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Related: About this forumSouth Carolina is wrong. But even more so is Mississippi.
There is the Confederate Battle Flag right on the state flag. If South Carolina gets rid of the Confederate Flag, Mississippi should be next.
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South Carolina is wrong. But even more so is Mississippi. (Original Post)
yellowcanine
Jun 2015
OP
Here: things may be about to change - Latest on Church Shooting: Lawmaker Backs Miss. Flag Change
LiberalElite
Jun 2015
#4
Awesome. We seem to have reached a tipping point (finally) on the Confederate flag.
yellowcanine
Jun 2015
#6
shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Cue all the shithead radio hosts
calling for protests.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)2. MS had a referendum to change it maybe 12 years ago
It was so confusingly worded that I honestly can't tell you whether I voted to change it or not -- I hope and think my vote was to change it, but I'm still not sure.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)3. No way either of those states will remove that flag.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)4. Here: things may be about to change - Latest on Church Shooting: Lawmaker Backs Miss. Flag Change
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-church-shooting-fund-victims-families-grows-31940746
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A top Mississippi lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag.
Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday that remembering our past is important, "but that does not mean we must let it define us."
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A top Mississippi lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag.
Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday that remembering our past is important, "but that does not mean we must let it define us."
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yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)6. Awesome. We seem to have reached a tipping point (finally) on the Confederate flag.
And yes, I know that technically it is not the Confederate flag but that is what it means to most who fly it.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)8. Wow. nt
SunSeeker
(51,691 posts)5. Yup. It's a meld of the Confederate Battle Flag and the flag of the Confederate States of America.
packman
(16,296 posts)7. The stars and bars are hinted at in almost EVERY Southern state flag