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...native South Carolinian, I take exception to Christina S.N. Lewis' claim that South Carolina "remain[s] a symbol of intolerance and bigotry" (Column, April 19). Lewis is correct in calling for the removal of the confederate flag from the statehouse dome. Yet Lewis mistakenly accords the meaning of that flag to all of South Carolina...
...April 1975 thousands of desperate South Vietnamese, fleeing capture by the invading North Vietnamese for freedom in the U.S., had clambered up its sturdy steps onto the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon and into American helicopters perched there. To Meijer, the gray ladder was an uplifting symbol of hope; to Kissinger, it was a grim reminder of the U.S. failure in South Vietnam that had cost more than 58,000 American lives...
...that's exactly how it should be. When we go on vacation, we don't want to think of our dogs sitting around at home bored and missing us--or crazed and peeing on the curtains as a symbol of resentment. We want them to be happy. For $42 a night--$45 for larger dogs--Fred would get regularly scheduled meals, walks and rest periods at the dog hotel, but just as important, he could bound and bond with fellow Fidos in a place where everybody knows his name. (For further information, telephone...
...South Carolina really a "symbol of intolerance and bigotry" as Christine S. N. Lewis argues in her column "Not Gone with the Wind"? (Column, April 19) The answer is no. In my time in Charleston, I have encountered far less racism than I have anywhere else...
...longer seem so unusual or exceptional when placed in context with the tenacity by which some southern states still cling to the cherished image of the antebellum South. Until the people of South Carolina admit that whistling Dixie isn't worth dividing the Union, South Carolina will remain a symbol of intolerance and bigotry...