The Hillsborough County Commission in Florida voted to remove the Confederate flag that has flown in the government center for the past two decades as reported by the Tampa Bay Times.
It was removed on Wednesday and was handed over to the Tampa Bay History Center.Commissioner Les Miller led the debate to take down the flag calling it “the white man flag.” He also said it represented:
Supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race.
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Commissioner Ken Hagan said the flag was long forgotten but they were reminded it was there after the shooting in South Carolina:
Commissioner Stacy White opposed removing the flag. She said it was political correctness gone awry and it was hysteria.Let’s be honest, most people, including myself, didn’t realize the flag was displayed here. But I cannot ignore that while the Confederate flag represents heritage to some, it represents oppression, abuse and enslavement to others.
She said:
Every Confederate symbol on this planet can be eliminated and it won’t do a thing to stop a heart of hatred.
In the end the confederate flag lost and Commissioner Victor Crist had the following to say about it:
There was bloodshed on both sides of (the Civil War), but the bottom line is it’s been 150 years, the war is over and we move on.
In all sincerity, it’s time.