I was happy to get a response from William McCauley to the advertisement about ending state funding for the Marvel Carriage Museum, which hosts a Confederate Memorial on its grounds.
Unfortunately, the letter didn't address the issue. Instead, it made baseless charges that are both incorrect and irrelevant.
The Progressive Democrats of Sussex County do not in any way, shape or form oppose a private individual's or organization's right to fly a Confederate battle flag. The reason is simple. It's in our self-interest.
Just as the First Amendment protects the right to fly the Confederate flag, so it protects the right to protest state funding for a museum that implicitly affirms slavery and white supremacy.
That's the issue. Period. It has nothing to do with pre-Civil War history, imagined conspiracies or so-called political correctness. It has everything to do with our tax dollars supporting, in any way, a relic of a repugnant past.
So, Mr. McCauley, let's begin a real discussion.
Don Flood
Lewes
-
A letter to the editor expresses a reader's opinion and, as such, is not reflective of the editorial opinions of this newspaper.
To submit a letter to the editor for publishing, send an email to newsroom@capegazette.com. Letters must be signed and include a telephone number and address for verification. Please keep letters to 500 words or fewer. We reserve the right to edit for content and length. Letters should be responsive to issues addressed in the Cape Gazette rather than content from other publications or media. Only one letter per author will be published every 30 days. Letters restating information and opinions already offered by the same author will not be used. Letters must focus on issues of general, local concern, not personalities or specific businesses.
