Mississippi lawmakers take steps to remove the Confederate battle emblem from state flag

[poweRob]

JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.

"The eyes of the state, the nation and indeed the world are on this House," the second-ranking office in the Mississippi House, Jason White, told his colleagues.

The House voted by more than the required two-thirds majority to suspend legislative deadlines and file a bill to change the flag. The Senate was expected to vote on the suspension later Saturday. That would allow debate on a bill as soon as Sunday.



Mississippi lawmakers take steps to remove the Confederate battle emblem from state flag - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham

Yet another loss for the Konservative Klanfolk and their Kin.

 

[poweRob]

There are numerous monuments in Germany to WWII war dead. Many towns and villages have them. Nobody is rushing to tear them down. Yet, the left here not only destroys statues of individual Confederates but generic monuments to war dead as well as statues of all sorts of other people they don't like or know anything about. They've even destroyed statues to abolitionists. That's how stupid they are.

Man you are allergic to the thread topic aren't you? :lol:

 

[veritas1]

Man you are allergic to the thread topic aren't you? :lol:

Nope. Already commented on it. The legislature will make a decision as should happen in all cases. However, blue states prefer mobs making the call.

 

[Oborosen]

A majority of people in Mississippi support removing the emblem from their state flag.

Mississippi flag: Poll says majority of voters support change

Strange, it still looks like the outlying rise in violence and protest, were what caused this. Even with such a poorly graded poll to back up such a decision.

The fact that they're still trying to push the idea that it's all for racial injustice. When both of these last instances of death that came up, being Floyd & Brooks' deaths. Does not actually show an indication of racial injustice.

Both fought the police and one was killed by one officer's direct actions. Still, with no indication of racism in those same actions.

While the other was shot while attempting to fire the officers weapon back at him. Still no indication of racism.

This still looks like the politicians couldn't put it to an actual vote and had to jump the gun in order to purchase more brownie points with the left.

 

[jamesbyoung]

We are witnessing the de-Confederatization of America, particularly the South.

That is no different than de-Nazification in Germany after WWII.
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Nazi headstones will be removed from US veterans cemeteries ...
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon...
A gravestone belonging a German prisoner of war at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas includes the Nazi swastika and an inscription referencing Adolf Hitler. The 80-year-old marker has...

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A similar grave monument to a German soldier POW died and buried at Fort Douglas, SLC, Utah, will be changed.

 

[swing_voter]

 

[Oborosen]

In a democracy where votes have not been suppressed, legislators make such decisions. It is crass racism to have an anti-USA Southern cross as part of the Mississippi state flag.

Well... that's a lot of BS to unpack in such a short post.

Blaming voter suppression is a fallacy. Both parties do it and I don't think anyone who complains about it, actually knows what such suppression entails.

You're also stating that everyone who supporting keeping the flag the way it was, is a racist. No ifs, ands, or buts to speak of.

 

[armycowboy]

Polls now are just lies.

The reason Republicans are losing is because they always give in. Every time they move towards the Democrats it benefits the Democrats.

Fake news? How convenient.

 

[poweRob]

Nope. Already commented on it. The legislature will make a decision as should happen in all cases. However, blue states prefer mobs making the call.

All you have done is attempted deflection. Which was a fail. Mississippi's flag is coming down. And the cons will whine and divert.

 

[poweRob]

 

[Guno]

There are numerous monuments in Germany to WWII war dead. Many towns and villages have them. Nobody is rushing to tear them down. Yet, the left here not only destroys statues of individual Confederates but generic monuments to war dead as well as statues of all sorts of other people they don't like or know anything about. They've even destroyed statues to abolitionists. That's how stupid they are.

none with nazi symbols

 

[Tigerace117]

Polls now are just lies.

The reason Republicans are losing is because they always give in. Every time they move towards the Democrats it benefits the Democrats.

Gee, joko, I thought the Democrats were supposedly the Confederate supporting party. How is removing a symbol celebrating the Confederacy from a state flag “giving in to the Democrats” if that was true? It’s almost like your entire premise is nothing more than partisan hackery. Oh wait.....:roll::lamo

 

[armycowboy]

Well I guess that's just apdst lying as usual.

Maybe he's miffed that the number of racists in this country is dwindling.

 

[justabubba]

In a republic, citizens vote on representatives to attend to public matters.

Amazing that even had to be explained on a political debate site

 

[CaughtInThe]

Polls now are just lies.

The reason Republicans are losing is because they always give in. Every time they move towards the Democrats it benefits the Democrats.

i agree with you. the Republicans shouldn't back down from their support of the Confederacy and allow the Democrats to remove things from the group of people who split from the country and killed US soldiers so they could continue human trafficking of kids this age...

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Never been to Mississippi. Don't care what they do with their flag. You seem to have missed the entire point. How shocking.

More whining and crying.
Why are you so defensive? I didn't say you'd been there yet, only that you can no longer enjoy it because those mean leftists made them take down their n*****r hatin' flag.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

I was contrasting Mississippi with Minnesota, Washington state and DC. No street mobs attacking the flag in MS.

Sure seems like a whole lotta Trump Republicans are very upset about a flag invented by Democrats, and apparently they're very anxious about statues of 1860's Democrats being torn down!

 

[Citizen]

So much for the will of of the people.

The lawmakers represent the people. That’s how our democracy works

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

The Veritas argument (and joko's, and Da Mole's, and ---etc etc etc) reduced to a meme so simple even an imbecile can understand it.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

I really don't care if they do but shouldn't the voters in Mississippi get to decide that by voting? Put it on the ballot, not let a few spineless politicians do it.

Those spineless politicians were elected to do what their doing. And it’s not just a few of them. It was more than 2/3 of the state house.

 

[Jean-s]

Yet, it is also the decision of Mississippians to do so if they feel like it. Nobody has to stay. The left seems to have no problem with states arbitrarily locking people up at home but a great problem with what emblems or monuments they display. There's a big Lenin statue in Seattle. Have you seen any conservatives rioting over it?

It is illegal to fly a Hakenkreuz flag in Germany or Austria because it represents a defeated racist Third Reich. Similarly, flying a Southern cross as a symbol of a defeated racist Confederacy deserves to be banned at least on a victorious U.S. state flag.

 

[veritas1]

All you have done is attempted deflection. Which was a fail. Mississippi's flag is coming down. And the cons will whine and divert.

Hilarious. What did I divert from? I couldn't care less what MS decides to do with its flag. My comment was on the methodology vs the blue state mobs.

 

[veritas1]

none with nazi symbols

Do you think all the memorials to Confederate war dead have the flag on them? They do not.

 

[veritas1]

More whining and crying.
Why are you so defensive? I didn't say you'd been there yet, only that you can no longer enjoy it because those mean leftists made them take down their n*****r hatin' flag.

As stated, their flag means nothing whatever to me. You're free to keep lying, however.

 

[veritas1]

Sure seems like a whole lotta Trump Republicans are very upset about a flag invented by Democrats, and apparently they're very anxious about statues of 1860's Democrats being torn down!

We're upset about mob rule which you seem to support. Washington, Jefferson and Grant are not Confederates. Maybe you didn't know.