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Proposal to Fly Confederate Flag in California Decried as 'Abominable'

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NRA) flag, reported CBS 8.The meeting came after previous long-running debates about the displaying of Confederate flags and monuments across the country.

This escalated in the wake of the June 2015 killing of nine Black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, by white supremacist Dylann Roof.

He was pictured posing with a Confederate flag on social media prior to the attack. The Confederate flag debates intensified after the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that resulted from it.The suggestion to fly other ideological flags after the pro-LGBTQ+ flag was displayed during Pride month was met with support by Melanie Burkholder, Carlsbad City Council member."I think it is an issue of fairness," Burkholder said during Tuesday's meeting. "If we allow one group to convey government speech, then we have to evaluate other groups and have a process to that end."Other local residents who spoke at Tuesday's meeting expressed their shock at the suggestion that the Confederate flag—which many view as a symbol of racism— could also be flown at City Hall."It would be abominable.

It would make Carlsbad a city that is not safe for everyone," one Carlsbad resident said.A second added: "This proposal in my opinion is a huge step back.

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