Whenever one of these "spontaneous" leftwingnut witchhunt blitzkriegs erupts, my advice to one and all - politicians and businesses alike, and in this case, Mr. Alex Ferguson as well - is always the same: Wait and see. Maybe the hatestorm will gain traction, maybe it won't, but don't make any rash decisions based upon what may prove to be unfounded assumptions.
Such is proving to be the case with the Confederate flag furor, as no less a leftwingnut source than CNN is being compelled to report:
Fifty-seven percent of Americans continue to believe the Confederate flag is a symbol of Southern pride and not racism, according to a new CNN/ORC poll, but the opinions are divided sharply along racial lines.
The opinion on the flag remains about the same as it was fifteen years ago, when 59% said they saw the flag as a sign of pride, the random poll of 1,017 Americans revealed, reports CNN.
CNN is giving it the old college try to spin these results - which I will guarantee you they did not expect after the past two-plus weeks of anti-Confederate caterwauling - as those who don't recognize the battle flag as a "symbol of racism" being "racists" themselves. But the fact that after all that anti-Dixie vilificatory shrieking these numbers essentially have not budged is very encouraging evidence that, at the very least, "white America" isn't being bulldozed into submission. Which says exceedingly little for all the politicians and businesses who couldn't obsequiously knuckle under to the rabid (polling) minority mob fast enough.
Which isn't to say that the mob got completely skunked:
A majority, at 55%. favor removing the flag from government property that is not part of a museum, while 43% wanted it to stay. Respondents were divided, by 50%-47%, over whether to support private companies that choose not to sell items featuring the Confederate flag.
But still, most people don't want to redesign state flags that contain Confederate emblems, rename streets that are named after Confederate leaders, or remove tributes to Confederate heroes from public places.
In short, a relatively reasonable reaction. The Confederate battle flag doesn't have to be celebrated, but neither should it and the history it represents (and from which we must continue to learn) be completely expunged from the historical record the Left is determined to ideological sanitize. And those that want to sport it on memorabilia or fly it proudly on their own property should remain free and unfettered to do so.
If this is the Dylann Roof high water mark, there may be more hope for American culture than I thought.
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