<p>After the recent brutal killing of nine people in a church in South Carolina, flags on the Capitol in Columbia were lowered to half mast as a tribute.  ; When this was covered by the media, it raised anew the issue of the presence of the Confederate flag which sits next to South Carolina state flag.  ; The Confederate flag a symbol of the South&#8217;s attempt to secede from the United States during the Civil War, has was immediately condemned as a symbol of racial hatred by the media.  ; Should it be removed?</p>
<p>Mitt Romney tweeted to his followers the flag is a &#8216;symbol of racial hatred.&#8217; In this he agrees with President Obamain calling for its removal.  ;The Detroit Free press is calling for the flag to be burned, ultra liberal director Michale Moore weighed in as well, tweeting &#8220;South Carolina, where the terrorist rebellion by racist traitors &#8211; also known as the Civil War &#8211; began in Charleston on April 12, 1861.&#8221;  ;  ;</p>
<p>Breitbart laments that as usual the media blames the symbol, not the individual who commited the crime, the flag and its issues are irrelevant.  ;Lindsay Graham, who just announced his presidential candidacy for 2016 noted that for some in South Carolina the Confederat flag is a symbol of heritage.  ;Its not the flag that makes people racist.</p>
<p>Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz took a different approach saying South Carolina doesn&#8217;t need outsiders telling them what to do.  ;</p>
<p>Here at the Punching Bag Post, we are reminded of how outsiders are trying to force the Washington Redskins to change their name to something more politically correct.  ;Should an historic symbol be discarded because the current political dialog has attempted to re-defined it?  ; It does seem since Obama was elected, political correctness has become rampant, sensitivities to racial injustice have been inflamed out of proportion.  ;The results have been seen in Ferguson and Baltimore. ;  ;  ; ;</p>
<p>What will South Carolina do? No word from Governor Nikki Barber just yet.</p>
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