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One (License) Plate too Many--No cause for this rebel flag
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | 2 March 2008 | Editorial Board

Posted on 02/29/2008 12:58:25 PM PST by Rebeleye

(Representative) Brown says it would give motorists a way to show pride in their heritage, but that flag represents a heritage of treason, bigotry, hostility, division and an overall ugly time in American history. No way should his plate proposal become No. 110.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: confederacy; confederate; dixie; florida; licenseplate; scv
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Let's give Rep. Donald Brown, R-DeFuniak Springs, the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he thought Florida didn't have enough specialty license plates.

So, with only 109 different plates for Floridians to choose from — including Save the Manatee, Support Soccer and one with John Lennon's glasses — Brown has filed a bill proposing a "Confederate Heritage" plate. It would feature the famed rebel battle flag symbol, which is very big among Civil War buffs and NASCAR fans.

Brown says it would give motorists a way to show pride in their heritage, but that flag represents a heritage of treason, bigotry, hostility, division and an overall ugly time in American history. No way should his plate proposal become No. 110.

Confederate plates and flags are available in many stores, and that's a free speech right. But such a symbol doesn't belong on a state-sponsored tag. If you are proud to be a Floridian, there are enough other plates available to show it.

1 posted on 02/29/2008 12:58:25 PM PST by Rebeleye
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To: Rebeleye

how many times ya gona post the same story


2 posted on 02/29/2008 1:03:28 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Rebeleye
Slap it on a pickup and people will think "racist redneck", but slap it on a '69 Charger painted orange and they will smile and nod.
3 posted on 02/29/2008 1:03:57 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Rebeleye

I heard about a gay pride license plate in one state, if the government can put out a plate about sexual deviance, I think the rebel flag should not be any problem at all.


4 posted on 02/29/2008 1:05:28 PM PST by Billg64
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To: Rebeleye

5 posted on 02/29/2008 1:06:08 PM PST by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
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To: Rebeleye

http://www.platedepot.com/website/il-malcolm.JPG

Yeah that keep the hate alive stuff is awful.....:o)


6 posted on 02/29/2008 1:06:16 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Rebeleye

John Lennon lived in Floriduh? Who knew?


7 posted on 02/29/2008 1:08:24 PM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: Rebeleye

Mississippi has this Battle Flag incorporated into our State Flag... It does not represent what this post says that it does! I find this statement racist and bigoted... This Flag stands for nothing that this post states that it does. It represents all of the Confederate soldiers that fought and died in the war. It represents the suffering and atrocities committed upon our people and lands. The South lost, became loyal American Federalists and now represents the last bastion of Conservative America... We have earned the RIGHT of honoring our past and heritage. America has honored every fallen enemy that we have ever fought... but we cannot honor fellow Americans that fought for something that they believed in? Racist and bigoted is all there is to it.

LLS


8 posted on 02/29/2008 1:08:40 PM PST by LibLieSlayer ("There is no conservative alternative in the race. It's just that simple." Rush Limbaugh)
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Will there be a matching Union Heritage flag available in the 33, 34 and 35 star designs (depending on what year's version you want)? Great for the snowbirds who are from the north.
9 posted on 02/29/2008 1:09:46 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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To: Rebeleye
That flag represents a heritage of treason, bigotry, hostility, division and an overall ugly time in American history.

One could say the same thing about the American flag...

10 posted on 02/29/2008 1:09:59 PM PST by Hoffer Rand
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To: KarlInOhio

Or a license plate for Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War?


11 posted on 02/29/2008 1:10:51 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: weegee

“John Lennon lived in Floriduh? Who knew”?

...no. Apparantly he bought a pair of glasses there.


12 posted on 02/29/2008 1:11:14 PM PST by albie
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To: t1b8zs

Much better tag for Fla that those stupid “Save the fat fish” tags


13 posted on 02/29/2008 1:13:51 PM PST by We Dare Defend Our Rights
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To: t1b8zs

As long as these historically ignorant and anti-Southern bigots keep writing this crap.


14 posted on 02/29/2008 1:14:57 PM PST by Rebeleye
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To: We Dare Defend Our Rights

Why are they trying to save Rosie?


15 posted on 02/29/2008 1:16:39 PM PST by mkjessup (Famous 'Rat Initials: FDR, HST, JFK, LBJ .... to be followed by *B.O.* ?!? - I don't think so!! LOL)
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To: Rebeleye

I would suggest a tag that says . . .

FloriDUH


16 posted on 02/29/2008 1:17:50 PM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Rebeleye

I worked in S Fla for 35 years...It was an extension of New York


17 posted on 02/29/2008 1:18:37 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: t1b8zs

sorry,forgot my 6 in the CG..42


18 posted on 02/29/2008 1:20:30 PM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Rebeleye

As I have said before, if you have a plate like this expect a “slave heritage” plate next for people who are descendants of slaves. The same arguments for creating it apply in both cases.

Personally I don’t think the government should be issuing any of these kinds of plates, whether or not I am in agreement with the sentiment of said plates. If someone wants to send the message on the plate they can buy a bumper sticker.


19 posted on 02/29/2008 1:26:44 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: KarlInOhio
"Will there be a matching Union Heritage flag available..."

I frequently get the hairy eyeball cruising around southern Louisiana with my, "Gettysburg College Alumni" decal....

20 posted on 02/29/2008 1:27:31 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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