Posted on 08/28/2025 7:50:44 AM PDT by V_TWIN
LEBANON, TN — Questions continue to swirl over whether perhaps Cracker Barrel went too far overcorrecting as it unveiled a logo featuring a Confederate flag and the new name "The South Will Rise Again".
While the public had roundly criticized the initial, modern logo update, many felt that displaying the battle flag of the Confederacy perhaps was a bit too much of a step backwards.
"We apologize for our overly hasty, modern remake and hope our new mascot, now named Robert E. Lee, will smooth things over," said the company in a statement. "We have listened to our customers and turned the clock back - way back, to the good ol' times of Dixie Land. Come on in and enjoy our all-new ‘Stonewall Jackson Platter' and ‘Confederate Combo'. You'll feel like you're right back on the plantation."
Customers have responded favorably to some new dishes like the "'Gettysburg Grits' but overall felt like the rebranding had gone overboard. "I'm just not sure about how they replaced all the decorations with statues of J.E.B. Stuart," said local man Roger Samuelson. "And employing actual slaves? I think they may have overdone it."
At publishing time, Cracker Barrel had reversed course again and changed their name to "Black Lives Matter Barrel".
Lol!
Puttin’ the “Cracker” in “Cracker Barrel”
Didn’t see that one coming, LOL!!!
I’d eat there.
All that’s missing is a rifle leaned up again the barrel.
Me 2
Maybe they could really over-correct and change the name to “RIFLE BARREL”.
I wish ...
I’d settle for it back on the roof of the General Lee the Duke boys drove around. A lot of the ones out there now you see don’t have it. That movie in 2005 removed it.
America used to be fun. In Texas there was the Confederate Air Force. And at Six Flag when I was a kid, they had a land for all 6 flags over Texas. In Confederate Land, they would march out and have a firing squad for the Yankee spy.
Everyone wasn’t so serious. Then the Radfem women took over America.
All that is left is to use a Charlie Daniels song as the restaurant’s new theme song.
” Cracka’ “
John Anderson does a very poignant and prophetic song about the changing of things in the south.
https://youtu.be/KTAo6f5v0KU?feature=shared
If you want to really make the WOKE’s heads explode, they should play this Mill Brother’s tune.
Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Does the sun really shine all the time?
Do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody’s door?
Do folks keep eating possum
Till they can’t eat no more?
Is it true what they say about Swanee?
Is a dream by that stream so sublime?
Do they laugh, do they love, like they say in every song?
If it’s true, that’s where I belong
Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Does the sun really shine all the time?
Do the sweet magnolias blossom at everybody’s door?
Do folks keep eating possum
Till they can’t eat no more?
Is it true what they say about Swanee?
Is a dream by that stream so sublime?
Do they laugh, do they love, like they say in every song?
If it’s true, that’s where I belong
“””””America used to be fun. In Texas there was the Confederate Air Force. And at Six Flag when I was a kid, they had a land for all 6 flags over Texas. In Confederate Land, they would march out and have a firing squad for the Yankee spy.
Everyone wasn’t so serious. Then the Radfem women took over America.”””””
So true, the joy, laughter and fun are gone, and it wasn’t like the rare laugh we see today at a cynical joke, it was an atmosphere of general optimism and trust that kids and adults lived in where seeing the world through negative eyes was rare and was seen as a weakness, and abnormal, anti-social.
I would eat at that restraunt.
This works for me
Yep. Confederate Air Force is now Commemorative Air Force.
I still send them money occasionally, because their work is important. Can’t really fault them for caving on a name that was meant as a joke.
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