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Mt. Olive Pickle Co. exits Great American State Fair over Confederate flag
KRQE News ^ | July 1, 2026 | Pel Law, Addy Bink

Posted on 07/03/2026 6:54:02 AM PDT by The Unknown Republican

PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) – The Mt. Olive Pickle Company says it decided to withdraw from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., after a Confederate flag was included in an exhibit.

The company told Nexstar’s WNCT that they were invited to participate in the North Carolina exhibit.

“We are proud of our North Carolina roots, and we agreed to be a part of an exhibit, as presented to us, that would represent the best of our great state,” the company, based in Mount Olive, North Carolina, said in a statement...

The Confederate flag appeared in a video that played at the North Carolina exhibit.

Mt. Olive Pickle Company said they were unaware of that image was being used, and have since pulled out of the display.

“Our company stands on values of human dignity, opportunity, and freedom,” the company added in its statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at krqe.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: confederateflag; proslavery
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To: The Unknown Republican

Mt. Olive pickles are some of the worst commercial pickles out there. You could probably do better at Dollar General.


21 posted on 07/03/2026 7:24:09 AM PDT by Woodman
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To: Celtic Conservative
I switched to medium pepperoncini with my sandwiches. Very tasty.

I used to eat pickled pepperoncini (from the jar) all the time - until I discovered roasted pepperoncini. You should try'em!

Regards,

22 posted on 07/03/2026 7:28:27 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: The Unknown Republican
The Confederate flag appeared in a video that played at the North Carolina exhibit.

Oh, My - where are my pearls and fainting couch? What an absolute, life-altering outrage!'

They should have known to display either an Isis or LGBTQ flag and their sales would have surged...right?

I'll stick to my homemade relishes and pickles from my own garden.

23 posted on 07/03/2026 7:29:24 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: The Unknown Republican

Sounds like a spoiled brat who wants to take their ball and go home...buh-buh-bye!


24 posted on 07/03/2026 7:33:37 AM PDT by econjack
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To: The Unknown Republican

Their pickles are terrible!..............


25 posted on 07/03/2026 7:33:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her)
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To: bray

You actually like their pickles? I think their pickles are horrible!................


26 posted on 07/03/2026 7:33:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her)
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To: Bon of Babble

The decline of Noosecar began with the edict that banned fans from displaying the flag of the Confederacy.

Mt. Olive Pickles, RIP.


27 posted on 07/03/2026 7:34:24 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: BrexitBen

I would say when they also fully embraced DEI.

“NASCAR has actively embraced Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies since 2020, implementing systemic changes to broaden its audience and workforce.”


28 posted on 07/03/2026 7:37:15 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: boycott

What does Islamic or Palestinian crap have to do with the Pickle company stupidly pulling out of the 250 state fair?


29 posted on 07/03/2026 7:39:58 AM PDT by dforest
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To: The Unknown Republican

I thought NC wasn’t participating in the fair? Shoot, I wrote a letter to the governor and everything about not being there.


30 posted on 07/03/2026 7:42:22 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: kiryandil

Like the grifter saint fentanyl Floyd is.


31 posted on 07/03/2026 7:46:08 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: The Unknown Republican

I don’t particularly care about the Confederate flag. I do care about weak people bowing to wokism (marxism) and virtue signaling it. So, screw you Mt. olive Pickle company. You are dead to me.


32 posted on 07/03/2026 7:49:52 AM PDT by JimSp
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To: dforest

I was wondering if they were equally offended by other flags such as islamic flags, antifa flags, etc. Are they a woke company?

Some are offended by statues. Are they offended by them too?


33 posted on 07/03/2026 7:51:59 AM PDT by boycott
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To: The Unknown Republican

So no real, actual CSA flag was at the exhibit but the pickle people get their feathers in a bunch over a picture of a CSA flag in a video? What complete a$$wholes ...


34 posted on 07/03/2026 7:57:55 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Election 2020 was stolen by mail-in voting. Mail-in voting and RCV counting should be abolished.)
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To: The Unknown Republican

I just dumped (into the garbage disposal) two brand-new jars on the pantry shelf...


35 posted on 07/03/2026 8:00:32 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: The Unknown Republican

yep. their pickles suck


36 posted on 07/03/2026 8:30:04 AM PDT by wafflehouse ("there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon" -Alice's Restaurant Massacree)
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To: SuperLuminal

You should have sent them back, ATTN: Customer Service.
Along with a polite but strongly worded letter of your disappointment.


37 posted on 07/03/2026 8:35:08 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: The Unknown Republican

i can’t stand Mt. Olive pickles ... the only dill pickles i buy from a big manufacturer are Vlasic ...


38 posted on 07/03/2026 8:40:18 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Woodman

“Mt. Olive pickles are some of the worst commercial pickles out there.”

absolutely ... i can’t stand them ... their “dill” pickles are a joke: zero dill flavor ... the only commercial dill pickles i’ll buy are Vlasic ...


39 posted on 07/03/2026 8:43:34 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Red Badger

“Their pickles are terrible!”

absolutely ... i can’t stand them ... their “dill” pickles are a joke: zero dill flavor ... the only commercial dill pickles i’ll buy are Vlasic ...


40 posted on 07/03/2026 8:44:53 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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