to be fair, suggesting that ten years is enough time for the racial strata of a state to magically heal itself, and trying to further the idea that some too-little too-late gesture is some ultimate(or even worthwhile) sign of good will, is just as lol inducing as the rest of the goofy behavior in this thread. possibly more if you're at all versed on the subject.

so yeah, incredulous, but it's unquantifiable, so i don't really care too much either. i'm just one of those folks that get pissy when i hear people suggest that racial tension can be lessened by worthless symbolic gestures or some other mostly artificial act. it's my opinion that the only way to realistically negate racial tension is to sit around patiently waiting for the older generations to die and get the fuck off this planet, and then just hope that they didn't pass on too much of their seething ignorance to future generations. just remember that taking a flag down doesn't mean anything. that it was up there that long with the state capital not burnt completely to the ground probably says a lot about what's going on in people's minds.