I keep coming back to this comment and thinking about how so-called "conservatism" is visually signaled in the South through one symbol and one symbol alone: the confederate flag. 
I keep thinking of my black friends in places like TN & GA. Of one friend who told me she wouldn't go to areas around plantations b/c she was afraid she would be lynched. Of the time I saw a truck emblazoned w/ confederate flags backing into a black woman on a crosswalk.
It's obscene & frankly fascistic to indicate black people can only be safe & welcome if they signal certain political values. In this same vein, it's important to remember that Graham's brand of "conservatism" is inextricably linked to the oppression of black people.
It should also be noted that many Black South Carolinians *are* conservative in different domains. In my own experience in the South, I have not encountered any white person who checked political affiliation before engaging in racism.
Just a monstrous statement from Graham
Just a monstrous statement from Graham
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