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The Confederate Flag: It’s 2000 All Over Again

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 11:32 am

It’s fine where it is.

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hawk4hire October 7, 2014 at 11:37 am

So correct me if I’m wrong but couldnt Senator Sheheen have done something as a Senator to address this before now instead of making political fodder out of this issue? Pander much???

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well-i-am into it October 7, 2014 at 11:43 am

Sheheen had a great chance at Boil and Stump, Georgetown and when Haley “vouched” for Goldfinch, to bring up many related issues. He should have let the dogs out on Goldfinch and taken this campaign to a whole another level. Haley’s weakness is her lack of control over her legislators and her administration at every level, with so many scandals from the house to every state agency. Basically, Haley has no control over her administration. Her governership has been so far : the leash is loose, I have no control…..cover up the scandals, i cant fix it…..I know who the crooks are, I’ll “vouch” for them and have them on my side……and if the law gets them, only then I will disown them. Its a third world politics…we deserve better. Why isnt Sheheen kicking Haley’s butt on all these….not that I support any one party…..just saying.

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vicupstate October 7, 2014 at 12:21 pm

Sheheen should have stuck to running against Haley’s lousy record. Virtually no one links the issue to Haley in the first place.

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well-i-am into it October 7, 2014 at 12:42 pm

You mean you would go to Georgetown and vouch of Goldfinch? After a federal criminal charge and the democrats describing it as “heinous” crime and the prosecutor’s office in Texas repeatedly saying the matter remains unresolved? You would do that? You would go there and vouch of Goldfinch, why, cos you (Haley) know better, huh? Of course Haley has no part in Goldfinch’s crime….but to go out there with an entourage on a victory tour…in official capacity and in the name of a respectable political party….to help a guy like Goldfinch to represent the good people of 108….dont know what to say about her judgement.

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vicupstate October 7, 2014 at 1:06 pm

I never said anything in defense of Goldfinch.

If Haley likes him, that is a enough reason to NOT vote for him.

I don’t know the details of his supposed offense, but I would vote for him regardless.

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well-i-am into it October 7, 2014 at 1:34 pm

Fair enough. At no point I will judge your vote, I dont have the right to judge your vote. BUT, I DO have the right to judge Haley’s decisions/choices and governance. I am sure you understand THAT main point in my original argument.

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well-i-am into it October 7, 2014 at 2:12 pm

Wait! is the “issue” you mention here, the “lousy record”? I may have misread your statement. Are we talking from the same side then? either way…apologies if I misread your statement.

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Dude October 7, 2014 at 11:49 am

I think she will say it should stay where it is to get elected next month. Once elected she will quickly change her stance and come out for its removal in preparation to run for some national offce.

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WW October 7, 2014 at 11:51 am

You’ve learned this incompetent, shilling,feckless, liar Haley pretty well

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shake n bake October 7, 2014 at 12:20 pm

“Traitor” Democrat Tommy Crist Ervin-Williams never misses a chance to fax Fits a “special statement” on issues like gay marriage, which he supports.

Where does $$$$$ Tommy stand on Sheheen’s desperate attempt to play the race card on South Carolinian’s ?????

LMAO!!!!!! Is Ervin hiding behind that 3% as he cruises to victory? :-)

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 5:49 am

I was rooting for Ervin until I found out he supports same sex “marriage”. He seemed like such a good conservative too, at least from the surface.

There’s nobody worth voting for anymore.

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Ludwig Von Mises October 7, 2014 at 1:47 pm

Well,if she wants a chance to be on the national ticket she pretty much has to.

Oh the flag is a big plus with the ol boys here and a few other southern states,but they are going to be Republican in the presidential race,with or without its flying.

Republicans ,however ,need to win states OUTSIDE the south in order to win the Presidency and the flag doesn’t sell well in non southern states,particularly among Independents who the GOP must capture to be viable in most of these batteground states.

No prospective Republican presidential nominee is going to put on his ticket someone who either supports the flag or takes an ambiguous”Im for the compromise” position like Haley.

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 5:50 am

The GOP is dead either way. Doesn’t matter if they sell out their base (the South), because they’re never going to win a national election.

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 8:33 am

“the flag is a big plus with the ol boys here” — Why do you dismiss Southern girls and women?

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Edward Bolds October 16, 2014 at 11:02 am

there ol boys too…

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Nicholas I October 16, 2014 at 1:15 pm

“there ol boys too…” — ??? — You speakee de English?

