Should Governor Nikki Haley take down the Confederate flag that is near her South Carolina office?

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  • I think Governor Nikki Haley should remove the Confederate flag near her office because having it there is pandering and insensitive.

    The Confederate flag was a symbol of a country that no longer exists and of a time that was brutal and devastating for the United States. To continue to fly this flag in a public governmental office is in poor taste and shows a certain lack of maturity, in my opinion. Private ownership of the flag is one thing, but Nikki Haley is the governor of all the people of her state.

    Yes SuddenRashad84

  • I agree that Governor Nikki Haley should take down the Confederate flag near her office, because we are no longer a nation divided.

    Nikki Haley is not representing her country well by having the Confederate flag near her South Carolina office. This country is no longer divided into North and South, and she is living in the past by hanging that thing up. It is disloyal to our country and she should be forced to take it down.

    Yes AnnoyedDong77
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  • I think the meaning of the Confederate flag has been unfairly generalized as a sign of racism when, in fact, it has a much more complicated cultural significance to southern states and, for that reason, I believe Governor Haley has a right to fly the flag

    So long as the citizens of South Carolina still support the flying of the flag, I believe that the state should still be allowed to fly the Confederate flag as a show of deeper cultural beliefs, so long as the United States flag and official state flag are also represented.

    No ToughEfrain26
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