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MS Governor Phil Bryant Calls Out UM on 16 WAPT News
Monday, the University of Mississippi took down the flag early morning and sent it to the Archives at the J.D. Williams Library. Since then, Mississippi governor Phil Bryant has voiced his opinion to Scott Simmons at 16 WAPT News.
As quoted in the WAPT’s video transcript, Gov. Bryant said, “I think if you have a publicly funded institution like that, they should be respectful of the people of the state. It’s the people they need to respect, not the governor but the majority of the people who voted for that to be the state flag and now we have institutions that say we ignore the will of the people and I am very peculiar. I think the people are sovereigns of this state. They should be respected and their decisions should be respected.”
Visit WAPT Channel 16 website for the full story and video.
Callie Daniels Bryant is the senior managing editor at HottyToddy.com. She can be reached at callie.daniels@hottytoddy.com.
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Charles Paschal
October 28, 2015 at 10:51 am
Pull their funding Gov.0
ej
October 28, 2015 at 10:57 am
He is correct.
If there is enough support for another vote, lets have it.
Until then, a state institution should display the state flag.
I think the reality is that these cities and universities have pissed off so many people the next vote will surely fail.
Tim Turnage
October 28, 2015 at 10:57 am
If our flag offended you way did you come to the state of Mississippi or ole miss. Thepeople of mMississippi has spoken to keep our flag by a big Majority. So respect the beloved people of Mississippi.
Tammy
October 28, 2015 at 11:16 am
It was settled already. It was put to a vote before the people of Mississippi and decided by a large majority to keep the flag as is. If people would shut up about it, nothing else would be said. The problem is you have people and groups from up north trying to change our ways and the south is letting them boss us around. It is none of their business. Mind your own business and quit trying to stir up trouble. Mississippians (born and bred here) love our state, our God, and OUR FLAG. Leave us alone!!
Donna
October 28, 2015 at 11:27 am
If they don’t want to fly the Mississippi state flag, make them change everything about their school pertaining to our state, including their name!
Steve
October 28, 2015 at 11:38 am
As a lifelong Mississippian, I think all you white supremacists offended by what the student body has voted to do, at the university they actually attend, should move to Arkansas where you belong.
ej
October 28, 2015 at 11:52 am
steve when all else fails, start name calling.
That’s it? That’s all ya got? How sad for you.
By the way, the student body did not vote on this issue. The student senate, which is pretty much the administration’s
B—- voted on a resolution.
So not only do you have nothing but name calling, you do not even know the facts.
Perhaps you should be the go to go to Arkansas?
Anonymous
October 28, 2015 at 12:16 pm
What an embarrassment for the student body and the school as a whole. You go to a state funded school, actually the FLAGSHIP of the State, and yet you think this is going to change anything. If you do not like something or the way it is handled or where your money goes, then LEAVE. Don’t voluntarily subject yourself to something you do not agree with.
Cecelia Carr
October 28, 2015 at 12:23 pm
Well my Hotty Toddy just went away. I will no longer have the same admiration as I have for 35 years. I guess my husband was right. Seems so small a thing but it isnt. I guess in a few words I am ashamed of them. To take this flag is like saying our soilders died for nothing with no recognition or respersentation. The people voted and they dont seem to honor this. To me they are now without honor.
Pat Quinn
October 28, 2015 at 12:24 pm
Whats next? Will taking this flag down make happiness. I doubt that. Next week it will b something else. This is my school but I am so disappointed. First, Dixie, then Col Reb!!! Whats next?
Anonymous
October 28, 2015 at 12:49 pm
Keeping a flag or taking it down changes nothing. This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen in a while. If my son weren’t a senior, he would be going elsewhere. They just had someone’s child nearly killed by four frat boys and all we can talk about is taking down a flag? How about closing the frat? Of course not. This entire controversy had come about to divert the attention from the Greek idiots who think it’s ok to almost best someone to death
Joseph Moffa
October 28, 2015 at 1:11 pm
When the north and Lincoln won the war they controlled the writing of history. All the school children have read this so-called history and believe the cause of the conflict was slavery. When you don’t know the truth you make judgements that are erroneous. Most people actually think Lincoln cared about the slaves. Lincoln was a white supremist. Read history and the truth will set you free.
Cedric
October 28, 2015 at 1:19 pm
Good job representing the state of Mississippi by taking it down. This hate filled symbol must be removed in order for this State to move forward. Every state across the nation looks at Mississippians dummies and compared to them it’s true. Open you eyes a NEW MISSISSIPPI IS COMING!!
Diane
October 28, 2015 at 1:31 pm
I am an Ole Miss fan but I don’t think it was right! That is a State flag and they are a State funded school. What gave them the right? Really! They need to leave the State of Mississippi and go to school elsewhere!
Joe Fisher
October 28, 2015 at 1:34 pm
The Mississippi State flag represents the majority vote of its citizens. If you are so hate filled, get real, or get out. The majority rules. Mississippi need not fear the falsity of the claims of those who say the flag drives away business and jobs. Drive I 55 north to Canton and back! Thousands of people are swarming in to the State, AND GETTING JOBS, OPENING BUSINESSES! If you want a sorry crowd, perhaps Detroit, Chicago, or other “dam Dixie values” elitest cities would fill your needs!
ej
October 28, 2015 at 1:39 pm
Cedric, while you may see the flag as a “hate filled symbol”, a lot of people don’t Agee. In fact, based on a state vote, a huge majority. Your opinion is not more valuable than those. If you want to work toward changing the flag, I encourage you to do so. Until then the state flag should be displayed at state facilities. Hopefully, the legislature will establish law requiring that, at the risk of losing state funding.
Jason
October 28, 2015 at 2:37 pm
Cedric . Why is the flag a symbol of racism ? You know absolutely nothing about history . The Mississippi state flag wasn’t even made until 1894. Almost 30 full years after the civil war . So I am assuming you didn’t know that? Now if you read this you will stuttering saying ” yea yea you know what ? I don’t care it’s racist and I’m glad it’s gone.” Of course that’s your only conclusion. Because you can’t think for yourself. I hope you enjoy your life of jumping to conclusions and blaming white people for your troubles. That’s how you become rich and famous.. Said no one ever.
Anonymous
October 28, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Well take my money… Take my flag that represents me… What else yall want… All yall smart kids need to read y’all’s books a little more.. Or better yet find yall a new state and leave mine alone..
Reb L Graves
October 28, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Past time for Mississippi to call out the Governor
ej
October 28, 2015 at 3:09 pm
There is an upcoming election. Perhaps miss will call out the governor. Of course there is a chance monkeys will fly out of ..
Grendel
October 28, 2015 at 3:23 pm
It seems Ole Miss is in the National news every night, 5 students arrested, students thumb nose at State and refuse to fly the State flag. What is going on in Oxford these days? Have the Adults lost control?
Signed, Unhappy Alumni.
Oliver
October 28, 2015 at 3:27 pm
As a student at Ole Miss I tried to inform my senate representative of my disappointment of their decision to remove the flag. I feel that our university is funded by the state and the flagship of the state and carries the name and therefor should fly the state flag. I’m not a “white supremacist” but looking at the logic. What kind of “unity” and “inclusion” do we show by removing the state flag? In my opinion, we show more division and strife in our community and state.
Norma Jenkuns
October 28, 2015 at 4:41 pm
I’m sure The most of those students who voted & the Staff members who voted R Not even from Mississippi!!
49% of students R from “Out Of Stare now!!! Probably the same number of all the Liberal Staff!!
I am Offended By All This Political Correctness so let’s just Do Away With It!!!
Lisa
October 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm
Get rid of Morris Stocks!!! He is the problem!!!
Ray
October 28, 2015 at 6:36 pm
Agreed! Pull there funding Gov. We have your back!!
While your at it, make em pull there pants up too!!!!
gene spence
October 28, 2015 at 6:52 pm
The STATE LAW is SPECIFIC ! The State Flag SHALL (not MAY) BE FLOWN at all STATE FUNDED Institutions !
“A Nation Divided Cannot Stand “–Abraham Lincoln
Mjoned
October 28, 2015 at 7:29 pm
You guys need to come out of the 19 30s. The University of Mississippi is a global university. It represents students across the state of Mississippi and the country. You should want your university that represents your state to be known for its greatness. That is educating the future leaders of tomorrow. Why do you want to stay in the shadow of something that is negative. It is a flag. It has no feelings or emotions. People have feelings and emotions. If you want to fly the flag of Mississippi, then buy one and put it in your yard. If other states can take down their flags… Then Mississippi can do it too. Try not to make this out of a racial thing. This is a sign of the times “thing”.
Betty Ann Rea
October 28, 2015 at 7:33 pm
What a contorted, manipulated headline. Governor Bryant politely stated facts – it is disrespectful to the state in which these kids go to school to pull the flag. Shame on you HottyToddy.com
jean
October 28, 2015 at 7:53 pm
The constitution of the state of Mississippi requires that any state funded entity fly the state alg
Anonymous
October 28, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Somebody at the college needs to grow some balls and stand up for our heritage, and if your not from Mississippi you really need to shut the F–ked up ,thank you and good night.
Anonymous
October 28, 2015 at 8:18 pm
I WILL SAY WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS SCARED TO! THE ONLY REASON THAT SELLOUT UNIVERSITY TOOK DOWN THE FLAG IS TO GET FOOTBALL RECRUITS! OLE MISS IS A DISGRACE TO THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI! AND ITS FOUNDING FATHERS! GO TO HELL OLE PISS!!!!!
John Stewart
October 28, 2015 at 9:59 pm
It’s been 14 years since there was a vote on keeping this flag.
A 21 year old would have been been 7 then. Bryant is afraid of taking another vote. If not…call for one now. And let’s settle it.
Bonnie
October 28, 2015 at 10:59 pm
Gov. Bryant , you are missing an opportunity to be a leader. Ion a slightly different note, I have noticed that many writing in support of the Confederate flag have considerable difficulty writing grammatical English. I think there is a connection.
Carl
October 28, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Bonnie, I almost wrote the exact same thing you did, but from an opposite point of view. Then I stopped because an educated person knows what you said carries no weight. The people responding a a tiny percentage of the people with opinions. I may misspelled words……..this is also tiny. Too tiny for me to read!
BornAndRaisedInMS
October 29, 2015 at 1:11 am
Next change the State flag please! Isn’t Mississippi tired of being at the bottom of anything good n the top of everything bad? It starts with your ideologies! Let this dang on mutiny I wanna keep my slaves so I can make money flag go! Newflash/This just in about 400 years ago: We have machines to pick crops now! Find an industry 2 make money that will uplift more in ur State that doesn’t include cruel n unusual misuse of humans or animals! Ughh Yes the North shut dwn ur cash cow institution of slavery. As a southerner i truly say Get over it. Move into the new century n find new healthier ways 2 make $.
Tony
October 29, 2015 at 3:30 am
I can not believe all of this HATE going around our whole country. This was not caused by a flag, this is caused by the people. Is the battle flag a symbol of hate? I think not. It was and is a symbol of one army of a divided country, the side that just happened to lose the war. All of you haters and supporters need to read your history, the civil war wasn’t just about slavery. It was about many things, one of those being slavery which is NEVER a good thing. But how about a group of people (states) that are tired of the way that they being treated by another group. The south revolted and there was a war. You want to take it down, ban it because it “represents” slavery and the cruel treatment of human beings. OK then lets apply that same belief to some other flags and symbols that do the same thing. Elimanate the ISIS flag, after all look what they do to fellow human beings including our fellow Americans. How about the German symbols from WWII, same thing. If you are going to get rid of one why discriminate, lets get rid of them all. I think that all of this has come about because of the race baiters and those who are afraid to stand up for their beliefs for fear of offending others and not being “politcaly correct” . I respect your right to your beliefs but not your right to force them on others by force. Thank you and have a nice day.
Tony
October 29, 2015 at 3:40 am
By the way BornAndRaisedInMS it seems to me that the ones who are living in the past are the very ones who are so focused on removing the flag. They are the ones who see the hatred in the flag, most of the people, and all of those live in the “South” view the battle flag as a symbol of our heritage, just as many black Americans call themselves African Americans because of their African heritage even though they were born, raised and live here in America with no connection to Africa other than that is their heritage. They want theirs, we want ours.
