Sunday letters: Confederate flag isn’t only thing that needs furling

Some say the Confederate flag is about liberty, keeping the government off our backs, and the right to choose our own destiny and preserve a way of life — free of others’ demands. Secession from that which threatens. Don’t tell us what to do.

To the victims of the Emanuel massacre, it meant being voiceless, separated from family, less than human, the denial of rights — abused simply for being who they are. They never asked for any of it. For them, its presence and public acceptance has been painful. Deadly.

Since it hurts others, we needed to remove it. The recent bloodshed demanded justice.

If only furling away abortion could be as easy as lowering a flag.

Lexington