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Rand Paul: Confederate Flag “Inescapably A Symbol Of Human Bondage And Slavery”
Buzzfeed News ^ | June 23, 2015 | Andrew Kaczynski, news reporter

Posted on 06/23/2015 8:52:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: P-Marlowe

Yep, it would be hard to go.....but


41 posted on 06/23/2015 9:48:25 PM PDT by Carry me back (.)
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To: BillyBoy

Nah just mean it sucks that u have to vote for another Bush.


42 posted on 06/23/2015 9:52:47 PM PDT by Carry me back (.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rand Paul is a symbol for effeminate Liberaltarian politicians who are really stupid.


43 posted on 06/23/2015 9:53:42 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: GregoTX

Get Virginia next.


44 posted on 06/23/2015 9:54:58 PM PDT by Carry me back (.)
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To: wideawake

So one low-life sniveling worthless little psychopath and the senseless murders he committed has now utterly disappeared and mutated into a national liberal social justice hate-fest against America, her history, and any symbols or reminders of that history. Libs aren’t much different than the muzzies, the original religion of perpetual outrage. Stir ‘em up and they go absolutely batsh*t, unplug what’s left of their brains and join whatever mob is close by. This country seems to be pretty much doomed. Insanity has won the day.


45 posted on 06/23/2015 10:12:04 PM PDT by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are you sure the top right hand picture is Viet Nam?


46 posted on 06/23/2015 10:15:29 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: easternsky

That’s how it was labeled, but looking at it, those are desert camouflage BDUs.


47 posted on 06/23/2015 10:17:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep we never had anything that nice, not being critical, but it did jump out. lol


48 posted on 06/23/2015 10:21:15 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, Rand, you just did a 3 1/2 gainer over the shark, as far as I am concerned.

On Okinawa

49 posted on 06/23/2015 10:23:13 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: P-Marlowe
It’s time for the United States to kick all those racist Southern states out of the Union.

Puleeze, Br'er Fox, don' t'ro me into dat brier patch!

50 posted on 06/23/2015 10:25:29 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Viewing history through today’s paradigm of political correctness is to follow the Soviet model of propagandic mass brainwashing.

The media and pandering politicians should read up on how the combatants behaved toward each other after the fighting stopped.


51 posted on 06/23/2015 10:46:00 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Ted Cruz’s team stands by campaign aide who compared Confederate flag removal to a ‘Stalinist purge’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3303520/posts


52 posted on 06/23/2015 10:47:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

what flag was flown while the american Indians were systematically wiped out?

wouldn’t such a flag signify genocidal greed and ambition? shouldn’t we remove it and any institutions that supported it?


54 posted on 06/24/2015 1:17:33 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: P-Marlowe

please? let’s do that.


55 posted on 06/24/2015 1:22:10 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

As the government started sticking its nose into our tents and lives the use of the Confederate Battle Flag was simply used as a popularized emblem of defiance and protest. To many that display it that was never considered to be because one supported racism although some displaying it do. But those that do so also probably would deny supporting slavery of people of any form including people with black skin.

Use of it as a choice symbol of protest though, runs the risk of a viewer comming to that conclusion. But it should be pointed out that blacks also fought and died on the side of the Confederacy . In the view of the southerners while that greatest loss of life was a result of that conflict. It was not just about the abolition of slavery as it is currently being poltically correctly explained and used. And any move to ban its use should be considered a violation of the Constitutional free speech amendment.


56 posted on 06/24/2015 2:34:35 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“...he believes the Confederate battle flag is “inescapably a symbol of human bondage and slavery”

I think Rand Paul is off his “meds” because all free Americans know the AMERICAN FLAG is “inescapably a symbol of human political bondage and financial slavery by our out of control government in its drive to become a Socialist/Communist state.


57 posted on 06/24/2015 3:05:12 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What about what the flag represents to some white people? They are just as important as the blacks. My ancestors fought in the War Between the States. It means something to me.

As I understand it, SC law states where the flag flies. Follow the law! The people decide that, Rand.


58 posted on 06/24/2015 4:30:37 AM PDT by jch10 (America, destroyed from within.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rand Paul is a gutless coward. Just like the rest of the GOP.


59 posted on 06/24/2015 4:31:53 AM PDT by Godebert
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Checkmark beside his name erased.


60 posted on 06/24/2015 6:41:12 AM PDT by GingisK
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