Petition to Ban Confederate Flag from Walton County Courthouse

[jodiFL]

It seems to me that So.Carolina has been the crux of all these big issues with the confederate flag... maybe since they had to surrender during the civil war .....but hey one of our (Florida) nicest state parks (Fort Pickens) is named after a S.C. major general in the S.C. militia...but we probably dont want to talk about his mission to wipe out the Cherokee.....read more here..
p.s.... maybe we should take offense with any thing about South Carolina because of one of their generals opinion about native americans.. he was surely "racist" and " violent" towards them.

 

[poppy]

Done. So you believe that he killed innocent black people because of inspiration that he received from Southern heritage and the confederate flag in particular?

My turn. Do you think leaving the flag flying will promote love and understanding among races or will prevent any further death and destruction? Think of the advantage vs. disadvantage of continuing display it, what is the benefit or upside to the county? If we are going to fly an unofficial flag why not install hundreds of flag poles so we can fly any and all unofficial flags that any other individual believes represents their heritage? I think the flag should come down, but if the citizens of the county decide to keep it my life will continue just fine.

 

[poppy]

Poppy, you cannot govern sane, rational people by the actions and beliefs of an evil, demented individual. Hinkley shot President Reagan because of the "influence" of Jody Foster. Should we exile her or just boycott her movies?

Good grief, back to the Golds Gym shirt. If you can prove to me that Jody Foster is a symbol of hate and bigotry and represents a time of treason against our country then I say Jody Foster should be shot with an official NRA commemorative rifle and a polished silver bullet.

 

[poppy]

Poppy, you cannot govern sane, rational people by the actions and beliefs of an evil, demented individual.

I agree 100% with this part as witnessed by the American people under the leadership of G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Poppy, you cannot govern sane, rational people by the actions and beliefs of an evil, demented individual. Hinkley shot President Reagan because of the "influence" of Jody Foster. Should we exile her or just boycott her movies?

I think he was more influenced by the fictional Travis Bickel. If he were real and the government were honoring him, I'd have a problem with that.

 

[Misty]

I agree 100% with this part as witnessed by the American people under the leadership of G.W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Sometimes you just freakin rock poppy!

 

[Misty]

The Confederate flag is a "racist" symbol, Jeb Bush said Monday during his first visit to South Carolina since a deadly church shooting here. Bush, a former two-term Florida governor, explained that in 2001, "I decided to do something politically incorrect" and ordered the removal of a flag that included the Confederate symbol from the Florida State Capitol grounds.
"The symbols were racist," he told workers at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant here. "If you're trying to lean forward rather than live in the past, you want to eliminate the barriers that create disagreements."

Jeb Bush is just like his brother and talks out both sides of his butt.

 

[mputnal]

My turn. Do you think leaving the flag flying will promote love and understanding among races or will prevent any further death and destruction? Think of the advantage vs. disadvantage of continuing display it, what is the benefit or upside to the county? If we are going to fly an unofficial flag why not install hundreds of flag poles so we can fly any and all unofficial flags that any other individual believes represents their heritage? I think the flag should come down, but if the citizens of the county decide to keep it my life will continue just fine.

I have no problem answering your questions. No. The purpose is not meant to "promote love and understanding". Again and again it's purpose is to honor those that died fighting for loyalty and honor. No. Leaving the flag up will not prevent "death and destruction". I also now believe the flag should come down but I also believe that once again Southern heritage is being scapegoated for most race problems in this country. I further believe that the majority of people who want the flag to come down are simply washing their hands of the matter. Just go back and read the stuff on this thread. This society wants to blame something, remove it and move on. There is inherent danger of this happening again and again if we can not get a handle on what is really causing it.

 

[Misty]

Would the flag even be an issue if the kid responsible for the massacre in S.C. had targeted a white Church?

I highly doubt it!

Why aren't people asking what his parents did to glorify this young mans hatred towards blacks and...if they were aware of his anger and hostility and were not contributing factors to it....why didn't they get him help? He is obviously mentally disturbed.

The Confederate flag is BEING USED AS A SCAPEGOAT!

His friends knew he had something sinister and diabolical planned and did nothing to alert authorities and his parents gave him the money he used to purchase a weapon.

There are many failures in this travesty but none of them are of a symbolic nature.

 

[Teresa]

I saw that fb post. Overwhelmingly KEEP flag. Whattayagonnado. People like their flag. They just do. Always have.