Posted on 06/28/2015 12:33:47 AM PDT by bob_denard
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA Calling the Confederate flag an insensitive symbol he personally finds offensive, NASCAR chairman Brian France said the series will be aggressive in disassociating the symbol from its events.
We want to go as far as we can to eliminate the presence of that flag, France told AP on Saturday. I personally find it an offensive symbol, so there is no daylight how we feel about it, and our sensitivity to others who feel the same way.
Obviously, we have our roots in the South, there are events in the South, its part of our history like it is for the country. But it needs to be just that, part of our history. It isnt part of our future.
We want everybody in this country to be a NASCAR fan, and you cant do that by being insensitive in any one area.
The flag issue was heightened last week after nine black churchgoers were slain in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspect in the case, Dylann Roof, embraced Confederate symbols before the attack, posing with the rebel battle flag. That revelation prompted a reappraisal of the role such symbols play in the South.
France admitted the Charleston church shooting has pushed the series to find a way to take a tougher stance. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon, two of NASCARs biggest stars, on Friday supported NASCARs efforts.
This week, NASCAR said it backed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haleys call to remove the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds, and noted it bars the flag symbol in any official NASCAR capacity.
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Huxley had some insights into the need to tranquilize the masses, but he had, in general, a more benign view of our rulers than they deserved, then or now.
Maybe it was that Huxley didn't take into account people like us and no need for the iron fist. He saw people as loving their slavery, so obsessed with hedonism they willingly went into bondage. A population distracted and incapable of critical thought. And THAT is a huge chunk of the American people.
That!!!
I've been a NASCAR fan for decades and it has given me less and less as a fan, and more and more to folks who don't care about the traditions of the sport and now America. Being politically correct is wrong, stupid, and not for me. I've been watching it less and less as the France's latest generation gets more and more stupid. This is the latest insult and I ain't buying what NASCAR is selling.
ditto’s
I always strongly recommend Homage to Catalonia whenever Orwell comes up, because it really shows the background that led directly to 1984 and Animal Farm. If you haven’t read it, pick it up, it’s a short but illuminating read.
Never read it. I am headed to the bookstore one day this week, I will look for it or order it from Amazon. Thanks!
Amazon hates freedom.
“88” damn keyboard!
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