re: How do you feel about Mississippi's "Confederate Heritage Month"?

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I'm not so sure you are right about the old flag remaining the same if there were a vote today. The state has a 37% black population and the last vote was close to 20 years ago. I think a lot of those hard liners have died off.

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I’m not necessarily saying you’re wrong, but I know this state well. Our population has remained incredibly stagnant for 2 decades. How many enlightened people do you project have moved here over that time frame. I think it is to the contrary, and anyone with a lick of sense, or gets lucky for a career, gets the hell out.

The black population was 37% back then too you know. You know that my honest impression of black Mississippians opinion of the flag is throughout my life? By and large they don’t give a shite, or they forget about it, or perhaps even so used to their plight they just think that’s how things are. Sad? Yes, but that is how it feels.

All I’m saying is if you seriously want to change the flag you better be dead certain you have the votes, and I just don’t think we are there yet. Another vote ending in failure would be an unimaginable embarrassment.

What is different about today is I think we would see a HARD push from out of state liberals to inform the black population and get out the vote. But you know what else has changed? Everyone’s pappy and meemaw have a Facebook and they will get equally if not more determined to vote to spite what they see as carpetbagger meddling from coastal elites.

Do not underestimate the stubbornness of the people of this state.