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Dave Chappelle October 7, 2014 at 11:55 am

“Accordingly, South Carolina’s Governor’s Mansion is all but assured of remaining in GOP hands … for whatever that’s worth.”

I’ll tell you what its worth. It’s akin to a negatively amortizing loan.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 11:58 am

This is a non issue mole hill, made into a vote pandering mountain by a bunch of liberals desperate to keep the racial divide as wide as possible because it keeps blacks on the plantation. This flag flies over every Maurice’s in town and it doesn’t stop blacks (and whites) from swinging the door off the hinges. There are much bigger issues.

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Getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:02 pm

it does not. They removed all the flags a few years ago. I went there with a mission of racial justice and was sadly confronted only with greasy food.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:04 pm

I stand corrected, until they took it down it did nothing to prevent blacks (and whites) from swinging the door off the hinges. It’s a non issue.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:21 pm

its a non issue if you are a white person in SC, that is correct. Do you need a dump truck full of letters from black people to tell you how insulting this is? I swear its like half the readers on this website have never spoken to an educated black person! If you are fine with sacrificing many business opportunities and offending a sizable portion of the population to prop up some heritage that could easily be represented differently, be my guest. Otherwise, it is time to take down that stupid flag and make some damn money.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:22 pm

Contraire mon frère, it’s the educated black people who could care less.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:35 pm

You are clearly just another idiot from SC who is too ignorant to see past his country music and grand pappys life lessons. Have fun voting for people like me who will abuse the shit out of your tax dollars because you are too stupid to realize that I am lying to your face and too lazy to seek out the facts outside of hilariously opinionated “news”. Politicians play this states states coffer like a fiddle and you are on here arguing about why you are justified in offending black people. Try telling the next person you offend that they shouldn’t be offended and see how that goes. Have fun dying in ignorance old man.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:39 pm

Your culture of offense is why we waste our time arguing about this in the first place. You seem dumb.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:45 pm

wtf is a “culture of offense”? There is a 137% chance you are currently experiencing white privilege lol

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm

(heard a professor in college use the term white privilege, thinks it is a meaningful insult outside of class)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm

This just in: There is a 12327% chance you don’t believe in white privilege

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm

terrible troll attempt, please moderate

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:55 pm

you must have a really important job where you can post on this site all day. You must be an SC politician if you have this must time to waste!

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 1:36 pm

Not funny or clever. Please moderate.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:45 pm

aww Jackie is sad he keeps getting insulted by someone half his age. Should we make him a kickstarter so he can pay for his hurt-butt surgery and get a more worthwhile job?

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 2:03 pm

(he typed, humiliating himself further)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:17 pm

No kickstarter then? Did the welfare check finally come?

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 2:11 pm

It’s “butt hurt” not “hurt butt” if you want to stoop to using sophomoric euphemisms, correctly. When you misspeak like that you actually sound twice the age of Jackie Chiles.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm

damnit…I knew writing it like that would come back to bite me in the ass. Have you called the internet police yet?

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 2:21 pm

What is the internet police?

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:27 pm

(things old people say)

Ya dun goofed! (on a serious note just google it)

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 2:40 pm

Says the buffoon that phrases butt hurt as hurt butt. There are no actual internet police, google it.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:42 pm

HAHAHAHAHA so much old people win in this comment, why don’t you tri force for me? Should I keep using internet references you clearly don’t understand?

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 2:49 pm

No, the use of “internet police” has nothing to do with age, it’s a witless snarky attempt to make yourself seem clever… which you clearly are not based on the volumes of intellectual diarrhea you’re been spraying on here all day.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:59 pm

nah its an internet meme bro, I am not being clever lol I was just seeing if you had any knowledge of actual internet forums, which you clearly do not. you should probably just shut up and go watch some more fox news. Hearing your opinions blasted on a TV screen will probably make you feel a lot better. I will be gay marrying your son soon enough!!!

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 3:19 pm

I killed by cable subscription over a year ago and I have no idea what “hawk4hire” is. So what are you even yammering about? Furthermore, I have no problem with gay marriage, but I’m pretty sure my son likes the ladies, sorry brah.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 3:02 pm

btw this guy was “hawk4hire” earlier

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 6:07 am

Why do people like you even live in South Carolina? We’re not forcing you to stay here. If you don’t like our ways, then you can move to commiefornia.

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 6:47 am

Kikefornia.

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 6:47 am

What’s white privilege?

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 8:23 am

So you don’t know what “white privilege” is. Okay. Just say so.

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Edward Bolds October 17, 2014 at 2:19 am

White privilege? It is the ‘benefit of the doubt’ that you believe you deserve whenever competing against people different from you, and whom you seem to believe are inferior to you based on the tone of your many comments… Hope you can ‘understandee’ that English!

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Nicholas I October 17, 2014 at 4:07 am

You should learn to write proper English. — “It is the ‘benefit of the doubt’ that you believe you deserve whenever
competing against people different from you, and whom you seem to
believe are inferior to you based on the tone of your many comments.” Why is ‘benefit of the doubt’ in scare-quotes? Deserve what? “Deserve whenever” makes no sense. Your definition is without definition, and does not define, but, rather, obfuscates. Why would a definition address me? That is an ad hominem. Is “the ‘benefit of the doubt’ that you believe you deserve whenever
competing against people different from you, and whom you seem to
believe are inferior to you” not the non-defining definition of Arab Privilege, Jew Privilege, Congoloid Privilege, Creole Privilege, Chinese Privilege, etc.? You make no sense.

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Edward Bolds October 17, 2014 at 7:40 am

You can always tell stupid people with no argument… first thing they do is point out some BS about english, then write a bunch of crap that is clear sewage… don’t bother to respond as I won’t even view…. I’ll leave you to your blissful silliness!

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:49 pm

Country music, are you talking about that nonsense Nü Country or are we talking about real country music like Willie Nelson, Jason Isbell and their ilk? Furthermore, I am adopted, so I never knew my “grand pappy”, you ignorant presumptuous fool.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:57 pm

this isn’t a debate about the merits of country music. All music has its ups and downs, people just love to hate things they don’t understand. This is all off topic. Remove the flag and you will probably see the NAACP boycott of SC removed is all I am saying.

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guest October 7, 2014 at 1:05 pm

Na.The race hustlers will find another reason to boycott or hold SC hostage.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:07 pm

ok

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 1:09 pm

You’re the one that brought up country music. Who gives a shit about the NAACP? Blacks should be the least of which who care about an organization that has done absolutely nothing for their race. People like Al Sharpton and William Barber have sat back and lined their pockets with the proceeds of their race baiting rhetoric. How many jobs has Sharpton created? How many people has Sharpton helped to get off of government assistance? The NAACP is worthless to the advancement of disenfranchised black people.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:13 pm

so glad to hear the racist white guys take on the NAACP. so enlightening and unique.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 1:21 pm

How do you come to the conclusion that I’m racist? Because I have an opposing view of things? I don’t think any race is superior and I actually don’t know what my ethnicity is, because I’ve never looked for my birth family. Although I have been accused of being half black, you know from the waist down.

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 6:04 am

When I was in high school (class of 2012), me and my friends wore Confederate shirts all the time, and no one gave two shits. You know why? Because black people don’t care anymore. The Southern Cross didn’t stop us from learning in the same room or playing ball on the same field, and it never caused any animosity.

I see Confederate flags flying everywhere around here, and no one takes a second look, because it’s not a racist flag, but a Southern flag. It’s our flag, a flag our ancestors fought for, and a flag their descendants will always honour.

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Getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:00 pm

LOL no wonder the south is considered the worst place to live (http://ow.ly/CnJMP). Outside of the south there isn’t even a debate on how cruel this flag is. Some people can only imagine their relatives being whipped every time they see that flag, and you are going to sit there and say it doesn’t matter if it stays up? You have to be straight up stupid or ignorant to define your heritage by less than 10 years. A royal fuck you Will Folks, you are clearly just another career-minded SC good ole boy too afraid to upset the order you claim to detest (I bet thats why you never released real evidence about NH). SC will continue to have this pointless debate on whether or not to continue insulting african americans everywhere while billions of taxpayer dollars are spend on political boondoggles and the rural people are silenced and given no healthcare. How else will the SC retain its reputation of being poor and stupid?

