Needs counter-protester: “If your great grandpa got shot fighting for slavery, he got what he deserved.”

Also, these hashtags are everything.

No, old white dude. A great soldier is brave. And one of the bravest things a person can do is admit it when they are wrong. It is terrifying to really look at yourself and see that you are wrong, wrong, wrong - it takes real bravery to do it. My great-great grandpa was shot when he a confederate solder too - but I…

I think I almost can’t stand fanatical atheists just as much as the religious right.

I’m sure they do, it’s the principal of the thing.

Jesus. Nobody had the five brain cells required to see that this might be a bad idea? “Hey, let’s send the black guy out to re-hang the white supremacist flag. Herp, derp, durr.”

One single human woman managed to do it. Clearly it won’t be a problem for a whole team of big gubmint manly-men to take down one widdle rag on a string.

oh fuck off.

I think he’s her spotter/accomplice. The video shows him also being arrested. I just wish she had taken a lighter to the damn thing while she had the chance.

Aww. More white fragility butthurt. I’m tempted to photoshop this to read “Great Grandpa took a bullet for slavery”.

Probably. There is no end to their supply of shittieness

Well, if they have charged her, she won’t have to ever pay bail or legal fees because this is already happening. He is only one of many who have offered.

That woman is a goddamn hero and a complete badass. South Carolina, stop being an embarrassment and take down that flag.

It’s already back up *sigh*

I’m so glad someone went out and did it!

“If you have a great song then no one cares.” — Rita who?

Nice day for it.

Seriously. Comparing marriage inequality to slavery and internment camps does not seem like a great way to argue in FAVOR of it.

Can someone explain this whole “Marriage is defined by God” malarkey that the right seems to be going on about?

I wonder all sorts of things, but I don’t usually do so out loud unless I have a point to make. So I wonder if you’re trying to accuse the author of hypocrisy by “wondering” whether she does something you consider hypocritical, despite the fact that you don’t actually know. I wonder if you think you’re clever. I could…