Should have been kept flying high and proud! UNfortunately SC's spineless jellyfish of a governor had to cave to political correctness.
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What a mistake this was, For a second generation immigrant Nikki Haley to strip South Carolinians of their
history, and their heritage, this is the political correctness on steroids.
If she wanted to show a connection with the fallen blacks another action would have been more appropriate.
The eight-foot statue on the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse of 'Pitchfork' Ben Tillman has
been standing for more than 50 years. It was dedicated in 1940, and lauds his “life of service and
achievement” but does not note his beliefs about race. Tillman “a noted white supremacist who
unapologetically advocated lynching any black who tried to vote.”
Pitchfork Ben, South Carolina Governor (1890–1894) & Senator (1895–1918)
spent most of his life trying to reassemble a world in which white landowners were the rulers
and black people were subordinate. To do that, he built a social movement of white landowners,
which he levered into two terms as governor, then four terms as a U.S. Senator.
To take down the Tillman Statue would have been a more appropriate measure to
demonstrate support than to take down the southern battle flag that many in that state
followed bravely.The Tillman statue afterall is on the same capital grounds.
Ben Tillman was the founder of Clemson College Haley's alma mater, Tillman Hall
has the university's clock tower and is the Universities signature building. The flag
is gone & Tillman is still memorialized Haley jumped at the chance to join the administration
as UN Ambassador, a downgrade from being a US Senotor perhaps realizing re-election
was in jeopardy,
