Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“It is time to acknowledge our past, atone for our sins, and work for a better future. That future cannot be built on symbols of war, hate, and divisiveness… I am aware of my heritage. I am not proud of this heritage. These practices were inhumane and wrong, wrong, wrong.”
— South Carolina state Sen. Paul Thurmond (R), quoted by Charleston City Paper, on voting to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol.
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