Well, yeah, people did peep up. Georgia's flag had the Confederate battle flag on it from 1956–2001. We can presume that people gave a shit enough to change it.
Furthermore the Confederate flag used to fly over the State House (I believe, or Capitol Building, can't recall exactly). Moving it next to the Civil War monument was a compromise.
>Not one person in government trying to get it removed or one article online (before this incident) wanting it removed.
This is beyond silly.
"North Carolina taking down confederate flag from old capitol buliding[sic]" March 29, 2013 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-carolina-taking-down-confe... " A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns."
"SC marchers demand removal of Confederate battle flag" January 20, 2014 http://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article1383... "Mary Ann Williams has been bringing her church youth group to the King Day at the Dome rally for 10 years, and, every year, they always sit in the same spot: by the statue of Benjamin Tillman."
"Most South Carolina Governor Candidates Stand Firm On Flying Confederate Flag" 05/31/2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/31/confederate-flag-so... "Still, it raises ire. There's an ongoing boycott of the state by the NAACP because of the flag and the NCAA refuses to bring tournaments here because of it. Football coach Steve Spurrier has said he doesn't understand why it flies where it is."
"Va. city bans public Confederate flag displays" September 2, 2011 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/va-city-bans-public-confederate-... "But many speakers complained that the flag was an offensive, divisive symbol of the South's history of slavery and shouldn't be endorsed by the city of 7,000 people."