And when I grew up, I thought it was a Scottish song about Scottish things. Because I’m a nerd and I loved Wrath of Khan. So, despite all evidence to the contrary, that was my association.

It’s not. It was written by an English slave trader, but African-Americans adopted/adapted it.

he’s amazing! we’re gonna miss him something awful when he’s no longer president and some boring asshole who can’t speak or govern takes over. like jeb. or hillary.

I teared up more than once watching Obama. Not ashamed to admit it. Everything about today was beautiful.

Wrong, and if you’re going to nitpick, it wasn’t until the late 60s that they were “technically” finally considered really people. Even then, they were/are still marginalized. But good try

Learn your fucking history. Do you know what the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was and why it was necessary?

Fear that tourism will dry up unless they get with the times

I spent five years in Charleston. The “Defenders of Charleston” statue honoring the confederate soldiers is located at the most prominent corner of the most prominent park positioned so that it looks directly over the water at Fort Sumter. Right next to all the replica cannons still pointed at the Fort too. Ya know,…

Somebody’s too cheap to fly.

But what is the “love of the South”? That very descriptor revolves around separating the “South” from something else. There’s only one definition for the South in that context and it’s the collection of States that seceded from the Union over the massive economical forces revolving around slavery and embroiled the…

Please explain to me how a flag that represents a failed state which existed for only 4 years can possibly be interpreted as representing “Just the love of the south”.

Those people are either lying or are ignorant of history. The Confederacy was an explicitly racist state.

I need more Maya Rudolph in my life. Hell, AMERICA needs more Maya Rudolph.

The confederate flag was not raised in South Carolina until 1962 when the civil rights movement was gaining ground. It was bought in as a symbol of the status quo of separate drinking fountains, pools, schools, restaurants etc. It is not a nuanced symbol of anything good except to agitate those getting out of hand. It…

It was not about States Rights, as a general concept. One of the biggest complaints in the various articles of secession was that the Northern states weren’t enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, which Southern legislators had previously rammed down their throats. They had no problem whatsoever with Federal supremacy when…

oh, so the square version is perfectly ok. i get it now. the square one doesn’t symbolize institutional racism and slavery, it’s only the rectangular one that does. conversations like this would be so much easier if they only had you around to clear up this little detail. we could have avoided all of the confusion and…

The Confederate flag’s brother is a Nazi swastika. No difference.

The confederate flag is an embarrassment. It is a symbol of treason and secession for the purpose of keeping other human beings as slaves*. Folks in the South still putting the damn thing up everywhere is disgusting. It’s like if towns in Germany flew the swastika flag saying it’s “heritage.”

forget racism, the flag is an absolute sign of treason... I'm pretty sure in Germany you don't see them waving the Nazi symbol around as part of their history they are proud of... And yet for whatever reason those in the South feel as though they need to support their ancestors who did nothing but try and exploit and…

I am irrationally happy that Matthew Dellavedova doesn’t get a ring.