Confederate Battle Flag Poll

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Would getting rid of it reduce the incidence of "hate crimes?"

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Ibanez wrote:
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Just because we have gained rights that should have been given to us in 1865, you think things are great. Just because I have a great life and trust me I do. I will continue to fight for men, women and children in the inner city because they did not choose to be born to sorry azz parents. They do Jacked upped things because they were taught this. Just like some white people in South Carolina defending that Flag of traitors.

Just look at the inner city in the North,
Bad school system
Bad government
Bad public safety
No Job growth
Generational poverty
Now it the South we have it a little better, however, outside of Atlanta, GA and Prince George's County (MD), tell me a city were Africans Americans enjoy a good life?
No, you're right. People don't choose to be born to bad people (white, black, whatever.) But that's a separate issue. You assign guilt to modern white people for the sins of people that have long since died. The Bible teaches forgiveness AND states that the son shouldn't be punished for the sins of the father. Quit putting the problems of black people on white people. People have to take accountability. I know the world isn't fair and that's blacks still get screwed over, but compared to 1963, it's gotten better and it will continue to get better. The culture of blame has got to stop. I didn't enslave anyone. My family never enslaved anyone.

I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society? This is all anyone wants. To be treated fairly without any bias. Why can't this happen?
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mrklean wrote:
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No, you're right. People don't choose to be born to bad people (white, black, whatever.) But that's a separate issue. You assign guilt to modern white people for the sins of people that have long since died. The Bible teaches forgiveness AND states that the son shouldn't be punished for the sins of the father. Quit putting the problems of black people on white people. People have to take accountability. I know the world isn't fair and that's blacks still get screwed over, but compared to 1963, it's gotten better and it will continue to get better. The culture of blame has got to stop. I didn't enslave anyone. My family never enslaved anyone.

I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society? This is all anyone wants. To be treated fairly without any bias. Why can't this happen?
Then why do you bring up the past and blame whites?
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mrklean wrote: I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society? This is all anyone wants. To be treated fairly without any bias. Why can't this happen?
This is comical.

Look up irony in the dictionary. Blacks CONSISTENTLY resisting arrest, attacking police officers, inducing and participating in fast food restaurant riots, playing knockout games against innocent bystanders, gangbangers destroying neighborhoods, etc., etc., etc....You say you want to be treated "fairly and without bias", yet EVERY time there's even the slightest mistreatment your race goes off the rails and burns, loots, riots etc...it's a self fulfilling prophecy, kkk.

Stop acting like animals and you'll stop being treated like animals. It really isn't that complicated. Once again....EVERY other minority has figured it out. Why can't your race?
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Ibanez wrote:
mrklean wrote:

I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society? This is all anyone wants. To be treated fairly without any bias. Why can't this happen?
Then why do you bring up the past and blame whites?
I only do this when white men talk about how evil or violent Black people are. Remember what they say about people who live in glass houses...........................................................
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mrklean wrote: I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society? This is all anyone wants. To be treated fairly without any bias. Why can't this happen?
This is comical.

Look up irony in the dictionary. Blacks CONSISTENTLY resisting arrest, attacking police officers, inducing and participating in fast food restaurant riots, playing knockout games against innocent bystanders, gangbangers destroying neighborhoods, etc., etc., etc....You say you want to be treated "fairly and without bias", yet EVERY time there's even the slightest mistreatment your race goes off the rails and burns, loots, riots etc...it's a self fulfilling prophecy, kkk.

Stop acting like animals and you'll stop being treated like animals. It really isn't that complicated. Once again....EVERY other minority has figured it out. Why can't your race?
This is what I'm talking about I-man. :coffee: Generalization and stereotypes. But then you will cry foul if I mention the 10 of millions of native Americans who have died by the hand of White Americans. But Ill let it go. And to have the Fvcking nerve to call someone an Animal...REALLY. As much hell as your people have cause around the world, you have the nerve to call someone an Animal.
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mrklean wrote:
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Then why do you bring up the past and blame whites?
I only do this when white men talk about how evil or violent Black people are. Remember what they say about people who live in glass houses...........................................................
Heed your own advice. :thumb:
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mrklean wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
This is comical.

Look up irony in the dictionary. Blacks CONSISTENTLY resisting arrest, attacking police officers, inducing and participating in fast food restaurant riots, playing knockout games against innocent bystanders, gangbangers destroying neighborhoods, etc., etc., etc....You say you want to be treated "fairly and without bias", yet EVERY time there's even the slightest mistreatment your race goes off the rails and burns, loots, riots etc...it's a self fulfilling prophecy, kkk.

