Mr. Pitts was among demonstrators on the South Carolina state grounds to protect the idea the confederate flag represents southern pride.
I believe he is the man in the white shirt who is second from the front of the picture. It certainly looks like him. There were arrests at this protest.
...The pro-Confederate flag (click here) rally hopes to draw attention away from the racial profiling the Confederate flag has garnered and provide insight and history into the true meaning behind the flag.
Mr. Pitts (click here) is a member of ALEC. He is also a member of many gun clubs and a turkey federation. I think that is about hunting.
This is Mr. Pitts voting record. (click here)
His record is fairly standard. He is part of a right wing conservative political party. He is not a libertarian. He only has about 15% rating by the Tea Party and 55% with the Club for Growth; which isn't really about growth, but, about enforcing corruption. And right along with the Club for Growth, Mr. Pitts was endorsed by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
He insists the confederate flag is about southern pride. Now this man is a leader. He knows was the real world is all about. Yet, he articulates a fantasy. The fact the confederate flag is affiliated with the KKK will be demonstrated on the state grounds in South Carolina. As a matter of fact, the chapter of the KKK will come all the way from North Carolina to support folks like Mr. Pitts. I don't know if there are campaign donations.
Pelham, North Carolina Ku Klux Klan chapter the Loyal White Knights will
hold a rally on the grounds of the South Carolina State House next
month to protest the removal of the Confederate flag (file photo) July 7, 2015
By Anneta Konstantinides
A North Carolina (click here) chapter of the Ku Klux Klan will hold a rally on the grounds of
the South Carolina State House next month to protest the removal of the
Confederate flag.
The
event will take place on July 18, just a day after the one-month
anniversary of the racially-motivated massacre of nine people in the
historic black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
James
Spears, Grand Titan of the KKK's Pelham chapter known as the Loyal
White Knights, said the Confederate flag was being removed for 'all the
wrong reasons' and was 'part of white people's culture'....
The idea the confederate flag is linked to hate and hate crimes is not a myth. The KKK is not about southern pride in a benign way whereby children will gather at the curb for the parade.
The KKK has a very long history of violence that has occurred within the century.
The last lynching by members of the KKK was Michael Donald. He was killed by two KKK members on March 21, 1981. That was 1981. 1981. '81. Got that? The murder was considered arbitrary and he was hanged by his murderers. His body was swinging from a tree when found.
Not long ago there was a black man found hanging from a tree. I think it was in his own backyard. People were thinking it could be a possible suicide. As of yet I haven't heard a conclusion, so there may be a more recent date than 1981 for the last lynching by the KKK.
When Mr. Pitts stands at the desk in the South Carolina State House with a list amendments to delay or possibly derail the vote on the confederate flag he will be lying about the benign nature of that flag. I completely believe he knows he'll be lying.
This is a shame, because, Governor Haley with her magnificent example of concern and quite frankly love of the citizens of South Carolina had my hope and many others this would be the beginning of the will of the people of South Carolina to remove a symbol adopted by the KKK as a one of hate.
I realize there are people today part of a club that is to honor their family members who fought for the south. The idea the confederate flag is an emblem of southern pride is a bit contorted. It is. The entire idea is political. It is time government lands are free of political symbols affiliated with hate.
Mr. Pitts cannot remove the fact there are nine magnificent people dead because of hate. They were killed in a church sanctuary. The killer displayed the confederate flag as a personal signature to his loyalties.
When Mr. Pitts carries out his protest in the way of amendments to the South Carolina Senate bill he will be facilitating more hate to reside under the guise of the South Carolina government. He is irresponsible and has faux loyalties. He is obstructing a bill that honors the people of South Carolina in their disgust of deaths of nine of their citizens and one an esteemed member of the South Carolina elected government by the people.
Rev. Clementa Pinckney was murdered with hate in the heart of his murderer. He was murdered because of his skin color. The murderer took the life of a man that worked through his elected status for equality and to improve lives, even the life of his murderer. If Rev. Pickney was alive today he would be trying to reach that young man's heart to change it and make him a man in pursuit of a proud and productive life.
The families of these victims have spoken within the practice of the grace of their faith in forgiveness of the murderer. And Mr. Pitts stands in opposition in a very underhanded way to stop a bill that will honor the people of the state and uplift their loyalties to each other and their futures together.
Mr. Pitts is not worthy of his position in the South Carolina House.
The idea the confederate flag is linked to hate and hate crimes is not a myth. The KKK is not about southern pride in a benign way whereby children will gather at the curb for the parade.
The KKK has a very long history of violence that has occurred within the century.
The last lynching by members of the KKK was Michael Donald. He was killed by two KKK members on March 21, 1981. That was 1981. 1981. '81. Got that? The murder was considered arbitrary and he was hanged by his murderers. His body was swinging from a tree when found.
Not long ago there was a black man found hanging from a tree. I think it was in his own backyard. People were thinking it could be a possible suicide. As of yet I haven't heard a conclusion, so there may be a more recent date than 1981 for the last lynching by the KKK.
When Mr. Pitts stands at the desk in the South Carolina State House with a list amendments to delay or possibly derail the vote on the confederate flag he will be lying about the benign nature of that flag. I completely believe he knows he'll be lying.
This is a shame, because, Governor Haley with her magnificent example of concern and quite frankly love of the citizens of South Carolina had my hope and many others this would be the beginning of the will of the people of South Carolina to remove a symbol adopted by the KKK as a one of hate.
I realize there are people today part of a club that is to honor their family members who fought for the south. The idea the confederate flag is an emblem of southern pride is a bit contorted. It is. The entire idea is political. It is time government lands are free of political symbols affiliated with hate.
Mr. Pitts cannot remove the fact there are nine magnificent people dead because of hate. They were killed in a church sanctuary. The killer displayed the confederate flag as a personal signature to his loyalties.
When Mr. Pitts carries out his protest in the way of amendments to the South Carolina Senate bill he will be facilitating more hate to reside under the guise of the South Carolina government. He is irresponsible and has faux loyalties. He is obstructing a bill that honors the people of South Carolina in their disgust of deaths of nine of their citizens and one an esteemed member of the South Carolina elected government by the people.
Rev. Clementa Pinckney was murdered with hate in the heart of his murderer. He was murdered because of his skin color. The murderer took the life of a man that worked through his elected status for equality and to improve lives, even the life of his murderer. If Rev. Pickney was alive today he would be trying to reach that young man's heart to change it and make him a man in pursuit of a proud and productive life.
The families of these victims have spoken within the practice of the grace of their faith in forgiveness of the murderer. And Mr. Pitts stands in opposition in a very underhanded way to stop a bill that will honor the people of the state and uplift their loyalties to each other and their futures together.
Mr. Pitts is not worthy of his position in the South Carolina House.
