Where’s the Accountability?

Thank God for Cindi Ross Scoppe.
She first gave us South Carolina voters the charge “to not only expect more but demand more” from our legislature and to express our demands to them so that they will do what’s right instead of what’s demanded by the “moneyed minority.” Now she’s given us the [...]

Segregationist vs. Integrationist Mindsets

We’re trying to change the mindset here in South Carolina from a segregationist mindset to an integrationist mindset.  It’s the segregationist mindset that Sen. Glenn McConnell used in the “compromise” of 2001.  
Here’s how Sen. McConnell described his actions and the mindset he used:
After years of debate, a bipartisan compromise was finally crafted. The compromise required the Confederate battle flag to be [...]

We Call It As We See It

Back in April of 2007, Steve Spurrier said, “My opinion is we don’t need the Confederate flag at our Capitol.”  He also said that it was “embarrassing to me and I know embarrassing to our state” when “some clown” waved the Confederate flag during ESPN Gameday.
Sen. Glenn McConnell replied in an op-ed, “We must not wage another [...]

Fighting Against Tyranny

The (white) business and political leaders of South Carolina and other southern states in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and still ’til today, want to make the Confederate flag the universal symbol of fighting against tyranny.  That’s why they get so infuriated when S.C. NAACP President Lonnie Randolph describes the Confederate flag as the “universal symbol of [...]