Few will ever realize (because it's not in their agenda) what the civil war was about. NOT Slavery. Taxes!

Protesters in South Carolina have begun burning Confederate flags in response to the state's refusal to remove the flag from the capitol

In Charleston, a monument honoring Confederate soldiers who defended the city during the Civil War was vandalized

The vandal or vandals spray painted the base, writing 'Black Lives Matter' and 'This is the problem #racist'

Meanwhile, presidential hopefuls have been doing their best to not weigh in on the controversy in any definitive manner

Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee both said it should be a state choice, while Hillary Clinton has not commented at all

On Saturday, Mitt Romney wrote on social media that the flag should be taken down in the wake of Wednesday's racially

Protesters in South Carolina have begun burning Confederate flags and defacing monuments as the debate as to whether or not the flag should fly over the state's capital intensifies in the wake of Wednesday's brutal massacre that saw nine people murdered because they were black.

Dylann Roof has been charged with nine counts of murder after attending a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and then opening fire on those in attendance.

It has been reported that when asked to stop during the brutal killings, Roof said; 'No, you've raped our women, and you are taking over the country ... I have to do what I have to do.'

Now, many in the state and around the country are outraged that despite Roof's admitted racial motivation the flag has not been taken down.