Ole Miss removes state flag from campus

[JohnR! 5,495]

At long last, news we can all agree upon...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/26/us/ole-miss-confederate-state-flag-removed-campus/

Ole Miss removes state flag from campus

CNN)The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag from campus, according to a university statement issued Monday.

The move comes after student senators voted 33-15 with one abstention last week to ask the school administration to furl the banner, which includes the Confederate battle emblem in its upper left corner.

"University of Mississippi Police Department officers lowered and furled the state flag in a Lyceum Circle ceremony as the campus opened Monday morning," a school statement said. "The flag will be preserved in the University Archives along with resolutions from students, faculty and staff calling for its removal."

Like many students and observers, Buka Okoye, president of the school's NAACP chapter, had the impression that the school wouldn't act on the student senators' vote until a new chancellor was appointed. The NAACP was in the process of organizing a march in two weeks to pressure the university administration to take down the flag immediately. He was "shocked" to learn the school had removed the banner Monday, he said.

"It was huge that the university came on the right side," he said. "That was huge for me. It really shows me how much the university has progressed."

[Sousuke 1,214]

Wonder if the state will eventually go back to their confederate flag.

[GandD 5,966]

"Easy wins"

[Rob L 3,811]

This was floated as a replacement idea....early draft I know

Wonder if the state will eventually go back to their confederate flag.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Or in this case. common sense and patriotism win.

"Easy wins"

[Sousuke 1,214]

Or in this case. common sense and patriotism win.

Not sure about patriotism, but Mississippi did change their flag back in the hayday of the KKK so its not really about history or culture or any of that #######.

[GandD 5,966]

Flags are stupid would be the point.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I believe we can all agree, that the confederate flag definitely falls into that category.

Flags are stupid would be the point.

Edited October 29, 2015 by JohnR!

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

The deal is that the flag everyone is protesting is not the confederate flag, per say.

However in most places it was adopted in the 50's and 60's as a protest flag by segregation minded southerners. It does not have a long tradtion.

So bottom line is. White people made it a symbol of hate, not blacks and it should be removed.

[Sousuke 1,214]

The deal is that the flag everyone is protesting is not the confederate flag, per say.

However in most places it was adopted in the 50's and 60's as a protest flag by segregation minded southerners. It does not have a long tradtion.

So bottom line is. White people made it a symbol of hate, not blacks and it should be removed.

Right. That flag I posted was truly Mississipi's confederate flag, adopted in 1861.

[GandD 5,966]

That and taking down flags doesn't actually do anything so much as make it look like do anything is being done.

Edited October 29, 2015 by GandD

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

That and taking down flags doesn't actually do anything so much as make it look like do anything is being done.

I swear I did not hack his account.

[GandD 5,966]

I prob should be more attentive to my posts.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Flags are stupid would be the point.

People who make flags a bigger issue than they really are would be more to the point, I think.

[GandD 5,966]

People who make flags a bigger issue than they really are would be more to the point, I think.

It would be both sided IMO. The ones that want it to stay up and the ones that want to take it down. Who cares? There are bigger things in the world ya know?