Florida County Votes To Re-Hang Confederate Flag After Hiatus

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Bucking the national trend of removing the Confederate flag from public spaces, one Florida county voted Tuesday to put the stars and bars back up after a brief hiatus.

Marion County, Fla. officials took down the Confederate flag that flies at the county government complex last week, temporarily replacing it with a flag bearing the county seal, News 13 reported. The County Commission unanimously approved a move to fly the flag again days later, saying members would meet with historians to discuss placing markers by the flag to “explain its historical significance.”

One Confederate flag supporter told the station: “We live in America, and the last time I checked it was a democracy. So, here in Marion County, which has, what, 300,000 people, how can one man decide to take it off a flagpole?”

Interim County Administrator Bill Kauffman had made the decision to remove the flag because of the “perceived connotations” of flying the Confederate flag at government buildings after suspect Dylann Roof allegedly shot and killed nine parishioners in a black Charleston church last month.

Watch raw video of the flag going back up below, via WFTV:

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  1. Avatar for grawk grawk says:

    So, here in Marion County, which has, what, 300,000 people, how can one DECENT man decide to take it off a flagpole?

    fixed it

  2. “We live in America, and the last time I checked it was a democracy.
    You live in Amerka, because you treasonous bastards lost the war to be NOT Amerkan.

  3. The County Commission unanimously approved a move to fly the flag again
    days later, saying members would meet with historians to discuss placing
    markers by the flag to “explain its historical significance.”

    Heritage! History! Honor! Respect for the Fallen Valiant of the Confederacy! And stuff!

    …but not about treason, oppression, and slavery. So sayeth the voices of “wisdom” of Marion County. Let’s see if the voices of reason regain the upper hand.

  4. At least we know not to give that county any of our tourism dollars…

  5. In response, GOP/Teatroll pollsters retabulated their electoral vote predictions for 2016…

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