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What if he hadn't been holding that flag? | A tale of 2 Thurmonds
National Memo
What if he hadn't been holding that flag?
We can look forward to weeks of apologists trying to explain why we should ever see the Confederate flag flying anywhere near government property.
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A Tale Of Two Thurmonds
39-year-old Republican state senator Paul Thurmond delivered a blunt assessment of the Confederate flag as a claimed symbol of Southern "heritage" — and personally illustrated the vast cultural changes that have occurred over the course of American history.
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