Long may she wave.
Posted on 03/23/2015 6:22:27 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
exas commemorates the Confederacy in many ways, from an annual celebration of Confederate Heroes Day each January to monuments on the grounds of the state Capitol in Austin. Among the memorials is one that has stood for more than a century, bearing an image of the Confederate battle flag etched in marble.
But you're out of luck if you want to put that flag on your license plate. Texas says that would be offensive.
Now the Supreme Court will decide whether the state can refuse to issue a license plate featuring the battle flag without violating the free-speech rights of Texans who want one. The justices hear arguments Monday in a challenge brought by the Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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Fly the Bonnie Blue instead.
Your correct. For every issue, there is someone pro/con.
I am a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans. Two GG Grandfathers fought for the South and I happen to be pretty proud of my Southern heritage.
Liberals have guilted mamby pamby white guys into being ashamed of their heritage. We see liberal attempts to re-write history, dumb down the importance of the constitution and so on.
The myth that that battle flag represents hate/slavery is just shear poppycock. That flag stands for states rights, for Southern independence from an overbearing federal behemoth.
I can hear it now, “Senator Cruz, where do you fall on the issue of banning the Confederate vanity plates?”
The perfect racial gotcha question.
The license plate of a vehicle should be that, showing that the vehicle is duly registered in the state. To have team names, flowers, birds etc. or political slogans on same is opening a Pandora’s box, to anything and everything.
That's the right answer.
/johnny
I agree, and have no problem with any state banning political messages from license plates, or vanity plates altogether. As I said, the state (or federal) government doesn't have to subsidize your free speech, it just can't interfere with it.
However, when the state says that certain political messages on plates are OK and others are not, this is effectively a subsidy of one group's freedom of expression over another's. So the state should either allow the Confederate plates if it's in the business of supporting other people's political slogans, or be consistent and stop the use of plates for political or personal reasons period. Instead, as politicians usually do, they want to have it both ways and side with political correctness.
“...next question.” Exactly right.
Maybe we could just pretend that the Confederate States of America never existed, that the War Between the States never occurred and that the Confederate Flag never flew. Or maybe we could just quit pretending that symbols really offend anyone. We could just as easily act like black robes are offensive. Nine “justices” in black robes have, in fact, done lots of offensive things.
Texas has over 400 specialty plates. Since they're granting them to everything under the sun then they should hold the SCV to no higher and no lower standard on approving their plates too.
Curious, what is your stand on “Disabled Vet” license plates, or license plates that have combat medals noted on the plates? (Speaking as a guy in Texas, we have those)
I imagine, come to think of it, there are many Rats out there that find any reference to the military to be offensive, doubly so if the license indicates combat, therefore killing all those poor peaceful muslimes. . .
He would fall on the side of free speech. I don’t like what’cha say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
The federals have sanctioned a modern day slavery in our modern time, first by enslaving men to the handout. Secondly, turning a blind eye to illegal immigration where men come to America and work for sub-standard wages that fall well below the federal poverty standard.
Some things....really do not change.
my grandfather was a confederate soldier,i am a lifetime member o the scv.i have the flag on my nc plate.by the way i knew him,not somebody i read about in a book.
I contacted Haywood co. camp and they had all of my GG Grandfathers enlistment records. Pretty cool.
I am a member of Grimes County Greys out of Grimes Co. Texas.
We also had in our family on both sides, two plantations...one in La. and the other in Elora Tenn.. There were never stories of cruelty. In fact, after emancipation, the blacks in large part wanted to stay on the farms. It was were their children were raised, were they had their homes, schools and livelihoods.
So many folks want to paint Southerners as mean evil slave owners when in fact it was not this way at all. Many did see the negro as lesser in society, but there were many who also had them as parts of their families.
Yep! And the victors re-write history.
Cannot deny, the majority of Yankees are liberal mamby pamby greenie weenie progressives that want to lord over everyone else.
Red state/blue state thang...ya know.
Long may she wave.
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