There's a new Confederate flag controversy in SC, and it involves ice cream
A big dispute is brewing over a tiny plot of land in Orangeburg, where a Confederate battle flag is flying near an ice cream parlor.
The land – just three-thousandths of an acre – and its flagpole belong to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a nonpolitical organization dedicated to honoring the memory of ancestors who served in the Civil War.
It’s what’s next door that’s causing the problem, however.
Their flag flies just feet away from a sign for the Edisto River Creamery, prompting motorists on the well-traveled John C. Calhoun Drive to assume new owner, Tommy Daras, is behind the flag, reports Fox News 8.
He’s not just losing business over it. He’s also facing threats from both sides of the debate, including an ongoing social media debate that has referred to him as a “coward” and “ignorant.”
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