tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post6082182944891410649..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: Po' white racists are burning the American flag?David Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-44536710036045168542015-07-04T01:50:35.684+02:002015-07-04T01:50:35.684+02:00He might be burning the American flag because the ...He might be burning the American flag because the American far right has gone to war, mentally, with the United States. See, e.g., Cliven Bundy and his minions. Also--there is no draft. White highschool dropouts in the south and elsewhere have little chance for jobs, and no chance to be in the military. They are amongst the most lost in the current situation. And then there's the fact that the United States has a black president, a fact viewed by probably millions (including many in the Republican Party in leadership roles) as making illegitimate the current Federal Government. Roof was utterly lost, without moorings. He was then exploited by right wing white supremacists such at the Conservative Citizens Council. I agree with you that this photo is a notable fact in the story, and a marker of how far the right wing has gone now. Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.com