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:04 pm

LOL.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:06 pm

Not as stupid as your brainless response. If you had anything worthwhile to say you would have said it. Stick to injury cases, Jackie.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:40 pm

(guy who cries about people being offended while offending people)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:20 pm

oooh so you changed your original comment to make yourself look less idiotic. Good move! I would have done the same.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 1:32 pm

(Desperation creeping in)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:48 pm

says the dude who went back and changed his comment so the readers of fitsnews.com would think he is less idiotic…

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 2:04 pm

your tears are delicious

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:04 pm

buddy, I am eating this up as much as you are. Thanks for keeping it alive :D

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The Colonel October 7, 2014 at 12:08 pm

If this pointless debate prevents us from becoming New Hampshire, Massachusetts or California, then bring it on.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:15 pm

It prevents South Carolina from being one of the most competitive places in the United States to do business. Notice how our neighbors (Georgia, NC, Florida), who also have a very colorful racial history, are among the top ten places to do business in the US and racism is still deeply rooted in their culture. They abandoned these fruitless debates because it hurts the state overall, which SC is wholly unwilling to do, for some reason.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:37 pm

Yeah, the flag on the statehouse grounds is why companies don’t want to come to SC to make money. That’s why the Olympics didn’t come to Atlanta. Also why businesses are fleeing GA as fast as they can because the stars and the bars was the prototype for the current GA state flag.

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Tazmaniac October 7, 2014 at 2:49 pm

Ludwig and getout are the same poster. In my notifications, Ludwigs BS shows up as getoutwhileyoucan. There are places where he is talking to himself. Of course, I would imagine there is quite a few things Ludwig is forced to do by himself.

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 5:53 am

Don’t forget about BMW, Michelin, and Boeing high telling it out of here because they’re scared of our battle flag lol.

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The Colonel October 7, 2014 at 12:43 pm

You’re insane – the flag has nothing to do with our economic standing. The un/poorly educated, feckless, ignorant folks along the “Corridor of Shame” and similar enclaves throughout the state are the start of the problem. Next is our ridiculous corporate tax system and finally, is the incompetent people we send to the legislature.

Georgia spent hundreds of millions of dollars in their flag fight and wound up coming full circle to the flag they flew prior to the Civil Rights act.North Carolina has their own corridors of poverty that rival ours.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:45 pm

Since Alabama abandoned the flag, it’s economy rivals that of Germany and China.

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The Colonel October 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

Virginia still has there’s up…
Arkansas has it as a part of their current flag…

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 1:31 pm

Haven’t you heard? Their economies would be 100 times better if they would just get rid of the flag. Economists have proven this fact through extensive research.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:14 pm

Should we also remove statues of George Washington, a slave owner, and boycott Raiders of the Lost Arc, as it prominently features a whip? I don’t particularly like pulling up along sit a car (interesting that blacks call them WHIPS) with a myriad of obscenity laced language mixed over a bunch of half assed beats, but I turn my head and ignore it. Maybe the race baiters should do the same.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:26 pm

You are going off topic. Many founding fathers profitted from slavery, as did many African warlords who raided enemy villages and sold them. The point is that in this country once slavery was abolished the prejudice against black people was institutionalized. It is evidenced in arrest rates, poverty rates, median income, and the list goes on. Every single race had slaves, but in THIS country(you know, the one we are currently ranting from) black slavery happened and the effects are still seen today. No one is asking for reparations or a signed apology letter from “the whites”, these people just want to move on with their life and stop dealing with unnecessary prejudices that remind them of a troubled time for their people. Is that so hard to ask?

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:33 pm

And part of their “moving on” involves my son getting a lesson on how to perform cunnilingus on a woman set to sampled beats blasting out of the window of the car next to us, while we sit at a stoplight peacefully waiting to “move on” to our next destination?? If we take it down, do blacks magically start acting like productive peaceful members of society? I know the answer to that one.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:48 pm

ahhh now we have come to the real issue. You hate black people because of the stereotypes you have assigned to them based on biased experiences with institutionally poor people.

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 12:54 pm

I make no assumptions about one’s socioeconomic status when they’re blasting a load of filthy idiotic lyrics set to canned drum and bass. How could I possibly know what their economic status is? Money or no money, it’s ignorant to sit at a stoplight or slow ride a parking lot with their stereos cranked to 11 blasting content that would be banned for broadcast by the FCC. Can we at least agree on that?

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:04 pm

yes, but lets be clear: Black people as a whole do not perpetrate this. You may have an acute experience given that you live in a place where 56% of black people in the US live, the majority in poverty, but given an education and a chance, 9/10 people wouldn’t act like that. Ignorant people blast their music at 11 all the time, no matter their color. ex: every other country in the world has ghetto people who do this

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Stop the Race Baiting October 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm

You have obviously not spent much time at the Gamecock Bilo on Devine Street in Columbia.

