x-sender: JShelbyMO@aol.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from omr-m08.mx.aol.com ([64.12.222.129]) by IQ12 over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.17514); Thu, 9 Jul 2015 00:02:49 -0400 Received: from mtaomg-mbe01.mx.aol.com (mtaomg-mbe01.mx.aol.com [172.26.254.175]) by omr-m08.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id C08E2700000AF for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 00:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from core-mja05f.mail.aol.com (core-mja05.mail.aol.com [172.27.32.5]) by mtaomg-mbe01.mx.aol.com (OMAG/Core Interface) with ESMTP id A054638000081 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 2015 00:02:49 -0400 (EDT) From: JShelbyMO@aol.com Full-name: JShelbyMO Message-ID: Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 00:02:49 -0400 Subject: thank you for the reply To: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_fb4db.4d3aec4c.42cf4c69_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.7 sub 4045 X-Originating-IP: [76.199.232.59] x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20150623; t=1436414569; bh=HhLWTuE6lnMgFCq00CXj66OekfDcnwPKv+m6RacQJ3w=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=I/RPm7LQpsSEC5BwUdxuDrD0tJYP+kvwSjBKR8yZmLO64oC9nVJgUXOavy8kwkcR8 u7eXgcK+kjjNV99zJhgLWX+VYggM/qYe1CxlBjugScrzwjH6mv8sprvPF9SOjshgDF kDCfvwNlwGfpP6xo/4GBDb70glNdsk1NJ3BiABQk= x-aol-sid: 3039ac1afeaf559df2691d5f Return-Path: JShelbyMO@aol.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Jul 2015 04:02:49.0335 (UTC) FILETIME=[1ECC5870:01D0B9FC] --part1_fb4db.4d3aec4c.42cf4c69_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Governor Haley, thank you for the reply whether it came from you or from a member of your staff. I do not agree with any use of the Confederate battleflag as a racist statement. People associate it with the Ku Klux Klan. if you look at the old black and white pictures of Klan meetings and marches the flag they carried was the flag of the United States of America. The media does not mention that and uninformed people who don't know the history of our country follow the lead of the media and politicians pandering to their constituents. If people would read the statements of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Sons of Union Veterans opposing the use of the flag in a racial context maybe their viewpoint would be different. I forward this article for your review _Click here: Confederate culture war going Soviet: Column_ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/08/yezhov-bamiyan-and-the-expanding-american- memory-hole-column/29793547/) The frenzy is now denying flags to be placed on graves of Confederate soldiers in cemeteries maintained by the National Park Service. The flag was removed from Fort Sumter of all places. The mayor of New Orleans wants four monuments removed. Dig up General Forest and his wife. So where does it stop? It stops when people decide that the recognition of events and people that made the history of our country is important to the preservation of our heritage and using that to build a future for our country. . --part1_fb4db.4d3aec4c.42cf4c69_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 Governor Haley,
 
thank you for the reply whether it came from you or from a member of= your=20 staff.
 
I do not agree with any use of the Confederate battleflag as a racist= =20 statement. People associate it with the Ku Klux Klan. if you look at the= old=20 black and white pictures of Klan meetings and marches the flag they c= arried=20 was the flag of the United States of America. The media does not mention= that=20 and uninformed people who don't know the history of our country follow the= lead=20 of the media and politicians pandering to their constituents.
 
If people would read the statements of the Sons of Confederate Vetera= ns and=20 the Sons of Union Veterans opposing the use of the flag in a racial contex= t=20 maybe their viewpoint would be different.
 
I forward this article for your review=20
Click=20 here: Confederate culture war going Soviet: Column
 
The frenzy is now denying flags to be placed on graves of Confederate= =20 soldiers in cemeteries maintained by the National Park Service. The flag= was=20 removed from Fort Sumter of all places. The mayor of New Orleans wants fou= r=20 monuments removed. Dig up General Forest and his wife. So where does it st= op? It=20 stops when people decide that the recognition of events and people th= at=20 made the history of our country is important to the preservation of= our=20 heritage and using that to build a future for our country.
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