PERSON: Pat Hines
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South Carolina League of the South
Position
State Chairman
Biography
A retired military nurse and resident of Tigerville, South Carolina, Pat Hines appears to have stepped into the role of SC LOS chairman after Michael Cushman abandoned the role in 2015 over fears that the League was becoming too radical in its defense of the Confederate Battle flag (CBF) in the wake of Dylann Roof’s massacre in Charleston.
Hines, on the other hand, was more than willing to defend the CBF, going so far as stating during an interview on CNN that, “without slavery, all the black people in the United States wouldn’t be here,” and referring to the removal of Confederate monuments as “cultural genocide on the Southern people.”
The South Carolina League has been notably inactive under Hines’ leadership. In spite of the recent furor in the state over then-Governor Nikki Haley’s decision to remove the CBF from the Capitol grounds, Hines seems to have had very little interest in rallying to save the banner beyond his televised appearances.
Hines was not present with other LOS members at Richard Spencer’s speech in Auburn, Alabama, or in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the “Battle of New Orleans.” Whether he will be present at the Charlottesville rally remains to be seen. Whether or not he is attending, Hines has posted prolifically on League forums and Brad Griffin’s Occidental Dissent in the run-up to the event.
>> The Southern Poverty Law Center
Hines, on the other hand, was more than willing to defend the CBF, going so far as stating during an interview on CNN that, “without slavery, all the black people in the United States wouldn’t be here,” and referring to the removal of Confederate monuments as “cultural genocide on the Southern people.”
The South Carolina League has been notably inactive under Hines’ leadership. In spite of the recent furor in the state over then-Governor Nikki Haley’s decision to remove the CBF from the Capitol grounds, Hines seems to have had very little interest in rallying to save the banner beyond his televised appearances.
Hines was not present with other LOS members at Richard Spencer’s speech in Auburn, Alabama, or in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the “Battle of New Orleans.” Whether he will be present at the Charlottesville rally remains to be seen. Whether or not he is attending, Hines has posted prolifically on League forums and Brad Griffin’s Occidental Dissent in the run-up to the event.
>> The Southern Poverty Law Center
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