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Eugene

(61,819 posts) Mon Dec 9, 2013, 07:32 PM Dec 2013

South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela

Source: Reuters

South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela

CHARLESTON, South Carolina Mon Dec 9, 2013 5:54pm EST

(Reuters) - The U.S. flag flew high outside a sheriff's office in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President Barack Obama to lower all flags in memory of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela.

Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said he believed the lowering of the flag to half-staff was a tribute that should be reserved for U.S. citizens.

"To show a sign of respect for what Nelson Mandela's done, I have no problem with lowering it in South Africa, in their country," Clark told a local television station.

"But in our country, it should be the people, in my opinion, who have sacrificed for our country."

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South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2013 OP

If by chance we would have been living during the time of Jesus he would not be able to Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #1

What on God's Earth are you talking about? Wilms Dec 2013 #2

Larn to spell its muslin MattBaggins Dec 2013 #3

Gotcha, I must have lost my mind, Thinkingabout Dec 2013 #4

Thinkingabout

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1. If by chance we would have been living during the time of Jesus he would not be able to

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 07:46 PM

Dec 2013

Lower the flag because Jesus was not 'Murican, this would be proper in his eyes. It is probably more about Mandela and Obama being black and he is prejudiced.