;page=1

Anyways, don't want to dig this up but just saying something on the internet has been a consistency problem with MM.

[pintobean]

109. and *poof* in self deletes

prior to meta going off-line, but there was still so much there.

[SixString]

122. Nailed it.

He's as transparent as a freshly windexed window.

"Not everyone who disagrees with you is a liberal. Not everyone who shows up here as a new member came from DU. Not every newby deserves being Zotted.

See you all. It's been interesting. Who knows? I might be back someday.

MineralMan"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1735580/posts

And he has the gall to trot around here on his high horse preaching to real liberals.

Pathetic.

[marble falls]

111. You're talking to a generation of those who did show up, Washington DC, Chicago, Kent State ......

occupy ...... I would show up. Because I've shown up before. We shut down a war.

[Hoyt]

5. The worthless Governor ought to take it down and burn it even if it is

political suicide in that state.

[calimary]

51. Might save her immortal soul, though.

[Hekate]

68. Yes, it might just do that.

[freshwest]

83. The Koch brothers would charge interest for the refund. Doubt she could pay it all. Just sayin' n/t

[rpannier]

112. She can't take it down

It's protected by the South Carolina Heritage Act of 2000
It takes 2/3 of the General Assembly to vote to take it down
I watched a discussion with a reporter who covers the capitol. He said that he doesn't think the flag is even on a pulley. That it is padlocked

The Act also prevents changing the names of streets, parks, government buildings that are named after historical figures w/o a 2/3 vote

[truebluegreen]

117. So, take bolt cutters instead of a knife.

[Hoyt]

123. Sure she can. Only the racists are going to gripe about it. Of course, she's a racist.

[blm]

6. The bloodthirsty supremacists there have been jockeying for a 'race war'

and they mean to have it.

Sad to say, if a protest like that occurred, they would aim their guns - see Bundy Ranch.

I would STILL be at that protest, though.

[MineralMan]

8. If it were done without any announcement, it would be done

and everyone would be gone before anyone could respond. People are smart enough to avoid a confrontation. Or, they could announce it and everyone come armed with shotguns loaded with 00 buckshot. Screw it! That flag flying at the top of its mast is a grievous insult to every person of color in that state. It is time to make an end of celebrating slavery and the war that was fought to protect it.

Enough!

[blm]

17. I'm in this fight.

In it to win it.

[MineralMan]

27. Thank you!

[RKP5637]

105. A drone could covertly remove it! n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

65. Sadly, it may take that...

to wake Americans the fuck up.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. And in response, the local

bigoted citizenry who love that shit would show up with their Second Amendment Solution mow down even more innocent people. If South Carolinians didn't love it so much, it wouldn't be there. The psychopathy that underlies that is WAAAAY deeper than cutting down a racist flag. The flag is just a symbol of a deep cancer in that state, and, indeed the region. (My apologies to the millions of good Southerners who do not share that POV).

[MineralMan]

9. So, the answer is to simply let that vile flag fly?

I don't think so. It is time for symbolic action against symbolic racism. Black people are armed as well. Make a stand, as was done when the KKK decided to go after black people in another time. The time is over for acceptance of institutionalized racism in South Carolina and other states where it is endemic.

Volunteers only. I would gladly volunteer, and I'm an old white guy. I live far from there. I cannot go. If I lived there, though, I would not abide the banner of slavery flying at my state's Capitol building. At some point, a stand must be made.

Fuck Nikki Haley and the racists in South Carolina. Those who are not racists should march with the rest to the Capitol.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. I find it hard to believe it hasn't been done already.

[MineralMan]

26. I'm sure it has been thought of.

I hope it will happen. It is time to end this nonsense forever.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

30. Well past time!

[wendylaroux]

34. I agree!

You have to know,that the majority of people don't want that flag flying! WTH????

[Damansarajaya]

95. Yeah, I agree. Avoiding stopping evil because of what

those who support evil might do is never an excuse.

It's like all the European countries that didn't want to give Hitler an excuse to invade them, so they refused to prepare for war or form alliances or condemn his evil.

He invaded them anyway.

[npk]

13. They would just put another confederate flag up there

And it would likely lead to more violence. A boycott might be more effective because Charleston is a city that depends on tourism dollars and when many of those local business owners, who also hold political positions inside the state, start to see their bottom line decreasing, then they might be willing to remove that flag.

