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Future. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/oJM7pN0vM6
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2025Downtown Charleston. Protest. #CharlestonShooting vine.co/v/eiPihAhnbmP
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2025****
I am inspired by the turnout to #TakeDownTheFlag at the South Carolina Statehouse. Love will win. http://t.co/WgsWDSixas
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Heather Brandt (@BlondeScientist) June 20, 2025From the #TakeDownTheFlag rally. http://t.co/0Xd8FmcWnJ
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Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) June 20, 2025****
Confederate We Fall. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/qJV1x9KQLf
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2025Protest. #TakeDownTheFlag vine.co/v/eiPbHXMmZFu
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2025****
Not only local, but national and international media here. The world is watching, South Carolina. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/CM6W2cdwww
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Allen Wallace (@allenwallace) June 20, 2025Sweatin with the fam at the #TakeDownTheFlag rally http://t.co/9qGI39i9nv
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Jordy McKever (@itsjordylive) June 20, 2025****
tear down this wall. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/hTZXrNbXZd
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2025On the steps of the South Carolina statehouse. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/zrIvOQEPgF
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Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) June 20, 2025****
The Confederate flag on the statehouse grounds appears to be padlocked to the flagpole. #TakeDownTheFlag http://t.co/mAJJsOSPSQ
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Joel D. Anderson (@byjoelanderson) June 20, 2025Padlocked.
White House.gov
Bravo to one and all!
March on!
Nerdy!
Amen! And Amen.
Congrats NW (and thank you for the previous, outstanding thread!!)
So glad you are featuring the protests, Chips!!!
{{Bob}}
Good for SC! YAY!!
and while they’re at it, they need to take down the statues and plaques and memorabilia and the rest of the racist dog whistle reverence.
Context and a question ….
I see what you’re saying, but I don’t think he was that smart…plenty of hate mo gets on the radio and Internet spout the garbage that he latched on to
mo= mongers. On my phone
Excuses :roll:
For real!! Outside in the heat with the dog…so she could munch on plants instead of go to the bathroom:)
:-)
You’re likely correct, df, but I wanted to use the fact that he was arrested in Shelby, NC as a ‘teachable moment’ of just how long-standing and endemic are the racist mantras that he repeated - “‘You rape our women and are taking over our country ….”.
You’re an angel. Truly. An. Angel.
You have no idea how touched I am that you feel that way, df. Thank you.
Ask anyone here….you have educated, nurtured, opened hearts and minds…to the possible and the horrors that lurk. So grateful that you’re here with all of us. Thank YOU:)
I could not be more honored, df. It was a wondrous moment in my life that I found and have been able to participate in this loving, intelligent, passionately committed community. Thank you.
Bobfr, you, Nerdy, LL, and of course Chipsticks are our heroes and She-roes for the past six years. I don’t know what I would have done without TOD and all that contribute here. Thanks so much.
Thank you very much, jojo!!
“ask anyone here” - too true - you are such a mine of information to those of us who lurk and post and enjoy the company at TOD.
Thank you 99!
Don’t let their deaths be in vain SC, stick with this and bring that damn flag DOWN!
Ms Chips! I know I haven’t been contributing lately, but I think of all of you always, and miss you too. Have been heartbroken watching the news. It is just unbelievable. So happy to see so many faces of every color marching together to get that horrible flag removed. Love and hugs to all. XXXX
{{{{{{{{{andogriff}}}}}}}} So lovely to see ya, hope everything’s good with you and you’re keeping great!
All OK here, thanks Ms Chips!! Hope the same is true for you and Danny! I am out of sight temporarily, but hopefully not out of mind, I plan to come back more often as soon as possible! XXXXX
*Never* out of mind andogriff! And Danny sends his slurpy love!! :-)
Some enterprising and smart person might think about spraying some lighter fluid up that flag pole and setting it on fire….have to be prepared to pay the damages to the pole, but it would be worth it to see that hateful flag go up in flames.
exactly my thought. lock the flag? what the frack!
#SlavePatrols
interesting Bob - I didn’t know that.
Excellent post.
Fantastic. Awesome. Thanks Chips.
Gold to the Fabulous NW, the :star: is yours.
{{Nena}}
Only the Good Die Young, so sang Billy Joel……but their Goodness is Never forgotten…….my personal take.
My heart aches for the ‘nine’ and their families. Their Lives on earth shall never be forgotten.