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Squishy123 October 7, 2014 at 5:29 pm

Bullshit, black men don’t eat pussy… because have you seen what they have to work with? Having to pry fat folds to get to it is going to create some funky smells.

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guest October 7, 2014 at 12:35 pm

You liberals won’t be happy until ISIS hangs its FLAG in the wHite house.Oh wait…they did?

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:40 pm

I support the drone strikes. I also support an expanded military. Suck my clock you racist dbag and go find some morals that make sense anywhere outside of your group of friends (you probably won’t though so just suck my clock because it is legal in SC now!!!!!)

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:47 pm

(incomprehensible)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:48 pm

(still Jackie Chiles)

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:50 pm

(debates 3 year old daughter, loses on daily basis)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:17 pm

(gets into pointless debates with college kids on the internet because his life is so unimportant that he no better way to spend his time)

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 1:30 pm

(wastes time for pointless debate, derides person winning debate for wasting time in pointless debate)

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:36 pm

(takes troll bait, I lol at evidence of adults clearly unimportant life) Can’t wait to make more than you right out of college! Probably make just as much money as you do now lol

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 1:37 pm

Even worse troll attempt. Please moderate.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:41 pm

“(debates 3 year old daughter, loses on a daily basis)”

OH DANG YOU HUMILIATED WITH YOUR BRILLIANT REPLY YOU ARE THE KING OF THE TROLLS. keep up the stupidity, I got a few more hours of time to kill.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 2:03 pm

Getoutwhileyoucan crying, losing HOAP

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 2:12 pm

(has nothing worthwhile to say, continues to take troll bait)

The internet is so fun, don’t you think?

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guest October 7, 2014 at 12:49 pm

I know it is. In my opinion Sheheen and Ervin want to replace the Confederate Flag with that pretty Rainbow Flag? What do you think Barney. Be frank with me.

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Edward Bolds October 17, 2014 at 2:13 am

The confederates were the ISIS of their day…

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Scrappy October 7, 2014 at 12:39 pm

Really? Blacks being incarcerated at a higher rate is not because they commit more crimes? Preying on people and sitting on their ass and collecting a “check” is all because their Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather picked some cotton?

I’m so sick of hearing this Bull Shit! Enough is enough! Blacks have the same opportunity as everyone else if not more. They just have to apply themselves and quit sitting around waiting on a handout because someone in their family tree was a slave. Give me me a break!

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Same ol' Same ol' October 7, 2014 at 12:51 pm

Simple, if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. Quit bitchin’ if you get caught. Sheesh.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

White people are arrested at the same rates as black people yet black people make up 86% of the prison population. Here is the real saying in America: If you don’t have the connections or a good lawyer, don’t do the crime. (Especially true in SC, where 8k will get 3 Marijuana distribution felony charges dropped down to 2 misdemeanor posession charges even if you have priors)

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Edward Bolds October 16, 2014 at 11:09 am

if you are tired hearing it, quit saying it … it is pure BS and its coming from YOUR keyboard… BTW, am I to believe that ‘Blacks’ will get any ‘opportunity’ if people who think like you talk are making the decisions? Think about it … if you can!

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SmellyOldFart October 7, 2014 at 12:54 pm

Well, old Jemmy Madison did the best that he could, right after the War of 1812.

He set up the country of Liberia, so that any slaves or freemen who wished to return to Africa would have a place to go, guaranteed by the then “powerful” United States (who had just beat the Brits for the second time in 25 years).

Seems not many wanted to go back, notwithstanding “the return to [their] roots” – Then or Now. We will have to take the costs of Liberia from the proposed “reparations”, of course.

And they do seem to have a problem with Ebola…

Any takers? Are you unhappy in SC? Are you unhappy in the US? There IS an alternative place to go.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 12:59 pm

So many uninformed opinions it is hard to sift through. next rant please.

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Don't let the door hit ya... October 7, 2014 at 2:35 pm

So when are you leaving?

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 3:04 pm

when everyone uses a single username for their comments…

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Don't let the door hit ya... October 7, 2014 at 3:38 pm

Well obviously that’s “never”, so I guess you’re content to bitch about how miserable things are instead of being proactive and making your life not so miserable.

I kind of feel sorry for you.