[MineralMan]

18. Would they? Suppose the crowd included state legislators and

hundreds of white citizens of SC? It's so easy to let things slide and do nothing. At some point, people must stand up and make their point clearly and unmistakably. This is, I think, one of those times. If I lived in South Carolina, I would be at the front of that. If I were concerned about violence, I would come armed with my shotgun and a few dozen rounds of 00 buckshot. People do not have to accept institutional racism willingly. I guarantee that a large crowd, with armed people in it would prevent the cowards from showing up.

Enough!

[yeoman6987]

36. South Carolina has had a boycott for years

I'm not sure if it has made an effect on tourism but it has been active.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130810/PC16/130819917


Basically South Carolina has been in a boycott for over 10 years over the Confederate Flag.

[MineralMan]

37. It's not working. It's time for the good people of SC to

stand up for equality and justice. Past time.

ENOUGH!

[StandingInLeftField]

113. Unfortunately the boycott has had zero effect on individual tourists.

International tourism is at an all-time high. Tourism from within this country also. Cruise ships call regularly at the port. Thousands of new homes are being built to keep up with demand.

In an ironic sort of way, this may actually move Charleston to the Left, as old-timers are displaced by people from rational environs.

[heaven05]

61. violence is coming

no matter what, if not there, elsewhere. Inevitable.

[MineralMan]

75. Violence is already there.

A racist killed people in a church. Police on SC shot a fleeing black man in the back and killed him. There's no shortage of violence in South Carolina.

[heaven05]

78. true

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but that is part of a systemic infection, in america, that is bursting out in racist abscesses that are filling full of hate infected pus all over this land. Those abscesses are going to burst, sooner or later, and truly cause a complete systemic infection. That's all I'm saying, but I'm right there with you, let the flag burn as a symbol of burning the hate it represents. And scatter the ashes.

[RKP5637]

107. The hatred in this country is incredible. It's just under the surface in so many areas, often fueled

by outfits like Fox News and the like who stir up hatred for profit. One would think religion might be a solace from hatred in the US, but yet that carries the infection too and is often a root cause of hatred. It's just a very hateful country. Certainly not all people, but I'm astounded by the hatred and ignorance often displayed by many in the US.

[brewens]

14. I have to stop off and buy Confederate flags on my way home from work.

I'm almost out at home. I use the little replica's of the flag they flew at the end of the war. The white ones you can buy by the roll. Pretty much the best use I've ever heard of for any Confederate flag.

[Jamastiene]

44. I am waiting for the quadruple rolls to come out in large economy packs.

For now, it's Angel Soft triple rolls.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

55. Now with QuadPly Surrender Technology!!! nt

[Qutzupalotl]

15. One person could cut the ropes

used to raise/lower the flag...then I think it will blow down, where it can be easily trampled.

Of course, a crowd would be better.

[Adrahil]

108. There ar no ropes....

To prevent must such a thing, SC jst mounted the flag at the top of the pole.... It cqnnot be lowered, which is why it is the only flag there not flying at half-staff, to the state' eternal shame!

[Qutzupalotl]

139. Thanks for that info.

Sounds like a blowtorch may be in order.

[LordGlenconner]

16. They'd just run another one up the pole

Not that I disagree with the OPs sentiments.

The flag is a fucking disgrace.

[MineralMan]

19. Not necessarily. A large enough protest would

send a clear message. This has gone on long enough. The Confederate Battle Flag needs to go. As a symbol of racism and support for slavery, it's time should have been over in the 1860s.

ENOUGH!

[LiberalEsto]

20. No. Burn the flag. nt

[MineralMan]

22. Just put it in the garbage as the garbage it is.

Burning is the proper way to destroy the Flag of the United States. The Confederate Battle Flag does not deserve that honor.

[DinahMoeHum]

48. Or use it as a toilet.

n/t

[calimary]

53. I'd cut it up into little 5x5-inch pieces and wipe my ass with it, after using the toilet.

[MineralMan]

21. In fact, since Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are

in South Carolina today, they should lead the march. Hillary Clinton would have Secret Service agents with her. Let's end this travesty of freedom today. Let's make the Confederate Battle Flag a flag of shame. March in solidarity and TAKE THAT FLAG DOWN!

