Does anyone else remember when South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley held a press conference to acknowledge that to many “the [Confederate] flag is a deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past” and argue that “the fact that it causes pain to so many is enough to move it”?
Remember when #BlackLivesMatter activist Bree Newsome scaled the flag pole and ripped down the offending flag herself, in an act that Time magazine called “an act of public art”?
Well, who will be the first to climb the flag pole in front of the new Cuban Embassy and tear down what is to many a deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive “past”? Daniel Ferrrer, coordinator of the Patriotic Cuban Party, told the PanAm Post that more than 70 activists in Cuba were detained on Sunday, the day before the flag was raised. Cuban state police have been doing this for 14 consecutive Sundays, Ferrer says.
And what about the pain caused by Cuba’s harboring of terrorists, such as cop-killer Assata Shakur? It’s long past time for that flag to come down.
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The #Cuban flag should be brought down immediately – unless "the people" of the #USA want to pay tribute to terrorism @geopolytica— O. Bula-Escobar (@omarbula) July 20, 2015
Raising Cuban Flag, taking down Confederate Flag and shining the LGBT flag on White House. Does this sound normal to you?
— Rick Bowen (@RickLBowen) July 20, 2015
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Take that damn cuban flag down assholes
— brad pool (@eburgbluz) July 20, 2015
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I find the Cuban flag offensive & demand it be taken down. #cuba
— Eric (@elane1013) July 20, 2015
@DailyMail I am offended, "it terrifies me" – the Cuban Communist flag. It needs to come down! The same Confederate flag reasoning!
— Marianne Cowger (@mcowgerFL) July 20, 2015
@foxnews I don't need greetings from Fidel, take down the Cuban flag.
— Dawn Kintz (@DawnKintz) July 20, 2015
So we raise the communist Cuban flag, take down the Confederate flag and see no flags at half mast for our fallen. Makes me sick.
— Trump2020 (@4_trump2020) July 20, 2015
Cuban flag flies at embassy in Washington http://t.co/xemciSVVqs via @usatoday THIS FLAG OFFENDS ME; TAKE DOWN & PUT IN MUSEUM WITH CASTROS
— Richard Ciarrocca (@PFBaptistPress) July 20, 2015
Will slobbering Cuba superfan Michael Moore again offer to pay the bail of the first person to tear down the flag? Bree?
Friends of @BreeNewsome – I will pay her bail money or any legal fees she has. Please let her know this. #Charleston #TakeDownTheFlag
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) June 27, 2015
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