Take down the CSA flags?

[becca]

I remember at least 25 years ago it came up about the Confederate rebel flag being flown at some southern govt. buildings. In a letter in a magazine (published in Kentucky) I wrote that I couldn't understand putting any symbol or piece of cloth ahead of actual human beings being upset. Now with the ugly Charleston business in the news lately it seems there's still one of these in front of a government building! I think it should not even have to be asked for that to be gone after the recent horror... what is wrong with these South Carolinians? What possible defense can there be for officially displaying a flag of the side that lost the civil war which ended slavery?

Also some politician mentioned the 21 year old shooter as 'kid' multiple times in an interview. I remember all the hoohah of people carrying on when Trayvon Martin who was 18 (and 'armed' with a sidewalk according to the court if you can imagine that) was ever called a child or earlier photos of him were shown. What hypocrites now. You'd think even dumb politicians would want to appeal to as many voters as possible and black people do vote (in spite of redistricting and f-ing around with poll locations and false phone calls of location changes etc.). That is not kid under anybody's dictionary. That this is the U.S.A. in 2015 is just sad. I'm tired of being told I have no right to comment because I'm Canadian... I consider the U.S. a close friend, have relatives and loved ones there, and love the music of blacks and whites from the southern states. If your friends can't tell you who will? I'm not the only one who would love to see some kind of progress in my lifetime on these things. It's been great to see gay marriage become accepted mainstream, but the very words liberal and progress are still sneered out like swear words by some haters. I always vote against hate. If a negative ad tries to insinuate, scare and smear another that is who I vote for... if more people did that we might have positive change.