{"id":13785,"date":"2015-08-26T00:20:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T04:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13785"},"modified":"2015-08-26T00:51:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T04:51:00","slug":"folks-this-isnt-helping-one-damned-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/26\/folks-this-isnt-helping-one-damned-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Folks, this isn’t helping one damned bit."},"content":{"rendered":"

I get it. You’re mad that the 3rd National Flag of the confederacy isn’t flying on the Sutherlin Mansion grounds anymore.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the way to show your objections.<\/p>\n

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By now, you probably know that Senator Tim Kaine was doing his regular “tour the entire state” trip and was scheduled to stop at Danville’s Goodyear plant last Thursday for a tour and a quick meet-and-greet. Those plans were cancelled because of a makeshift Confederate flag rally that was going to go past the plant during Kaine’s stop.<\/p>\n

An anonymous person sent SouthsideCentral this through our Contact Us! anonymous tipline…<\/p>\n

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Yeah. Seriously. Senator “McKain”.<\/p>\n

I understand the frustration that these people have, but pulling stunts like this just hardens the resolve of the flag opponents. Not only that, the people that really didn’t care one way or the other about the flag look at stunts like this in a negative way.<\/p>\n

These types of stunts will never bring the flag back. Never. If you want the flag back on the mansion grounds, concentrate your efforts on things like the Historic Preservation Association’s pending lawsuit against the city. Have your own peaceful protests. Do community service things like the Sons of Confederate Veterans do when they clean up and maintain Confederate gravesites. Be more like Steve Adkins, Ed Chaney, Wayne Byrd, Jock Owens and Vernell Dixon.<\/p>\n

Don’t piss off your political enemies when your side has already taken severe losses in the battle. Show the respect that you want shown to you. Do the right thing, people.<\/p>\n

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I get it. You’re mad that the 3rd National Flag of the confederacy isn’t flying on the Sutherlin Mansion grounds anymore.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the way to show your objections.<\/p>\n

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