ENOUGH!

[demmiblue]

31. I thought Senator Sanders was in DC today. n/t

[MineralMan]

32. Could be. I know that Hillary was in SC.

Heck, maybe even President Obama could show up, and bring the Marines with him to protect him and the protesters in lowering the flag. I'd recommend that Congress also pass a law prohibiting the display of the Confederate Battle Flag on any official government building, as well.

I'm sick of this crap. It's time for the Civil War to be over once and for all.

[xocet]

50. End the display of ANY Confederate flag variation in regard to ANY Gov't purpose....

The principal variations of the Confederate flag are at the following link:

http://www.moc.org/collections-archives/flags-confederacy

I don't know if there are more variations, but they should all be excluded.

Finally, though it may sound hyperbolic, I don't know why the Confederate flag should be given any higher regard than the Nazi flag.

(After all, how many black people had their lives and their descendants' lives destroyed by slavery, by Jim Crow and by racism in this country?)

[MineralMan]

52. I agree 100%

[AwakeAtLast]

92. That would be a sight to behold!

Way past time to put an end to displaying that flag.

[misterhighwasted]

42. That is true! She has Secret Service.

Wish they would march together, arm in arm, in Solidarity.
Let Gov Haley stand and watch as she cries those fake tears.
There are far bigger better people in this world than her & the assholes she empowers.
Bill Clinton and any others should join the front row in marching.

It was the same old Southern racists that went after Bill & Hillary both, 25 yrs ago.
Bill Clinton had the Black votes & the GOP could do nothing to stop it, and they did everything they could from there on to see that would never happen again.

Clinton walked in & grabbed GHW Bush's second term from him.
Gerrymandering, voter frard & suppression, & the manipulation of ourSupreme Court in selecting GW as President, when the voters would have chosen otherwise, was ramped up into overdrive.

The Black voting block would be suppressed in the Deep South.
The whole RW stench is still wafting strong today.

It will take our Dem Candidates and another MLK walking arm in arm to put this to rest again.
History repeats itself because it is allowed to.

This is a sorrowful day for our America.
Pathetic, shamful & sad.
Thanks for allowing my rant.

[Hekate]

81. Here's the right words for the moment: "Governor Haley, Tear Down This Flag!" Any pol with the guts

....can stand on their hind legs and shout that. In fact, we all can.

You are right. ENOUGH!

[uponit7771]

23. This OP should have 100 recs...

[MineralMan]

25. Thank you. It is time to end the Civil War,

once and for all. This is simply bullshit. Forget hundreds of protesters. Lets have thousands. I wish I could be there for this.

[JustAnotherGen]

29. I'm giving this a rec

Because you wrote it! You is mad! Because you never post about insurrection!

[MineralMan]

33. I"m an old street protester. I've just grown old and less inclined

to take to the street these days. This incident would bring me out, though. It's time to stand up and say NO MORE!

[GeorgeGist]

39. Days like this I'm sorry ...

Lincoln didn't let the dimwits go.

[randys1]

41. Time for us to put up or shut up, I agree. Has to be done. Whatever happens next, happens

[npk]

43. State Flag at half mast, but what about that confederate flag. Well...

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[Jamastiene]

45. And notice how it is far more prominent where it is compared to the state flags.

You just about need binoculars to see the state flags, but that monstrosity is out front and in people's faces. They are not fooling anybody.

[DinahMoeHum]

47. Best use of that flag now: a garbage bag. Or a toilet.

. . .just sayin'

[brer cat]

49. Roy Barnes (D) changed the flag in GA

and received a JFK Library Profile in Courage award for doing it. Of course, he lost his reelection bid and we have not had a democratic governor since. sigh.

Dream on if you think Nikki has that kind of courage.

[MineralMan]

54. I do not care a fig about Nikki Haley.

She can rot in hell, as far as I'm concerned.

[Enthusiast]

56. It would be a justifed act. It was justified before this latest outrage.

[progressoid]

57. You would have to climb the pole.

Since the rope is usually secured inside the pole.

[MineralMan]

76. Then bring cordless reciprocating saws and

Cut the flagpole down. There's a way to lower that flag.