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Cecil October 8, 2014 at 1:25 am

WHY,are Soooooo many people moving into the state of South Carolina,if it,s the worst place to live???

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Bindi October 7, 2014 at 12:00 pm

Haley wants a red dot flag but the liquor stores aren’t ready to give it up.

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Smirks October 7, 2014 at 1:10 pm

Japan may have an issue with it too.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:14 pm

Knowledge of basic social studies for the win!

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Smirks October 7, 2014 at 1:20 pm

Careful, I may be smarter than a fifth grader.

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west_rhino October 7, 2014 at 1:44 pm

Japan has a pre-emptive option on the “red dot”

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vicupstate October 7, 2014 at 12:20 pm

I thought Lindsey Graham was going to run for the 2016 nomination thereby make the SC primary meaningless, as SC would no doubt support one of it’s own.

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bean counter October 7, 2014 at 12:28 pm

That is your problem -thinking! :-) Let me do that for you liberal idiots.
I got repubs picking up 8 seats in senate, 10 in house and losing 1 governorship. Brownback will win in Kansas.
Gonna be ugly in the state legislatures for dems with the SCOTUS “gay marriage” debacle.

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vicupstate October 7, 2014 at 1:02 pm

I was only referring to the FITS News article on Lindsey. It is still here. If you can learn how to use a scroll button, you can read it for yourself.

I doubt Lindsey will actually do it myself. Too many err.. skeletons in his closet. Closet being the operative word.

I don’t generally make predictions this far out, but PA will not be the only GOP governor to lose. Brownback is the 2nd or 3rd most likely to fall after PA.

The GOP leadership is saying a 12 seat pickup is quite achievable, so a 10 seat gain would actually be sub-par. I’ll concede a 5 seat pickup is probably the minimum. Either result would be a ‘victory’ in a second term midterm when losses usually run in the 30-50 seat range.

While it is theoretically possible for the GOP to gain 8 senate seats, they would have to win 11 out of the 12 competitive races. Even in a wave election, that is a very tall order. Only two incumbent D senators collectively, have lost in the last 30 or so years. At least twice that many have to lose, just in this ONE election for your prediction to come true.

With two states (LA and GA) likely headed to a runoff, it will be Dec. or Jan. before we even know the final result.

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Smirks October 7, 2014 at 1:09 pm

Brownback will win in Kansas.

O RLY?

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ELCID October 7, 2014 at 12:22 pm

They should at least get the right flag in front of the State Capital. The one they have is the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia, not South Carolina. The one they should use is the South Carolina “Big Red,” Battle Flag (SC State Flag in Red color), or the Bonny Blue Flag (all blue with one silver star in the middle). Both of those 2 flags were used exclusively by SC during the Succession time and during most of the war.

Big Red has been used by SC Troops of all colors & backgrounds in every war, even prior to the Civil War. It is still in use in Afghanistan. It’s used by The Citadel instead of the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia. A colored State Flag is used at most SC Colleges usually using the Schools colors (USC’s is Garnet and Black, Clemson is Orange, and etc.). It represents the fighting sprit of SC Citizens of all colors and all backgrounds. I recommend it over the traditional Battle Flag of Northern Virginia, which has been purloined by many unethical people for their own misguided purposes.

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Jackie Chiles October 7, 2014 at 12:51 pm

Bonnie Blue would be better imo. it wasn’t used by the Klan, and it’s more appealing to the eye.

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Edward Bolds October 16, 2014 at 11:03 am

they should all be boiled in petrol and burned…

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Same ol' Same ol' October 7, 2014 at 12:48 pm

Can the NAACP please extend the boycott as much as possible? Yeah, that’ll teach the folks in SC. Maybe include Memorial day week in MB.

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nitrat October 7, 2014 at 12:52 pm

Sheheen has shown his total gutlessness on too many issues to get any cred from showing a let-the-chips-fall-where-they-may attitude on the Confederate flag.

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just what dems do October 7, 2014 at 1:00 pm

Don’t blame Sheheen.He is a Democrat.When they are getting the shit kicked out of em the order comes from the DNC to play the race card and burn the damn place down if you have to.
Wait until the grand jury in Ferguson does not return an indictment against the police officer. My prediction is St.Louis will burn as well as other major cities.I pray I am wrong.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:06 pm

this. If the dude actually took a stance on something people may vote for him. At least the voters can pin down what Nikki stands for.

