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Campers forced to remove Confederate Flags at Indiana campground
Associated Press ^ | 25 May 2004

Posted on 05/26/2004 6:36:39 AM PDT by Rebeleye

MUNCIE, Ind. — Confederate battle flags have been banned from a city-run campground, prompting a fight between city officials and some campers.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: campers; camping; confederate; dixie; indiana; muncie
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To: Rebeleye
Freedom of (some) Speech
81 posted on 05/26/2004 2:27:33 PM PDT by TankerKC (R.I.P. Spc Trevor A. Win'E American Hero)
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To: AnalogReigns
Show me a pickup with a battle flag in the window, and I'll show you an ignorant long-haired reeking redneck. It's a free country, and you can fly what you want...but facts are facts.

Bravo Sierra. Many that fly the St. Andrews Cross are not long-haired nor ignorant. I know several that are officers or directors within a large company, several that have doctorates, members of Mensa, or the like.

82 posted on 05/26/2004 6:31:14 PM PDT by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Many that fly the St. Andrews Cross are not long-haired nor ignorant. I know several that are officers or directors within a large company, several that have doctorates, members of Mensa, or the like.

Thank you.

I have a short haircut (habit from being an Army officer for 10 years) am a Vice President at a bank, have an MBA, and generally will tend to take offense at being called an "ignorant long haired reeking redneck."

Yes, I have a couple of different Confederate flags on my pick-up truck along with my NRA Endowment Member sticker.

Deo Vindice!

83 posted on 05/26/2004 8:07:17 PM PDT by RebelBanker (Now I understand! "Allah" is Arabic for "Satan.")
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To: RebelBanker
i'm afraid i fit the description of "balding but SHORThaired, overeducated,disgusted redMAN" rather than redneck.

we "bl@nket@sses" are RED all over, not just between the head & shoulders.

free dixie NOW,sw

84 posted on 05/27/2004 7:29:36 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: stand watie

S. W.,

LOL!

The only time I could be accurately called "redneck" was when my reenactment unit switched from slouch hats to kepis and I forgot to put sunscreen on the back of my neck!

Deo Vindice!


85 posted on 05/27/2004 7:48:43 AM PDT by RebelBanker (Now I understand! "Allah" is Arabic for "Satan.")
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To: RebelBanker
PLEASE small-case my screen-name. it's an Indian thing.

can you say "havelock", children????

SURE YOU CAN!

free dixie,sw

86 posted on 05/27/2004 8:00:30 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: stand watie
sw,

Very sorry about the capitalization. No offense intended!

I can certainly say "havelock" but my unit did not have them during the WBTS, so they would not be correct for us. Good idea though.

Deo Vindice!
87 posted on 05/27/2004 8:25:17 AM PDT by RebelBanker (Now I understand! "Allah" is Arabic for "Satan.")
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To: RebelBanker
understood.

if not a havelock, then a "rag tucked in the back of one's cap" would seem to have been OK, rather than a PAINFUL sunburn.

CSA troops were NOT known for their uniformity in dress anyway. they were too busy trying to win the war!

free dixie,sw

88 posted on 05/27/2004 8:55:43 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: RebelBanker
fyi, i'm just the GENERAL's MULE-holder. he was too poor (and ROTUND) to afford to buy or to sit comfortably on a horse!

"the boss", otoh, was a MILITARY GENIUS in guerrilla warfare, despite the fact that he had NO military training.

i HONOR his memory by the use of a diminutive of his WARNAME!

free dixie,sw

89 posted on 05/27/2004 9:08:54 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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To: Fintan
I got twenty bucks that says you wouldn't hear a peep if gay campers flew their cutesy-poo little rainbow flag.

You are right of course, (and they can outlaw cigars at your campsite too, if they want to. It is a city run park.)

In my travels, I look at people's flags and bumper stickers, etc. to see if I mught like talking to them. (I have a confederate flag and license my trailer in Alabama, but I was raised in California and only side politically with the "rebels".) I have met numerous friendly conservatives who sported the "Bush Cheney" bunper sticker. I would say that soon this park will make republican bumper stickers illegal too. Thus proving that this city park is in favor of succession from the Republic.

90 posted on 05/27/2004 9:12:54 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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To: Fintan
I got twenty bucks that says you wouldn't hear a peep if gay campers flew their cutesy-poo little rainbow flag.

You'll get no takers here on that bet.

91 posted on 05/27/2004 9:17:15 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: RebelBanker
I have a short haircut (habit from being an Army officer for 10 years) am a Vice President at a bank, have an MBA, and generally will tend to take offense at being called an "ignorant long haired reeking redneck."

Yep, the "long-haired" gets me too ;o) I don't mind red-neck, even though I wear suits/ties. I take that as a compliment.

92 posted on 05/27/2004 11:54:34 AM PDT by 4CJ (||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
as a REDMAN, i don't mind either, BUT we've evidently gotten ourselves another scalawag on the net to replace the banned walt.

free dixie,sw

93 posted on 05/27/2004 2:13:06 PM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -T. Jefferson)
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