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Confederate Flag Controversy May Be Just the First Battle
New American ^ | June 26, 2015 | Steve Byas

Posted on 06/26/2015 4:16:13 PM PDT by robowombat

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To: headstamp 2

Born and raised in the south. Never owned anything related to “Dixie”. Just bought my first. My truck will now fly the Stars and Bars.


41 posted on 06/26/2015 5:01:21 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (I'll vote for a democrat before I'll vote for a rino.)
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To: robowombat

I just googled photos of the German-American Bund. Lots of Nazi flags, lots of American flags.

No matter how hard I looked I did not see a Confederate flag anywhere!


42 posted on 06/26/2015 5:03:14 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: tanknetter

They are even removing a window from the National Cathedral


43 posted on 06/26/2015 5:07:59 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: robowombat; All

A photograph of the Confederate Flag held by a insane person certainly requires political use of an opportuity for deflection and redirection from his so called manifesto as his misguided murderous excuse;

Citing the score of assults and murders of completely innocent whites,”hispanics”, and asians, committed by black youths and their reason given for doing so was; The miss-reporting by MSN of the “cold blood killing of Treyvon Martin” .

As the POTUS who knew the facts kept silent . Doesn’t it ?


44 posted on 06/26/2015 5:09:37 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: Paulie
Who would've thought everyone would simply fall into line?

It's mind-boggling. In three generations core beliefs seem to have disappeared.

45 posted on 06/26/2015 5:10:36 PM PDT by grania
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To: robowombat
Anyone notice the Confederate flags flying here? Look real close!

It is because THEIR ARE NONE!

46 posted on 06/26/2015 5:12:09 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Sasparilla

***Stone Mountain. That would require Taliban type removal.
I dont think even libs would have the stones to pull that one off.***

There have already been calls to dynamite it.


47 posted on 06/26/2015 5:14:42 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: robowombat

Think slavery was just a Southern issue?

THINK AGAIN!!!!

http://www.pbs.org/pov/tracesofthetrade/


48 posted on 06/26/2015 5:19:45 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: robowombat

Democrats are not going to stop persecuting anyone who doesn’t walk in lockstep with the leftist agenda until there is some serious push back.


49 posted on 06/26/2015 5:20:11 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: robowombat

Many founding fathers in the Revolution owned slaves. Will we ban that battle flag?


50 posted on 06/26/2015 5:32:10 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Barack Obama is not inarguably sane.)
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To: GeronL
They are even removing a window from the National Cathedral

Two windows, actually.

The proper response to which is to barrage National Cathedral with questions about whether they will dig up and remove Woodrow Wilson from his crypt there too. Given his overt racism that included segregating the Federal bureaucracy (it was integrated after the Civil War) and being a big enthusiastic and vocal fan of "Birth of a Nation".

Like Alinsky says: make the other side follow their own rules.
51 posted on 06/26/2015 5:49:22 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Bryanw92

They’ll probably propose a flag that swaps the stripes for a rainbow and a canton with field of orange filled with a bunch of “Co-exist” type symbols in black to replace the stars.


52 posted on 06/26/2015 6:07:27 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: GregoTX

Fight back?

Hell we got posters here that this is their wildest wet dream

They’re kinda hiding right now but anyone check my posting history

RINOs north or south won’t bust a grape

I’ve called all my reps etc and most polite but that’s it

This is all extremely personal down here

My wife is losing social media pals and yankee business stuff like her yoga clothing supplier

The one good thing is the forum aside from the usual seminar south bashers here is at least 98-99% sympathetic and realize this purge encompasses more than just my history

Rush described the Alinsky ops nature of it well early on

Between this and homomarriage

Dark days indeed

I hate to warn you but the Alamo is white privilege system too

And Bowie and Travis had slaves

Not to mention celebrates land stolen from brown people by whites and a few Browns as well

It won’t save yall

It’s madness but effective


53 posted on 06/26/2015 6:44:35 PM PDT by wardaddy (Its no accident the most conservative region of America is being destroyed now and aided by GOPe)
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GeronL, you wrote <> Aren't there grave desecration laws in any of these states? Who will shoulder the costs (rhetorical ?)? GregoTx This is my question. Although NathanBedford, writing in another thread has a point- that it might be better to let this burn itself out.
54 posted on 06/26/2015 7:01:08 PM PDT by KGeorge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground)
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To: robowombat

I’ve given this a lot of thought - and from a political point, I think it’s time to furl the Battle Flag and replace it with the Bonnie Blue - that flag stands for States Rights, and from a political point of view - that’s what this is all about. You then change the arguement but keep a vital symbol of what Southern Rights are all about. Heck, it even has its own song.


55 posted on 06/26/2015 7:05:00 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right)
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To: headstamp 2

Ban the Confederate flag and The Civil War never happened. If this is what the outcome will be then I guess they’ll drop the reparations issue, right?


56 posted on 06/26/2015 7:21:47 PM PDT by jmacusa
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To: wardaddy; KGeorge
When I was asking if anyone was going to "fight back", I was referring to the culture war that we seem to be loosing. I wasn't making a call to violence.

The libs that are making progress are doing so by applying public pressure, I advocate the same. I am wanting to make things better, not worse.

57 posted on 06/26/2015 7:37:07 PM PDT by GregoTX (Remember the Alamo)
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To: KGeorge

GeronL, you wrote <> Aren’t there grave desecration laws in any of these states? Who will shoulder the costs (rhetorical ?)?

I don’t remember writing that, lol. I have calmed down a bit since this morning.


58 posted on 06/26/2015 7:44:44 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GregoTX

I’m sorry I didnt mean to imply violence just guts

But I fear this will all lead to violence in the end


59 posted on 06/26/2015 8:12:22 PM PDT by wardaddy (Its no accident the most conservative region of America is being destroyed now and aided by GOPe)
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To: robowombat

Although I support everyone’s freedom of expression to fly whatever flag limited, I think it’s a smoke screen.

All the commotion about the battle flag has shouted down the courageous Christian witness of the bereaved families.

That’s a real loss to our society.


60 posted on 06/26/2015 8:52:33 PM PDT by Cloverfarm
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