Shocking Video: Protesters Beat Confederate Flag Supporters Bloody at the South Carolina Statehouse

by Cassy Fiano | July 1, 2015 8:19 am

It’s all about tolerance with liberals, until they themselves are faced with the prospect of respecting other people’s beliefs. Because for the oh-so-tolerant crowd, thinking the wrong thing means that it’s A-OK to face the consequences, including getting beaten bloody.

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One man has been arrested after a fight over the Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.

The brawl started about 7:15 p.m. Monday when about a dozen vehicles with Confederate flag supporters pulled up in front of the Statehouse and stopped in the middle of the street, Public Safety Department spokeswoman Sherri Iacobelli said in a statement.

About 10 of the flag supporters clashed with about 30 people who were on the Statehouse grounds protesting the flag, the statement said.

“The blood on my face, the blood in my teeth, the blood on my hands is no comparison to the Southern blood that runs through my veins,” Joe Linder told CBS News.

Linder, who was hit during the fight, supports the Confederate flag and says “racism has no part” in it.

“I’m gonna tell you one thing, I ain’t sitting down; this’ll just make me walk taller,” he told CBS News.

About 50 officers responded and contained the clash, including officers from the Bureau of Protective Services assigned to the Statehouse, as well as Columbia police, University of South Carolina officers and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Someone may feel that the Confederate flag represents hate, and that’s fine — but someone can likewise believe that it doesn’t, and that’s fine too. People need to learn that sometimes, you are going to encounter people who feel differently about controversial things, and you’re just going to need to put on your big boy pants and get over it. Beating someone bloody because they think something that you disagree with is just ridiculous.

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