This is just extreme. No, it's beyond extreme. It's frankly insane.
The woman, Bree Newsome, is on Twitter here. She's a radical leftist and #BlackLivesMatter activist.
At Memeorandum, "Woman removes Confederate flag in front of SC statehouse."
“We removed the flag today because we can’t wait any longer. It’s time for a new chapter where we are sincere about dismantling white supremacy and building toward true racial justice and equality.”
And at the Charleston Post & Courier, "Woman removes Confederate flag in front of South Carolina statehouse (has video)."
...the flag is intolerable only because it primarily offends black people (who racists already feel are "taking over their country").
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 20, 2015The refusal to firmly acknowledge and condemn the racism only fans the flames further because it makes it seem like...
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 20, 2015They're trying to displace the decision from themselves; the flag has gotta come down because "some people" don't like it...
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 20, 2015White politicians calling for removal of the confederate flag because "to SOME people it's a symbol of racism and hate" is problematic...
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 20, 2015The flag will come down, neo-confederates will rise up and USA will face a day of reckoning for original sin it still refuses to acknowledge
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 21, 2015They allow monuments to the confederacy all throughout the southern U.S. but suppress the history of the slave rebellions. Why is that?
— Bree Newsome (@BreeNewsome) June 21, 2015
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