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Former NAACP president vocally defends Confederate flag
WYFF ^ | 6-25-15 | Staff

Posted on 06/26/2015 1:38:09 PM PDT by tschatski

Hours after "Black Lives Matter" was spray-painted on a Confederate monument in Asheville, North Carolina, H.K. Edgerton stood with a Confederate flag, telling those passing by why he wanted it to continue to fly.

Edgerton, a former president of the North Carolina NAACP and one of few African-American members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, was outside the monument waving the Confederate flag soon after the graffiti was removed.

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1 posted on 06/26/2015 1:38:09 PM PDT by tschatski
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To: tschatski

Too late. Hysteria has already taken over.


2 posted on 06/26/2015 1:41:42 PM PDT by uptowngirl
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To: uptowngirl

Yeah, tyrants are unleashed.


3 posted on 06/26/2015 1:42:18 PM PDT by taterjay
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To: tschatski

Might as well fart into a hurricane, I’m afraid.


4 posted on 06/26/2015 1:43:00 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: uptowngirl

His web site

http://southernheritage411.com/index.shtml


5 posted on 06/26/2015 1:45:20 PM PDT by tschatski
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Well his race card will be invalidated. Does he “self identify” as a rebel soldier?


6 posted on 06/26/2015 1:45:38 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Yep He’s a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans.


7 posted on 06/26/2015 1:51:07 PM PDT by tschatski
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To: tschatski

Bump
To Read Later


8 posted on 06/26/2015 1:53:25 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: tschatski

So, is Six Flags now going to known as Five Flags?


9 posted on 06/26/2015 2:24:47 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: tschatski

God Bless HK Edgerton!


10 posted on 06/26/2015 2:56:52 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: rktman

Your ghetto pass has been revoked! - Quannell X


11 posted on 06/26/2015 3:25:31 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'll vote for a democrat before I'll vote for a rino.)
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To: tschatski

12 posted on 06/26/2015 3:50:07 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Mr. Egerton is a very interesting gentleman.


13 posted on 06/27/2015 7:55:04 AM PDT by tschatski
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