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<APP>CUSTOM
<PREFIX>MRS</PREFIX>
<FIRST>SUSAN</FIRST>
<MIDDLE></MIDDLE>
<LAST>MCKNIGHT</LAST>
<SUFFIX></SUFFIX>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<ORGANIZATION></ORGANIZATION>
<ADDR1>210 RUMFORD PLACE</ADDR1>
<ADDR2></ADDR2>
<CITY>LEXINGTON</CITY>
<STATE>SC</STATE>
<ZIP>29072</ZIP>
<EMAIL>SLM725@YAHOO.COM</EMAIL>
<PHONE_H>803.399.7509</PHONE_H>
<PHONE_B></PHONE_B>
<ISSUE>GOVE</ISSUE>
<SUBJECT>REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE FLAG</SUBJECT>
<MSG>
DEAR GOVERNOR HALEY,

PLEASE KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF YOU AND THE SC LEGISLATURE FOR MAKING THE DECISION TO TAKE DOWN THE CONFEDERATE FLAG.  WHILE THE FLAG REPRESENTS MANY THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, KEEPING SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT REPRESENTS AND IS USED AS A SIGN OF HATRED TOWARDS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION SHOULD NEVER BE KEPT ABOVE OUR STATE CAPITAL.  

 WHILE TO ME THE FLAG  REPRESENTS OUR HISTORY, WHAT MAKES THE SOUTH SO DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SOUTHERN CULTURE, ETC; IT IS USED TO SYMBOLIZE HATRED TOWARDS OTHERS AND EVEN WORSE, AS A SOURCE OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION TOWARDS SO MANY OF OUR FELLOW MAN. WHILE I AM A 47  CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN WHITE WOMAN AND IT DOESN'T OFFEND ME PERSONALLY, BUT IT DOES GREATLY OFFEND HALF THE POPULATION.  THAT'S REASON ENOUGH FOR ME. 

ALSO, THE FLAG HASN'T FLOWN ABOVE THE STATE HOUSE SINCE THE CIVIL WAR, OR THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION. IT WAS PUT THER IN 1962 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.  CLEARLY IT WAS PUT THERE NOT FOR HISTORICAL REASONS BUT FOR REASONS OF POLITICAL BACK LASH, AS A MESSAGE TO BLACK PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT WHITE CITIZENS AND THE SC GOVERNMENT WEREN'T GOING TO SUPPORT CIVIL RIGHTS FOR BLACKS AND TO INTIMIDATE BLACKS IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE THEIR CAUSE.  IT'S PLACEMENT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TO BEGIN WITH.

THANK YOU FOR THE BRAVE STAND YOU TOOK MRS. HALEY.  I KNOW YOU ARE TAKING THE HEAT FOR IT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT WAS STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO.  RIGHT IS RIGHT, NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT.

WITH WARM REGARDS AND RESPECT,
SUSAN MCKNIGHT


</MSG>

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