[SoapBox]

58. It's an obscene and disgusting symbol.

Do whatever it takes.

[mopinko]

59. is it actually accessible?

it is on top of the building, and i assume the accessway is guarded.
of course, it there are flags out there at ground level a guerrilla campaign to cut them loose would be a piece of cake.

i think this is a good idea. wow, how great would it be for hillary and bernie to lead a delegation to insist that it come down.
dreaming, prolly, but what a dream.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

67. It's at a Confederate Veterans memorial in front of the building....

You know, to honor the people who shot at this flag:

[mopinko]

69. yeah, was just reading that it is affixed to the top of the pole.

shooting it full of holes would work for me.
or pasting it w paintballs.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

70. I'm old school....

Baggies full of shit.

[mopinko]

71. works for me.

shit balloons.

[jalan48]

62. Absolutely! Great idea.

[Hekate]

64. 50th Rec, MM. We need that righteous anger against the stochastic terrorists.

Gods help us all -- I am becoming numb to the horrors as they repeat.

[MineralMan]

73. We must not grow numb.

The people of South Carolina need our strong support.

[Efilroft Sul]

72. Kick to the top.

[MineralMan]

74. Thank you!

[ladjf]

77. Leaving the Confederate Flag up while the others are down

means that the Government of South Carolina, elected by South Carolinians, condones the slaughter at the Church as though it was
a legitimate act of personal rights carried out by Roof.

I can only guess that such is not the position of the majority of S.C. Citizens.

[RKP5637]

103. At minimal, it's quite bizarre not to lower it too. It really does send the

message IMO that racism won. I agree, I also don't think that represents the majority of S.C. Citizens.

[marions ghost]

126. Yes-- put pressure on the state government to take it down

that is the way to handle this flag question. That will mean more permanent change.

Tear down the flag and you incite the white supremacists who have incorporated it as their battle flag, to more violence. Citizen pressure for the state to remove it-- is a much more powerful message to them. Protest for the state to take down the flag but don't literally remove that particular flag. These racist people are very literal. You would be waving the red flag in front of the bull and the bullies would charge.

[ladjf]

127. I think the point of the state handling the situation is that

two outcomes can happen. 1. They will act to take it down which is a plus for civil rights in SC or 2. They refuse to take it down and will have to explain their reasons for leaving it up. That is even better for civil rights because it exposes them totally right during this crisis.

[marions ghost]

129. EXACTLY

You have broken down what I was trying to say to the concrete objectives that will be much more effective than physically ripping down the flag. thanks

Put pressure on the state govt to remove it immediately.

[SwankyXomb]

79. It's a traitor's flag

And those who fly it and swear by it should pay the price of treason.

[davidn3600]

98. Wasn't the American flag a traitor's flag too?

[SusanCalvin]

80. When I first read your subject,

I thought you said they *had*. Man, I was disappointed. Please, somebody needs to do this.

[azmom]

87. Me too. I thought they had done it already.

[hifiguy]

86. The governor would probably turn guns on the crowd.

I don't put any obscenity past the Republican party anymore.

[jtuck004]

88. Fuck Yeah!! Mob violence, smash anything you don't like. That's how we make it better!

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Teach those ass clowns that violence is wrong.

Which would be more dangerous? Trying to teach the kids how screwed up the adults around them are in hopes they eventually take it down themselves, or taking down the flag with a mob...

[heaven05]

89. have any concrete suggestions?

[Hekate]

93. MM is hardly suggesting mob violence. But you knew that.

[jtuck004]

96. Call it what you want, but tens of thousands of people marching on a building and taking

down the flag to trash it is a violent act. You just don't see it because you think you are on the right side.

That's the usual mistake, and pretty typically American - ironically, that doesn't depend on what side you are on.

But yeah, I know.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

90. .

[mainstreetonce]

91. Boycott South Carolina

Kill the summer tourist season.

[The Traveler]

97. That crap stain of a flag

has no business flying over American soil.

Now ... right now. We gotta rise up and seize this day for our brothers and sisters of color. This shit isn't going to end until we do. We're gonna have to put our pale arses on the front lines and chase the evil goobers back under their rocks. It begins with ripping down that flag and desecrating it by all means imaginable. But it's up to us white folks to accomplish this deed.

