re: Will removing all these symbols rectify what caused the SC shooting?

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I get the sense that people really aren't opposed to removing it, they just resent the fact that the "liberal media" and "yankees" are leading the charge to remove it.

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Our Republican governor is leading the charge on this one, supported by many Republican leaders (though, the actual lawmakers who will be voting on this issue are playing it pretty close to the vest).

Clemson, USC, hell even the Carolina Panthers are calling for its removal. Nearly any significant media figure w/ a tie to the state is advocating for it to come down.

South Carolina is a state full of seriously intractable people who hate being told what to do, and it has rarely served us well, so I get your point. But there's a huge movement for change coming from WITHIN the state, too.