Major League Soccer club bans ‘controversial’ Betsy Ross flag at games
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Thursday, September 5, 2019
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/5/real-salt-lake-soccer-club-bans-controversial-bets/
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Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake has banned people from waving the Betsy Ross flag at games, claiming that the Colonial-era flag design has been “adopted as a symbol for hate groups” and doesn’t fit with the team’s mission of inclusiveness.
Andy Carroll, Real Salt Lake’s chief business officer, explained in a statement that the flag, including any banners or signs with “symbols of hatred,” would not be permitted at the stadium.
“At Real Salt Lake it is our mission to unify our community through soccer and we promote inclusion, diversity and acceptance,” Mr. Carroll said. “Recently, and very controversially as well as surprising to us, the Colonial flag has been adopted as a symbol for hate groups.
By buying into this notion that the Betsy Ross flag is hate speech, this Major League Soccer club furthers the hate.
But that’s just me and how I look at it.
All parents should go out and buy and fly the flag at the next game!
This is the next flag I will be flying.
Are Mexican flags allowed? Plus, it’s NOT the BETSY ROSS flag. It’s the flag of a newly formed country, The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. She was a seamstress, not a country or even a founder. Our media is so dishonest.