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Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag?
AL.com ^ | 9/29/2015 | John Hammontree

Posted on 10/06/2015 11:36:47 AM PDT by LonePalm

Southern pride.

In the heated debate surrounding the Confederate Flag, the defense offered by many has been that the symbol isn't representative of a culture built on slavery and racism but is, instead, a banner representing that Southerners are simply proud of their home, their people and their culture.

"What other symbol immediately lets the world know you are from the South?" they argue.

To tackle the problem, Studio 360, a national public radio program, commissioned a Texas-based design firm to design a new flag to represent the modern South. With a diverse team of designers with ties to both sides of the Mason-Dixon line, 70kft embraced the challenge with an understanding of the importance of their task.

"The South is unique as a region in that it already has an informal definition," Gus Granger, founding principal of 70kft and a lead creative on the redesign project, said in a conversation with AL.com. The problem is that, obviously, this community that people feel so passionate about "has out of date visual assets to help define its identity."

He's right. The South is the only part of the country that seems dead set on having its own particular brand ethos – you don't see the West or New England rallying around a regional flag. And if we are going to define ourselves as a region, maybe it is time for an update. After all, for 150 years, we've essentially maintained the same branding even though our product has changed.

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Could a new design offer Southerners the chance to embrace Southern pride, without embracing a symbol that hurts so many of our friends and neighbors? That sounds the toughest uphill battle since Pickett's Charge.

Granger said their goal was to "bring a modern visual language into the space for people that want to celebrate their legacy as Southerners," not by eliminating or ignoring cultural differences but by respecting them.

In an online presentation, 70kft suggests: "the Confederate battle flag is a divisive symbol. Some see family and honor. Some see bigotry and hatred. If we can't agree on the meaning, we can never be unified by it."

Their new flag is representative of "the diverse array of backgrounds, opinions, values and perspectives now found throughout the region create the very fabric of the modern South."


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KEYWORDS: cluelesslibs; gayflag; npr
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Not a chance of being accepted. It's Fugly.

Where is there anything in the design that is emblematic of the South?

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

1 posted on 10/06/2015 11:36:47 AM PDT by LonePalm
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That’s got to be one of the ugliest flags I’ve ever seen. Even uglier than Libya’s flag.


2 posted on 10/06/2015 11:39:28 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Rick Chollett for President!)
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To: LonePalm

What the flying f*** is that s***!?


3 posted on 10/06/2015 11:40:55 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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Looks like those cylindrical shaped barber shop signs that I still see.


4 posted on 10/06/2015 11:41:27 AM PDT by odawg
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To: LonePalm

Definitively a girley flag.


5 posted on 10/06/2015 11:41:27 AM PDT by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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6 posted on 10/06/2015 11:41:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: LonePalm

What’s being proposed to replace the menorah?


7 posted on 10/06/2015 11:41:34 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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8 posted on 10/06/2015 11:42:44 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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First of all, it has red white and blue in it. It’s as racist as the other flag.

Yeah, that’s right, take your pick.


9 posted on 10/06/2015 11:42:50 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: LonePalm; vette6387; mazda77; freekitty; ZULU; IrishMike; overbore; unkus; Nachum; ...

Will they be redesigning the Cross and Star of David next?


10 posted on 10/06/2015 11:42:56 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: LonePalm; vette6387; mazda77; freekitty; ZULU; IrishMike; overbore; unkus; Nachum; ...

Will they be redesigning the Cross and Star of David next?


11 posted on 10/06/2015 11:43:01 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: LonePalm

No, to any change.


12 posted on 10/06/2015 11:43:24 AM PDT by kalee
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To: chris37

Something only a neoyankee would love.


13 posted on 10/06/2015 11:43:32 AM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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14 posted on 10/06/2015 11:44:17 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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And certain NASCAR Fans....................

15 posted on 10/06/2015 11:44:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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16 posted on 10/06/2015 11:44:23 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Heh...great minds think alike!


17 posted on 10/06/2015 11:44:41 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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What is it that the South is proud of that the liberals don't consider racist, sexist, and homophobic?

The liberals excoriated a country singer for showing antebellum dresses on the internet.

Of course we "know" that all good music was developed only by Black people and stolen by whites so jazz, the blues, etc. belongs to Black people and not the South, at least according to liberals.

So what's left: Mint Juleps?

18 posted on 10/06/2015 11:44:50 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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We need to create a flag for NPR.

Some possible items on it: aborted babies, little Mexican flags, a rainbow, a fish on a bicycle, a sickle & hammer...


19 posted on 10/06/2015 11:45:02 AM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough)
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To: Arm_Bears

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=crescent+of+islam&id=A3AF917C2A6F053D7FEF0F179E4CBDA4A9E3D183&FORM=IQFRBA


20 posted on 10/06/2015 11:45:04 AM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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