Flags and Guns: Change Versus Inertia

Having already written a couple of posts about the aftermath of the Charleston shootings, I’ll keep this one brief. The picture above shows Dylann Roof, the alleged shooter, posing with an object that many Americans associate with hatred and violence, but many other Americans venerate.

See the rest of the story at newyorker.com

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The G.O.P.’s Ties to Extremism Go Beyond the Confederate Flag
Charleston, and the Next Time
Equality and the Confederate Flag