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White Woman Arrested Near South Carolina Confederate Flag Memorial

After an incident where aspiring entertainer Bree Newsome was hailed as a “shero” by the left, the media, and Black Lives Matter activists for removing a Confederate Flag from the South Carolina State House, another woman has been arrested for defacing a monument and bringing a weapon onto Capitol grounds, to no acclaim whatsoever.

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Davis: Confederate Flag Removal ‘Also a Feminist Act’

Cultural critic and writer Michaela Angela Davis argued that the removal of the Confederate flag on South Carolina’s statehouse by protester Bree Newsome was “very American” and “also a feminist act” on Friday’s “CNN Newsroom.” Davis said Newsome’s actions were

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Battle Flags and Bad Faith: The Left Exploits Another Crisis

There is great power in symbols, especially in an era when so many people have been taught to emote rather than thinking. The quick surge of emotion people feel upon viewing a potent symbol can be bottled and used in politics. It’s excessively charitable to call the current flag battle a “debate,” because it mostly consists of one side screaming that anyone who hesitates to dump that flag into the wood chipper of historical oblivion is either a racist, or an accessory to racism in the first degree. There isn’t much in the way of measured reason involved here.

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Trump: I Would Take the Confederate Flag Down

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that he would take the Confederate flag down in a speech in Virginia on Tuesday. Trump said of the flag, “I think they should put it in the museum, let it go, respect whatever