Because the Confederate flag is flying from Statehouse grounds, a lot of people treat the Confederate flag with contempt. Does the SCV want to change this situation or are they happy with it?
Does the SCV want to offend people or not? If there was a way for the SCV to “teach generations to come about the honor” of the Confederate [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 27, 2008
Which Flag and What Ceremony
June 23, 2008
South Carolina is not Mississippi
And South Carolina ain’t Georgia, neither. In Mississippi and in Georgia, people were interested in the design of their state flag.
Here in South Carolina, our state flag is not the issue. South Carolina has a beautiful state flag. Our state flag dates back to the Revolutionary War, and it was updated during the Civil War.
South Carolina’s State [...]
June 19, 2008
It’s the Flying, Not the Flag
Why does our state legislature require that the Confederate flag fly from a flagpole on Statehouse grounds? Why, when a flying flag sends extremely powerful messages in the here and now? People react viscerally to flying flags!
Here’s an example from Reno, NV.
Jim Brossard is a U.S. Army Veteran. He has no problem with people from Mexico who are legally [...]
June 17, 2008
Facts and Stories
Which is more important: the what or the why? The whats are the facts and the whys are the stories. Here, at Take Down the Flag, we try to look at things in new ways. We break the stranglehold that stories have on facts. Let’s get to it.
Sen. Glenn McConnell says that the Confederate flag should remain flying in its [...]