Stop acting like animals and you'll stop being treated like animals. It really isn't that complicated. Once again....EVERY other minority has figured it out. Why can't your race?
This is what I'm talking about I-man. :coffee: Generalization and stereotypes. But then you will cry foul if I mention the 10 of millions of native Americans who have died by the hand of White Americans. But Ill let it go. And to have the Fvcking nerve to call someone an Animal...REALLY. As much hell as your people have cause around the world, you have the nerve to call someone an Animal.
Tens of millions? :dunce:

Were there that many people on the North American continent when Columbus landed?
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mrklean wrote:
Ibanez wrote:
Then why do you bring up the past and blame whites?
I only do this when white men talk about how evil or violent Black people are. Remember what they say about people who live in glass houses...........................................................
Straight from the FBI database for 2013:
13.6% of murders of whites are by blacks vs. 7.6% of black murders by whites
83% of white murders are white/white vs. 90% are black/black
Blacks make up 12.2% of the population, yet make up 43.5% of all murders

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mrklean wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
This is comical.

Look up irony in the dictionary. Blacks CONSISTENTLY resisting arrest, attacking police officers, inducing and participating in fast food restaurant riots, playing knockout games against innocent bystanders, gangbangers destroying neighborhoods, etc., etc., etc....You say you want to be treated "fairly and without bias", yet EVERY time there's even the slightest mistreatment your race goes off the rails and burns, loots, riots etc...it's a self fulfilling prophecy, kkk.

Stop acting like animals and you'll stop being treated like animals. It really isn't that complicated. Once again....EVERY other minority has figured it out. Why can't your race?
This is what I'm talking about I-man. :coffee: Generalization and stereotypes. But then you will cry foul if I mention the 10 of millions of native Americans who have died by the hand of White Americans. But Ill let it go. And to have the Fvcking nerve to call someone an Animal...REALLY. As much hell as your people have cause around the world, you have the nerve to call someone an Animal.
There you go again. Putting the problems of ancient white people on modern man. :ohno:
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Who wants to bet the Stars and Bars will be removed by the end of the week.


So, once it's gone, the racism will stop. Right? That's how it's supposed to be.
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Ibanez wrote:
mrklean wrote:
This is what I'm talking about I-man. :coffee: Generalization and stereotypes. But then you will cry foul if I mention the 10 of millions of native Americans who have died by the hand of White Americans. But Ill let it go. And to have the Fvcking nerve to call someone an Animal...REALLY. As much hell as your people have cause around the world, you have the nerve to call someone an Animal.
There you go again. Putting the problems of ancient white people on modern man. :ohno:
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Ibanez wrote:Who wants to bet the Stars and Bars will be removed by the end of the week.


So, once it's gone, the racism will stop. Right? That's how it's supposed to be.

So you tell me what's the solution Ibanez :thumb:
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Ibanez wrote:Who wants to bet the Stars and Bars will be removed by the end of the week.


So, once it's gone, the racism will stop. Right? That's how it's supposed to be.
Racism stopped when Obama was elected, that is the ultimate pillar of equality and most of us see that.
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mrklean wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
This is comical.

Look up irony in the dictionary. Blacks CONSISTENTLY resisting arrest, attacking police officers, inducing and participating in fast food restaurant riots, playing knockout games against innocent bystanders, gangbangers destroying neighborhoods, etc., etc., etc....You say you want to be treated "fairly and without bias", yet EVERY time there's even the slightest mistreatment your race goes off the rails and burns, loots, riots etc...it's a self fulfilling prophecy, kkk.

Stop acting like animals and you'll stop being treated like animals. It really isn't that complicated. Once again....EVERY other minority has figured it out. Why can't your race?
This is what I'm talking about I-man. :coffee: Generalization and stereotypes. But then you will cry foul if I mention the 10 of millions of native Americans who have died by the hand of White Americans. But Ill let it go. And to have the Fvcking nerve to call someone an Animal...REALLY. As much hell as your people have cause around the world, you have the nerve to call someone an Animal.
You say you don't care what happened in the past yet you CONSISTENTLY reference slavery and Native Americans. And "generalization" is exactly what the entire African American community is doing to cops. If you can't see what happened in Ferguson, Baltimore, etc., etc., etc. and admit those people acted like animals then there's no point in continuing the conversation.
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Ibanez wrote:Who wants to bet the Stars and Bars will be removed by the end of the week.


