TAKING DOWN THE CONFEDERATE FLAG

Excerpted from Mark Hensch\’s article at thehill.com:

South Carolina state Rep. Norman “Doug” Brannon (R) said Friday night he plans on introducing a bill to remove the Confederate flag near his state\’s capitol building.

The legislation was inspired by Wednesday evening\’s mass shooting that claimed nine lives at historic black church in Charleston, S.C., he said.

“I had a friend die on Wednesday night for no other reason than he was a black man,” Brannon said.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) admitted Thursday she could not lower the symbol without the approval of her state\’s legislature.

Critics charge it is insensitive to fly the controversial symbol at full-mast after lowering U.S. and South Carolina flags at the state capitol in honor of the shooting\’s victims.

The Confederate flag, they say, recalls the racism and slavery of the South during the Civil War.

Advocates argue that it instead represents an important chapter in American history, one that should not be ignored for political correctness. 

Good.

It\’s about time.  Long overdue, actually.

And, as far as I\’m concerned, the people who think that flag should fly because it “represents an important chapter in American History” (wink, wink) can take that flag and stuff it where the sun never shines.