An Interesting Development

In wake of the shooting deaths of nine people inside a historic South Carolina church, some major department stores [including Walmart, Sears, Etsy, Amazon and eBay ] announced they would stop carrying the controversial Confederate Flag.   Tennessean

Making all the rest collectors' items with an increased value.

On Tuesday, protesters rallied at South Carolina's statehouse to ask legislators to make good on South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's vow to remove the Confederate battle flag from its place of honor on the Statehouse grounds, where it has stood since legislators removed it in 2000 from atop the Capitol dome. The South Carolina House and Senate passed resolutions Tuesday to allow debate on the issue.

That should be interesting.

In Mississippi, citizens started a petition to erase the stars-and-bars image from its emblematic position on the state flag of Mississippi.

In Virginia, Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe vowed to pull it as choice of emblem on vehicle license plates — a step allowable since a recent Supreme Court ruling found that it was not protected speech.

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And Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday he also wants the flag removed from license plates, and the bust of Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forest pulled out of the Tennessee statehouse.

Suddenly everybody is sensitive. Nine more people had to die first.