[url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/22/us/charleston-church-shooting-main/]SC Governor calls to stop flying Confederate Flag to honor shooting victims[/url] [quote]"The Confederate battle flag, years and years ago, was appropriated as a symbol of hate," he said, and having it fly at the state Capitol "at best sends mixed messages to those who want to understand it as a part of history." The flag is "so often used as a symbol of hate," he said. "It has been (used in) defiance to civil rights and to equal rights and equality among races, a symbol used by the Klan, and a symbol you saw at every protest event during times of integration."[/quote] [quote] "The time has come for the General Assembly to do what it ought to have done a long time ago, which is to remove this symbol of division and even of terrorism to some," the Rev. Nelson B. Rivegrs said at a news conference. He said the flag symbolizes the worst of South Carolina's history and belongs in a place where it can be viewed as history.[/quote] Even Mississippi is considering switching, [quote]Later in the day, in Mississippi, that state's House speaker said his state's flag similarly needs to change. "We must always remember our past, but that does not mean we must let it define us," Speaker of the House Philip Gunn said in a statement. "As a Christian, I believe our state's flag has become a point of offense that needs to be removed. We need to begin having conversations about changing Mississippi's flag."[/quote] What's you're opinion on this, flood? Things to remember; 1.) This is only a movement to stop flying the flag near government structures, not remove it from history, [i]or the back of your pickup truck.[/i] 2.) People in the south commonly use this flag to show southern pride. 3.) South Carolina was the first state to secede from the U.S. 4.) Technically the flag isn't THE confederate flag, (It's the Battle Flag for the Army of North Virginia) although it does have basis in the Confederate States of America, making it a confederate flag. 5.) The flags nickname is "the rebel flag". Keep it civil, kids 500 Replies: Did I hit a nerve?