conservatives, republicans, southerners that hey, yes, this is a symbol of southern pride, but it s been used since 1962 as a symbol of resistance to integration. and it s been abused and i think it s kind of in some ways an easy symbol to go after. you don t have to look at guns. you don t have to look at other, you know deeper aspects of institutional racism but it may have opened the door finally, to some more substantive discussions about the inequality that continues in america. i was struck in nikki haley s speech on monday where she linked the horrifying charleston shooting with how south carolina has progressed and the things one of the things she pointed to was how the state reacted after the shooting of walter scott. and they had when the cell phone images came showing the