{"id":9847,"date":"2015-06-20T15:26:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2015-06-20T15:26:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T15:26:19","slug":"rebel-flag-still-flying-high-in-s-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9847","title":{"rendered":"Rebel flag still flying high in S.C.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I can’t believe I just read this.<\/p>\n

The flags flying atop the South Carolina state capitol building — the Stars and Stripes and the state flag — were lowered to half-staff to honor the memories of the nine victims shot to death in the Charleston church.<\/p>\n

But the Confederate flag that flies on the grounds in front of the capitol building is flying high.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/charleston-church-shooting\/south-carolinas-confederate-flag-not-lowered-half-mast-after-church-n378316<\/p>\n

Why is that? Apparently state law requires the legislature to sign off on how the rebel flag is displayed.<\/p>\n

Gov. Nikki Haley has authority over the flags flying over the capitol dome. She doesn’t have exclusive say over the Confederate flag.<\/p>\n

You know the story. A young white man — an apparent white supremacist — killed nine black congregants while studying the Bible with them.<\/p>\n

The Confederate flag represents to many of us the very racism that likely drove the shooter to do what he did.<\/p>\n

The flag doesn’t deserve to fly on public property.<\/p>\n

That it remains at the top of the staff that holds it is insulting in the extreme.<\/p>\n

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I can’t believe I just read this. The flags flying atop the South Carolina state capitol building — the Stars and Stripes and the state flag — were lowered to half-staff to honor the memories of the nine victims shot to death in the Charleston church. But the Confederate flag that flies on the grounds … Continue reading Rebel flag still flying high in S.C.?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[926,1106,3313,4321],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","tag-charleston","tag-confederate-flag","tag-nikki-haley","tag-south-carolina-state-capitol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}