re: #76 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Ummmmm, no. We took it fair and square. There’s even precedent for us keeping it.

Minnesota has a Confederate symbol — and it is going to keep it

Virginia has asked for return of the flag for more than 100 years — and each time Minnesota has refused to return the hard-won symbol of victory. A president demanded return of Confederate flags, Congress passed a resolution ordering return of the flags, Virginians even threatened suit to get their flag back. And the answer has been the same: No.

You’re damn right, we’re not giving that back. That flag cost the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry almost everything they had. If Virginia wants it so bad, they can come and take it back. (Spoiler alert: It won’t go any better the second time.)