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Same ol' Same ol' October 7, 2014 at 12:56 pm

Way to put in a post to get the ‘ol hit count up, Fits.

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Smirks October 7, 2014 at 12:59 pm

Just my opinion, but it at least makes more sense where it is now than when it was flying over the dome.

I don’t believe it’s that big of a deal myself, but meh.

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Tazmaniac October 7, 2014 at 2:14 pm

It gets the haters on both sides fired up enough to get off their fat a$$es and maybe vote. Nothing more, nothing less.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:25 pm

Just an fyi, “hawk4hire” keeps changing his screen name on posted comments. Trying to make himself look like a slightly less crazy old racist dude by appearing to have support. Why are you trolling this article so hard hawk4hire, no real job?

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Tazmaniac October 7, 2014 at 1:48 pm

Funny, I don’t recall any stories of KKK idiots burning confederate flags in anyone’s lawn and yet we have plenty people of color hanging out at buildings with Crosses on them. I view this as it has always been, a non-issue aimed at distracting the lowest common denominator of voters.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:51 pm

^(Disregards history of Christianity to make point)

I bet you think every Muslim belongs to ISIS too.

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Tazmaniac October 7, 2014 at 1:53 pm

I bet you think every Confederate had a plantation with slaves, genius.

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getoutwhileyoucan October 7, 2014 at 1:59 pm

only the rich white ones. From you earlier comment its clear you probably shouldn’t get into a debate on history. But then again…screw it, lets hear your history lessons! Crack an egg of knowledge on me!

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9" October 7, 2014 at 1:53 pm

I can see all 57 sides,but ‘I was born a rebel;one foot in the grave and one foot on the pedal’-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoV-awiHpuM

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a face in the crowd October 7, 2014 at 2:09 pm

Correction: **1860 All Over Again**

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Maurice Bessinger October 7, 2014 at 6:55 pm

You’d think the losers would want to forget the South’s Struggle to Save Slavery, aka the Civil War.

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USC Student October 8, 2014 at 7:11 pm

I’m pretty sure there was slavery under the old Stars and Stripes a good bit longer than under the flag of the Confederacy. But that’s none of my business…

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John C Hall Jr October 8, 2014 at 8:17 pm

Don’t trust any politician in the South regarding the flag….you are a fool to believe anything they say about it….it is up to the citizens to keep our heritage alive. Trust me I am from Georgia…..Sonny Perdue got elected on getting our flag back….he lied and did not give us a chance to vote on the flag we wanted….sound like Hong Kong right now?

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eeriesponsiple October 9, 2014 at 11:18 am

Such “heritage” was soundly routed and should not be kept alive.

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Logan Smith October 9, 2014 at 5:47 am

I just wish Yankees would leave us alone. Why can’t we honour our ancestors and land in peace, without them forcing us to desecrate and erode our symbols and history?

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 8:32 am

“the voters of South Carolina…are getting dumber with each passing year.” – Is S.C. becoming more White, or less?

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 8:35 am

Something I never read in connection to this flag is how beautiful it is. It’s aesthetically superior to the federal rag.

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 8:36 am

“many black leaders have…” — What’s a “black leader”?

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Nicholas I October 9, 2014 at 9:07 am

O saisons, ô châteaux,

Quelle âme est sans défaut ?
J’ai fait la magique étude
Du Bonheur, qu’aucun n’élude.

Salut à lui, chaque fois
Que chante le coq gaulois.
Ah! je n’aurais plus d’envie :
Il s’est chargé de ma vie.
Ce charme a pris âme et corps,
Et dispersé les efforts.

O saisons, ô châteaux,

L’heure de sa fuite, hélas !
sera l’heure du trépas

O saisons, ô châteaux !

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reb October 16, 2014 at 7:48 pm

if you don’t like our flag then just fuck off it will stay where it is for ever so get over it

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Lunelle Siegel July 4, 2015 at 11:22 am

Why does the NAACP and their lackeys GET TO DEFINE A HISTORICAL AMERICAN FLAG?

TELL THE SC LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.

TAKE BACK OUR FLAG. PLEASE SIGN THIS PEITITION:
https://www.change.org/p/south-carolina-state-house-south-carolina-state-senate-south-carolina-governor-demand-the-naacp-rescind-their-odious-blight-on-the-universe-resolution-before-any-debate-on-removing-the-sc-confederate-veterans-memorial-flag

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