Rebel flag shakes up assembly

showmenews.com ^ | Published Friday, February 3, 2006 | ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff

[buccaneer81]

I don't think there are too many people moving in anymore either, at least not to central and Western PA.

I'll second that.

[sangrila]

""If I came to school in a ‘I hate crackers’ T-shirt, I’d be sent home," said Xavier Bagby, 16, who is black."


He could just were a Malcom X shirt which would imply the same thing. I feel that is more comparable to the flag than a shirt that says "I hate crackers."

[sangrila]

It is south of the Mason Dixon Line.

[hookman]

I hate crackers when there's nothing to drink!

[atomicpossum]

Interesting. Always thought that Columbia is a liberal college town.

Only in a relative sense. It certainly ain't no Berkley.

[hookman]

[Shooter 2.5]

That's probably the flag they displayed. It's the one that's been used by every racist group since the Civil War. If they had displayed the flag of the Confederate States instead of the battle flag, I'll guess no one would have said a thing.

[swmobuffalo]

"I don't think that we here in Missouri consider ourselves southern."

We don't? Perhaps a short course in MO history?

[hookman]

Keep your confederate money, even if it's made of tin... raise up them stars and bars, the south shall rise again!

[hookman]

I'm sure the liberal school system wouldn't care if it was a NBF or even the Mississippi state flag, they're just quick to punish and set an example. The NBF flag was in response to the yellow rose of Texas. It seems like it would have been more appropriate with the twelve stars seeing as how Texas is actually a whole nuther country!

[muawiyah]

Yup, my Smallwood ancestors used to own the whole place and everybody in it.

Anybody there today who thinks they're Souvr'n is a newcomer.

[dakine]

ok...

[muawiyah]

It's not like I don't know about Southern Maryland.

This area is called the "Mid Atlantic", and you don't find Souvr'n culture until you get Souf' of George Washington's Boyhood home (Fredericksburg, VA).

[dakine]

OK...

[stainlessbanner]

Dixie Ping

[stainlessbanner]

Remember Lincoln's heavy handed assault through Maryland. He literally provoked the people of MD into a skirmish by sending troups right through the state.

Missouri is absolutely Southern. Quantrill and his boys were fending off the redlegs and jayhawkers. I consider both MD and MO southern states.

On another note, maybe more students will research their heritage and American history as a result of the boys sharing their flag. The more they keep trying to ban it, the more people will fly the flag and learn about the past.

[stainlessbanner]

"If I came to school in a ‘I hate crackers’ T-shirt, I’d be sent home," said Xavier Bagby, 16

Crackers are known for their great Southern sense of humor - however they have little use for ignorance, Bagby.

[stainlessbanner]

>I>"You don’t have the right to run into a movie theater and yell, ‘Fire,’ and you don’t have the right to do something disruptive in school."

A shirt with CBF or a CBF flag does not put anyone's life in danger. Nice try though.

[groanup]

I don't think that we here in Missouri consider ourselves southern.

Oh, yeah! Well, do you say Missour-ah or Missour-ee?

Show me. :^)=

[groanup]

Is that the Connecticut version of a real warrior's flag? Don't hurt me I'm from Connecticut?