National hysteria at its finest. I see plenty of well-reasoned articles against the display of the Confederate flag, but I think many of these writers are willfully choosing to ignore the mechanics behind the controversy.
What we have here is applied dialectics and political correctness being motivated to accomplish a momentary leftist goal that will eventually lead to other leftist goals.
Yes, Roof's race-motivated terrorist act immediately provoked a national debate on gun control, but con control is not the main focus. The place of the 2nd Amendment is currently unassailable by the Left on a national scale, because, as we have said before, it is a function of culture. Particularly in States that were either in the former Confederacy, culturally similar to the former Confederacy, or later populated by the former Confederacy (see Arizona).
If you cannot undermine your top political goal, undermine the culture it represents so the top political goal is can be accomplished by the next generation.
That and since the flag became a real political issue (late 90's/early 00's), the topic was initially unassailable. But, with time, it has become fashionable to ban certain things that do not conform to Leftist orthodoxy simply because they are remaining vestiges of the old world. This was the dialectical moment for the flag and the left is banking on doing the same with guns.
Again, there are people who have written on the Confederate battle flag who have made a good case for taking it down, but their concerns are couched in terms and thought processes that are at odds with the main ideological driving force.
By joining the two minutes hate, they are conforming to Marxist-Leninist patterns. Perhaps they bet that their point of view and their reasoning may one day become popular when the political tides turn, but that typically isn't how it works.
Those looking to build a plastic "society" advance unless those who stand for remembrance and authenticity say "no" and seek to blindside them in a similar fashion.
The Confederate battle flag, why it was raised, and what it represents may make people feel uncomfortable, but for the time being I stand with the Savage who was locked in a similar situation.
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin."