MSU's flag statement:

[jakldawg]

Let me guess: some folks are "never going to another event at State ever again", and some ICC dropout types with battle flag avatars are encouraging people to "get more educated"

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

The media is doing stories left and right about taking down statues of confederate generals, renaming streets, changing Forrest County's name because it's named after Nathan Bedford Forrest. How far do we want to take this is a great question.

 

[FirstPoetsThenSunDoggy]

STATEMENT FROM MSU ON THE STATE FLAG ISSUE:
“Like all people of good will, Mississippi State University abhors the senseless violence that was visited on the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and we grieve with the families of the victims. In 2001, the MSU Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly in support of changing the state flag of Mississippi prior to the failed statewide voter referendum on that question. Other than lawful displays of the state flag, the symbols in question are not associated with our university. As the most diverse university in the Southeastern Conference and the most diverse of the original land-grant universities in the country, Mississippi State remains committed to diversity, inclusion, equal opportunity and a culture of fellowship, tolerance and peace. That’s true in our academic offerings and in our athletics programs as well.”

Personally, I love this statement. It's awesome that it points out our extraordinary diversity and makes that detail powerful. I'm giving it a 10. A plus. Or whatever the top grade is.

 

[esplanade91]

I would personally not like statues of Robert E. Lee or other confederate leaders to litter the south. And I don't think my home should have a county named after the founder of the KKK, easily the worst domestic terrorist organization in our nation's history.

It's not about erasing history or forgetting our "heritage." These names and symbols belong in books and should be taught to our children (insert cliche quote about repeating our past blah blah). NAMING something after these people and inserting these symbols that represent these issues into something as mundane as a flag is HONORING them. And they don't deserve any honor.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

To each his own. I disagree and it's the typical overreaction that happens with social media and the news media today. Several of our founding fathers owned slaves, should we eliminate their statues and streets and cities? It's silly.

 

[ShrubDog]

So do you want Stephen D. Lee removed from the MSU campus and have you always felt this way before this week? Im just curious and want to understand other peoples views. And I respect your input.


As for me my great great grandfather fought and died for his family/land/state in the war. And we will always honor him in our hearts and minds. And his house still stands today and is on the antebellum tour. If I didnt have a close link to history I may feel different. And I agree slavery was horrible.

Should George Washington be thrown into the equation now because he owned slaves?