South Carolina is wrong. But even more so is Mississippi.

[yellowcanine]

There is the Confederate Battle Flag right on the state flag. If South Carolina gets rid of the Confederate Flag, Mississippi should be next.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

[shenmue]

1. Cue all the shithead radio hosts

calling for protests.

[Recursion]

2. MS had a referendum to change it maybe 12 years ago

It was so confusingly worded that I honestly can't tell you whether I voted to change it or not -- I hope and think my vote was to change it, but I'm still not sure.

[AlinPA]

3. No way either of those states will remove that flag.

[LiberalElite]

4. Here: things may be about to change - Latest on Church Shooting: Lawmaker Backs Miss. Flag Change

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-church-shooting-fund-victims-families-grows-31940746

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A top Mississippi lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag.

Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday that remembering our past is important, "but that does not mean we must let it define us."
-snip-

[yellowcanine]

6. Awesome. We seem to have reached a tipping point (finally) on the Confederate flag.

And yes, I know that technically it is not the Confederate flag but that is what it means to most who fly it.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Wow. nt

[SunSeeker]

5. Yup. It's a meld of the Confederate Battle Flag and the flag of the Confederate States of America.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America

[packman]

7. The stars and bars are hinted at in almost EVERY Southern state flag

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/21/how-the-confederacy-lives-on-in-the-flags-of-seven-southern-states/