Per Maddowblog..this is what Lindsey Graham had to say about the confederate flag flying in SC..
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said today of the Confederate flag, “It works here, that’s what the Statehouse agreed to do.”
To MY MIND, this disqualifies him from any elected office, much less POTUS. He is a relic from decades ago. We’re moving FORWARD, not back!
Little Lying Lindsey knows his racists people.
He’s repulsive. ” It works here..” Who the hell thinks that!!?? ( nasty ass racists like himself) I’m pretty sure that the majority of the people in SC do not share this feelings on this!
I am waiting to see if some of the NRA-Open-Carry-Confederate Racist do their own march like they did somewhere to intimidate the Moms-For-Sensible-Gun-Laws. I am glad they are doing this and if they remove the confederate flag it will a tremendous gift to ALL the people of SC but I won’t hold my breathe.
Maybe you tweeters could connect with Mariangeles Borghini and see what she has planned next so we can support her from where-ever we are.
Yep - that’s it, anniebella. Senator Prissypants isn’t going anywhere.
take the flag down.
Correct.
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/06/your-support-of-confederate-flag-makes.html
Thanks DF!
“The difference, though, is that the Confederate flag exists as a symbol only because a group of traitors tried to break up the United States because they wanted to keep on owning slaves. That’s it. You can say it means something different to you; you can say it means “Southern pride” or some such bullshit, but you are at best ignorant, at worst a liar, probably both. It speaks volumes about how much power we give fools in this nation that the Confederate flag would still be seen as a valid expression of anything other than hatred for black people. When you’re white in the South, you are often tested by other whites. Do you think the South will rise again? What do you think about the Confederate flag? For most people, it’s just a background thing that they don’t notice until someone says, “Why the fuck is there a rebel flag on your hat?” You see it everywhere - on license plates, on t-shirts, on buildings, on motherfucking official government property, as if somehow, appeasing the fools is a noble goal. No. The noble goal is telling the fools to stop being foolish. Everything that “honors” anyone from the Confederacy, from the flag to the generals, should be wrecked. Antebellum matron Lindsey Graham declared that the Confederate flag is “part of who we are.” In that case, you may as well hang a noose from a flagpole in front of the statehouse in Columbia and call it your heritage. It’d be less dishonest than the rebel flag that’s padlocked in place now. Let’s put this as clearly as possible: If you believe there is some good in the symbol of the Confederate flag, if you think that your nonsensical faith in your history is more important than what it means to the black people, then you are a traitor, like the traitorous bastards you’re descended from. Dylan Roof is another traitor. He is your inheritance, Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy. His actions were because of you. ‘
- See more at: http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/06/your-support-of-confederate-flag-makes.html#sthash.YDLrkubP.dpuf
Very powerful statement. Thanks DF and GG for bringing it here.
GA TODville.
Noticed that Chips RT’d this:
MSM needs to become self-aware:
And for those who can’t wait until Monday for @marcmaron’s WTF interview with PBO, there’s a 3 minute audio clip embedded in this article…
in which PBO discusses #CharlestonMassacre, NRA (he doesn’t think gun safety legislative action will occur with this Congress :( ), comedians (PBO loves Pryor, Gregory, Seinfeld and Louis CK [PBO sees his good-heartedness, Maron says that Louis will be over the moon with PBO’s comment]).
If PBO could run for a third term, Marc would vote for him - again!
These rotten eggs are usually sock puppets…
Can the media get any worse - “A loner caught in Internet Evil”. This was no loner - there were 1000s online supporting him and now the media is joining them. NO difference between this man and those who take off to join ISIL
Hi….
G’Night.
G’nite vc. I hope you have uninterrupted sleep tonight. Pleasant dreams {{{hugs}}}
nite VC!
the citizens must vote these folks out office…marching is good and helps to expel pent up anger and emotions…but in order to change the laws of the state that determines whether there will be a confederate flag flying on the state capitol..Folks have to VOTE.
PF, I am going to hold on to this spark of action and see if it will take root and grow into Change in SC. I will do all I can to support their efforts.
you can do so….but unless citizens vote in elections it is incomplete
True. I have hope for change.
