Confederate flag supporters react with a mix of caution, compromise, and defiance

“This is the beginning of communism,” said Robert Lampley, who was standing in the blazing sun in front of the South Carolina State House shortly after the legislature voted overwhelmingly to debate the current placement of the Confederate battle flag. “The South is the last bastion of liberty and independence. I know we’re going to lose eventually.”

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“Our people are dying off,” he went on, before encouraging a white reporter to “keep reproducing.”

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