The most rancid aspect of mass shootings like the Charleston, SC tragedy is the spectacle of special interest political groups from both sides elbowing their way into the glare of the media's kleig lights to promote their political agendas. It's become all too predictable; the pro and anti-gun control advocates each making their case against a backdrop of dead shooting victims. And what would a white on black killing spree be without the racialists stoking the fires of hate against white people while piously calling for peace. And in this particular tragedy, the anti-Confederate flag brigades have seen an opening and pounced. Last night, Dylann Roof walked into a Charleston church, sat for an hour, and then killed nine people. Roof’s crime cannot be divorced from the ideology of white supremacy which long animated his state nor from its potent symbol—the Confederate flag. Visitors to Charleston have long been treated to South Carolina’s...(Read Full Post)