Sometimes civil disobedience is the only way forward. I aim to misbehave. Anyone with me?

Trav

[marions ghost]

100. I'm in agreement with protesting but

the symbolic act of ripping down the flag wouldn't accomplish much. It could easily incite even more violence.

Until things really change in SC, they will replace the flag and they will fly the flag.

Work for real change. Then the flag goes into the dust bins of history where it belongs. No longer officially sanctioned.

The problem is, we are so numb to this kind of violence you probably won't even see any protest. I wish I could believe that people care enough to do anything. We are so divided and self-absorbed that most people (white liberals included) will see this as "crazy kid goes berserk--doesn't concern me."

We have been divided and conquered--the goal to keep the races divided and downtrodden, so they don't know the real problem is the capitalist exploiters.

Go ahead--organize a protest and burn a confederate flag--but leave that one there so we can see exactly how long it's going to take to change South Carolina.

[Vinca]

102. The idea sounds good, but the sorry fact is the place is filled with gun-toting loonies

and there's no reason to lose more good lives over a piece of cloth on a pole.

[brooklynite]

104. So, have you left yet?

Or is this bold step someone else's responsibility?

[Vinca]

110. I haven't a clue what your response has to do with mine.

Did you mean to respond to the OP?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

144. WTF are you talking about? nt

[dembeatle]

114. Yes

I wish that would happen.
That flag represents traitors!
It should be shameful in our country to have anything to do with it.
I believe Mr. Lincoln was wrong to keep the Confederate States, but that's another topic.

[Fast Walker 52]

115. I would join that group

It is fucking time for action

[Phentex]

118. Send in a drone to do it...

little chopping mechanism. Safer than being shot by some guard.

[prayin4rain]

119. Eeewww, I like this idea. DU should start a gofundme to purchase the drone.

Then we just need a drone operator. That would be awesome.

[libodem]

121. Best thing you've ever said

[NOLALady]

124. I have a dream,

that thousands of White people from South Carolina will march and cut down that flag.

[MineralMan]

125. Good dream.

[B Calm]

130. Hell YES!

[asiliveandbreathe]

131. - LET'S go LET'S go -

I would have a very long hike - but you know what - LET's go - to hell with logistics...there are some good people in this country that would meet and greet along the way - I have to start in AZ - but LET'S GO!

I'M MAD AS HELL! - MY BOOTS ARE ON - AND MY LUNCH IS PACKED.....LET'S GO!

THAT WOULD BE A POWERFUL MESSAGE...WE THE PEOPLE - SAY ENOUGH -

[asiliveandbreathe]

132. JWIRR SUGGESTED THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE THERE

SEND POSTCARDS...

MESSAGE -

TEAR DOWN THAT FLAG

Office of the Governor
1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201

I WILL BRING MY POSTCARD WITH ME - AS I WALK ACROSS THIS COUNTRY -

TEARS IN EYES

[KingCharlemagne]

133. Meh, let them fly their treasonous rag. Meanwhile, I shall fly mine:

[Nevernose]

135. You literally CANNOT "cut it down."

It's permanently affixed; there is no rope. One would have to tear down the entire flagpole. However, this is South Caolina we're talking about: surely someone has a big ass truck with a winch, right?

[MineralMan]

141. Hmm...I have a 24-Volt reciprocating saw that says

you're wrong. Whether the pole is aluminum (most likely) or steel, I have a blade that will chew through it quickly enough. I might need a few blades and a couple of spare batteries, but down it would come.

[Nevernose]

142. I think we can compromise:

We can uproot it with a truck, then cut the whole flagpole into pieces with a reciprocating saw and sell it for scrap at the local junkyard. We can use the flag itself as the kindling for a barbecue. The barbecue would be in the interests of the good parts of the South, and if we waited a couple of weeks for Independence Day, it would be about America.

[MineralMan]

143. LOL! Great idea!

[McCamy Taylor]

140. K&R

[brooklynite]

145. This thread's been running for 24 hours...you could have been there by now

Second thoughts?

[Bradj5]

147. All you faciests are bound to lose!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wyjNRmSPVMM

&feature=player_detailpage

[Bradj5]

148. All you faciests are bound to lose!

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