Recklessness…and ODS….amk…the President has not been beaten….and they are in in a frenzy because of it
appeared in the wrong place….sorry
:-) no worry pf
The AFL-CIO is bordering on insanity in their opposition to TPA
American unions making themselves irrelevant and part of the problem instead of part of the solution, just like they did when they refused to adjust to changes in the global auto industry in the 1970’s. Protect WHAT jobs if you choose to take yourself out of the global market?
Outrageous. I wholeheartedly support the concept of unions, but this kind of ignorant boneheadedness is what gives unions a bad name.
57…i was stunned by this tweet….
me, too, prettyfoot.
things seem to become bombastic…
This tweet is truly disgusting! Good luck with your unions under (God-forbid) President Scott Walker or China when you divide Democrats and demonize the President most of us trust and respect.
really? this is how they hope to win the week for the workers? #pathetic.
Recklessness…and ODS….amk…the President has not been beaten….and they are in in a frenzy because of it
This is the moment of grace where there is an opening to unmask the evil of neoconfederate hatred, murder, and racism. And the confederate flag is the symbol of it.
So true Bill. And we should do all we can to help the moment grow.
I doubt the hatred and racism will go away but this is the first step towards driving it back to the underground, where it belonged. We have seen the worst effects of mainstreaming these crazy coots by the msm, pox news and other wingnut media with the end result of a major party paying ransom to these thugs.
I doubt the hatred and racism will go away but this is the first step towards driving it back to the underground,
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i suppose this is the best that we can do…we will not completely destroy it….
that stain is never gonna go away. better to bury it. sunlight only seemed to grow it and brought it to the public sphere with all it ugliness.
The Palinization of our government and media. Thanks, John McCain.
Never were truer words spoken. The Gabby Giffords shooting should have been the awakener to what she was doing (cause it seemed the rhetoric in the election was for unknown reasons pardoned) - yet she still lives off the grift of inciting hate and dividing the country.
PF, hope for change
Maybe they are doing this because they know the Governor won’t sign it. Does SC have term limits for Gov’s?
jojo, I don’t know enough about the procedure in SC, I’ve been operating purely on emotion.
The cynic in me says they are doing this so they can say “Well I tried - but I was defeated” - or to get votes at the next election from those who should know NEVER to vote for the GOP.
Pardon my ignorance - just checked him out - he was elected UNOPPOSED. What is with the democratic party? No wonder people don’t bother to vote.
LOL - PBO backs up Mitt’s effort…(sarcastically or not). :)
yup, put the other cowardly thugs in a spot. make them own it.
That is so very true. Thanks rik for posting this tweet.
Luvvie posted:
About Charleston, Forgiveness and Black Pain
Awesomely Luvvie — June 20, 2025
…….
http://www.awesomelyluvvie.com/2015/06/charleston-forgiveness-and-black-pain.html
Good for Awesomely Luvvie. She says it straight out.
Right you are Mr. President!
If you are going to own a gun….this should be the standard:
something here in India. You have to go before a judge and state your case for wanting to own a gun. 99.9% of the time, you will be turned down. In miniscule chance of being given a license to own a gun, your ammo is restricted to the clip in your gun.
Aside from banning them outright, I thought Japan’s laws seem sensible. I didn’t realize India even allowed purchasing them in the rare instances they do. Where do you purchase…online?
p.s. my notifications still don’t work…have to sift through comments to see if anybody even cares what I post :(
Nope, nothing on-line. You hafta go to the very, very few govt authorized gun shops to buy them.
also. too. serves you right.
“my notifications still don’t work”
See Mark Knoller throw a royal fit…especially since the meeting was over food…
Minor league team part of MLB’s Los Angelos Angels…smh
awesome
Arriving in Palms Springs.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
heh!!! gimme back my shirt.
Does it look as good on you as it does on him??? :) :)
why do ya think the kenyan borrowed it from me?
:) Sassy.
See the difference in treatment? I rest my case.
Surprised that he could fit a burger in that belly, what with all the hate taking up all the room in there! Wow. ran out to Burger King for him…. wowwowwow.
The poor burger must have dissipated within 3 seconds from ingesting - from all that putrid vitriolic acid in his hate-infested gut.
Wooooow…F$#King Woooow. If you can’t breathe too bad…if you murder black people, we’ll feed you. I bet they did not handcuff him until he got to transported back to SC for the cameras.
The case has been rested since forever hf. To law enforcement black lives do not matter - white lives are respected.
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/20/the-president-speaks-2/