Protesters speak out over Confederate flag in Danville

[struggle4progress]

Danielle Staub, [e-mail]
POSTED: 11:39 AM EDT Jul 14, 2015
UPDATED: 12:20 PM EDT Jul 14, 2015

... The silent protestors held signs reading,"Flying this flag embarrasses me and my city" and "take down the Confederate flag." The group is asking Danville City Council to remove the flag from the top of the Confederate monument sitting on city property at the Sutherlin Mansion ...

http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/southern-virginia/protesters-speak-out-over-confederate-flag-in-danville/34157428

[underpants]

1. Virgil Caine is my name And I drove on the Danville train

Damn. Good for them.

[locks]

2. Quote from Danville resident:

"This is something we fought and died for, as much as the American flag. The confederate people fought for what they believed in. Whether it was right or wrong is irrelevant."
The Nazis fought for what they believed, that Europe should be one Aryan nation, that all Jews, homosexuals, and gypsies should be killed. Whether it was right or wrong is irrelevant.

[appalachiablue]

3. Good for Danville!