Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, who just happens to be a candidate for governor on the Democratic ticket, says the statue of Davis must go. Conway's opponent in November, Matt Bevin, agrees, as do the GOP leadership in the Kentucky Senate and House of Representatives. Even U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell is adamant that the statue must be moved. Gov. Steve Beshear, however, has taken a more measured approach, saying simply that it is time to review such monuments in context of Kentucky's history.
Meantime, across the South, governors are ordering the Confederate flag down from poles on government grounds. Legislators – black and white, Democrat and Republican – are calling for the flag's removal. Businesses, too, have weighed in, promising to pull all items branded with the flag.
The Confederate flag is not difficult to find in Crittenden County; it can be seen on bumpers stickers, flies on lawns, hangs from porches and can even be found tattooed on a few bodies.
What say you?
Are the public and elected officials calling for changes overreacting in the wake of the killing of nine people at a predominantly black church in Charleston, S.C.? Or is it time to put away the flag and monuments to Davis?
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