(July 10, 2015 at 10:25 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 10, 2015 at 9:55 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Mainly that folks don't have to see that flag waiving in front of the State House at the intersection of Main and Gervais. That's not nothin'.
Symbolic actions are useful sometimes. But at the end of they day, they're still only symbolic.
Symbols are ideas. Racism is an idea, too. Seeing racism reinforced by the government display of racist symbols is encouraging to the oppressor and discouraging to the oppressed. This is a battle that takes place first in the minds of the people, and symbols can be very powerful in people's minds. I'm not sure 'only' is the best word under the circumstances. Maybe you have to live in South Carolina to appreciate what an important step this is.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.