No one is ignoring justice.
Dylan Roof will stand before a jury of his peers and be sentenced for his crimes. Justice will be served.
In the meantime, the flag that Dylan Roof used as a symbol of racial hatred still flies on government property in S.C.
These murders by Roof have brought attention to how the Confederate Flag symbolizes hate and racism.
Let's be
extremely charitable and meet the rebs halfway.
Let's say the rebel flag did indeed originally symbolize nothing else--
nothing else--but heroism, valor, gallantry, and noble soldiers both fallen and returned. The rebel flag was in this scenario nothing more than a symbol of a failed nation's dream and its decent, upstanding warriors.
Wouldn't it be fair to say that--at best--this symbol originally intended as an icon for heroism was appropriated by those who (perhaps) misunderstood its intent, perverted its meaning, and subsequently turned this flag into something other than its original intent?
Could we not agree that certain symbols are in fact beyond repair and beyond the pale?
Again: This is far more charitable than what I believe to be actual reality, but I'm floating this as a thought experiment.