So, once it's gone, the racism will stop. Right? That's how it's supposed to be.
How effective was the NAACP boycott of South Carolina in 2002 over the flag? Not very. I'd argue again that race relations nationwide have deteriorated since then, and at the highest level in my memory right now.

Personally, I don't think something as simple as a flag causes divisiveness - sure, it's symbolic for some, but most of us don't pay it much attention. Take the flag down and you'll still have people who will wear it on a t-shirt, bumper sticker, you name it. It just seems to me that our society has become so pro-political correctness that nothing can be said or done without offending some group of people and apologies are issued right and left. I'm no fan of this president for a lot of reasons (none of which are his mixed heritage) but I think race relations have drastically deteriorated on his watch. :twocents:
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mrklean wrote:
Ibanez wrote: There you go again. Putting the problems of ancient white people on modern man. :ohno:
Ancient................lol
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mrklean wrote:
Ibanez wrote:Who wants to bet the Stars and Bars will be removed by the end of the week.


So, once it's gone, the racism will stop. Right? That's how it's supposed to be.

So you tell me what's the solution Ibanez :thumb:
We have, but you refuse to listen:

Stop acting like animals
Stop blaming everyone for your problems
Stop killing your own
Start accepting responsibility for your actions
Police your own
Teach your children they make their own way in life and cracka azz crackas have nothing to do with it.
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No, it's bad news. Predictable, but bad. And it's bad not because of the specific issue involved but because it is yet another instance in which this minority of the population whines and the society gives them what they want. Somehow resisting them getting what they want is "divisive" but them throwing tantrums until they get what they want isn't. It's ridiculous.
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JohnStOnge wrote:
No, it's bad news. Predictable, but bad. And it's bad not because of the specific issue involved but because it is yet another instance in which this minority of the population whines and the society gives them what they want. Somehow resisting them getting what they want is "divisive" but them throwing tantrums until they get what they want isn't. It's ridiculous.
It's a slippery slope.

The flag will be removed. What will their NEXT excuse be?
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I don't care what happened 200 years ago. I care what happens now. Is this a fair and just society?
No. For instance, it is not fair and just to deny White students admission to particular institutions of higher learning to make room for Black students who are objectively not as qualified by inventing the idea that Black students become more "qualified" by virtue of contributing to the "diversity" of the student body.

Don't even go there with crap about the society not being "fair and just" to Blacks. This society is currently bending over backwards for Blacks. It's investing all KINDS of effort to try to "raise them up." You own a business and you had BETTER hire enough Blacks whether objective competition results in that or not. So on and so forth.

And we all know it's true. Don't EVEN try to argue otherwise. We all know that there is constant scrutiny on the matter of whether this business, this area, this whatever, has sufficient "diversity," And we all know that "sufficient diversity" is basically code for "enough people of color."
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It's south Carolina's flag. If mark wants to disagree with me fine. The rest of you worry about Louisiana or Texas or arizona :shock: :roll: :D
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It's south Carolina's flag. If mark wants to disagree with me fine. The rest of you worry about Louisiana or Texas or arizona :shock: :roll: :D
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JohnStOnge wrote:
No, it's bad news. Predictable, but bad. And it's bad not because of the specific issue involved but because it is yet another instance in which this minority of the population whines and the society gives them what they want. Somehow resisting them getting what they want is "divisive" but them throwing tantrums until they get what they want isn't. It's ridiculous.
If societal views have shifted and the majority of SCers think the confederate flag represents evil, then it should be perfectly fine to take it down? You'd be ok with it 'cause it's the will of society, correct?

ps. I don't know what % of SCers actually think of the confederate flag. You say it's the minority that don't like it, but do you have data to back it up? Considering 30% of the state is black and assuming most of them disagree with the confederate flag, you'd only need ~30% of the rest of the SC population to disagree with the flag in order to have a majority that disagrees with it.
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OL FU wrote:It's south Carolina's flag. If mark wants to disagree with me fine. The rest of you worry about Louisiana or Texas or arizona :shock: :roll: :D
I don't disagree with you. It's a piece of fabric. However, it's been hijacked by groups like the KKK and by monsters like Dylann and what was a symbol of pride became a symbol of hate, fear and violence. Remove it from the grounds. But it won't do anything to prevent future acts of violence. Walmart announced they won't sell clothes with the flag on it. That's a business decision but it doesn't mean that white supremacist peckerwoods are going to be more peaceful and open minded.
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