FacsRfriendly
October 29, 2015 at 5:44 am
Once again the squeaking wheel gets oiled. The vocal organized minority (not racial minorities) get their way by being organized and having their views amplified beyond all reason. I have no dog in this fight, but facts are facts. These groups are almost universally supported by an extremely socialist press that light the fires.
Sid Aust
October 29, 2015 at 6:14 am
Amen for this…
“There is a curious phenomenon in the South, today. It used to be that Yankees criticized everything we did, and we, with one voice, rose up in our own defense, but a while back, they slipped up on some of our slower folks and taught them to criticize themselves. Now the Yankess lie back and watch this new breed of loud Southerners do their braying for them. This new bunch has decided to call themselves the New South. They like that. It helps them feel that they have risen above the rest of us; that they have shaken off the vestiges of the Old South of their ancestors, which the Yankees have told us all along was bad, bad, bad.”-Michael Andrew Grissom,
Author of Southern by the Grace of God
Lisa
October 29, 2015 at 7:14 am
Bonnie, you need to practice what you preach in terms of linguistics. reread your post….you are the pot calling the kettle black. Perhaps spelling/grammar are not the only concerns. It’s easy to point 1 finger at others, but remember, there are 3 more pointing back at the self when you do. Which is the problem with this WHOLE thread. People are not focusing on real concerns here. It’s simple, OBEY the law, let the laws grow/change…..always OBEY the law. Disobeying the law IS breaking the law, at any level. I’m a graduate of Ole Miss and spent 8.5 years of my life living in the great state of Mississippi. One is not allowed to take matters into one’s own hands. That is why we have due process……If you don’t respect this you are no different than any other law breaker. Sad to see so many many people act as if they (and no others) have an entitlement to act outside of the law.
HG
October 29, 2015 at 8:49 am
Gov. Bryant is correct, the administration has broken the law, what kind of example is this behavior, if you don’t agree with the law just break the law. The administration has also been very disrepectful to the voters of the state who voted for the flag by 65%. Check the poll being done by the Daily Mississippian, the students disagree with taking down the flag by 85%. I knew the ASB only represents what the Administration wants. Then the Ole Miss Administrators, claim;”student led effort”, it is just not true.
J. Allen
October 29, 2015 at 11:06 am
Isn’t this the same school that changed its mascot from Colonel Rebel to a teddy bear? Pressure changes coal into a diamond; it also collapses caves. Ole Miss is far from being a diamond. JS
ej
October 29, 2015 at 1:43 pm
serious question please
Has MS State lowered the flag. I know they passed a resolution calling for a change, but has it been removed?
thanks
e
Justin Coln
October 29, 2015 at 2:50 pm
If you’re going to comment and argue, at least be intelligent about it. Please, use whole words so people will even think about listening to your opinion. Also, don’t call people out and tell them to “grow some balls or leave my state”, if you don’t even have the “balls” to not comment anonymously.
Mike Singleton
October 29, 2015 at 5:06 pm
As an Ole Miss man of near 40 years, after reading these comments, I have come to a conclusion: #1, This is not about the flag at all. That’s right, I am old enough to remember that the best Colonel Rebel the University ever had was Ben Williams. Yes, that Ben Williams, Pro Football player and ultimate professional, and for you young guys, Ben was Black. He was injured and asked for the honor of being Colonel Rebel, Good for the school and for Ben. #2, I feel this is more a political thing and should be left to the politicians, do not drag the University into it. #3, this is Mississippi, love it or leave it, it is what it is and hopefully will stay that way. #4, I know all comments are posted with passion despite how anyone feels and a good debate might open some eyes, just don’t sleep when someone else
is talking, you might miss a valid point! Hotty Toddy!
Grey Hall
October 30, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Ole Miss made the right decision.
Sand
October 30, 2015 at 6:10 pm
Mississippians like to use the bible so it says if thy right hand offend thee cut it off. So if the flag offends take it down
Bop
October 31, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Instead of removing the flag from our beloved university, how about let’s remove some of these hate filled niggers that are only driving the wedge further with their dumbass ways?