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How Progress Happens
Jun. 23rd, 2015 09:29 amLast week, a racist terrorist shot and killed a bunch of blacks because the terrorist wanted to start a race war and he's a terrorist. Said terrorist associated himself with the Stars and Bars Confederate flag, a flag that is currently flying near the state capitol in South Carolina, site of the terrorist attack. In addition, the terrorist linked himself with the Council of Conservative Citizens, the successor organization to the "uptown Klan" White Citizens Council.
Today, everybody from the conservative blog Redstate to Republican governor Nikki Haley are running to distance themselves from both the flag and the Council. Now, both flag and Council have been criticized vigorously for years if not decades, but Republicans have stuck by them before.
Sometimes, progress happens slowly and incrementally. Other times, it's sudden, as if a dam has broken. Don't get me wrong - we have a ways to go on race, but this appears to be a big turning point.
Today, everybody from the conservative blog Redstate to Republican governor Nikki Haley are running to distance themselves from both the flag and the Council. Now, both flag and Council have been criticized vigorously for years if not decades, but Republicans have stuck by them before.
Sometimes, progress happens slowly and incrementally. Other times, it's sudden, as if a dam has broken. Don't get me wrong - we have a ways to go on race, but this appears to be a big turning point.
