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Confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.
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Posted on 06/10/2020 2:08:04 PM PDT by janetjanet998

NASCAR announced in a statement that "the display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.


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To: Red6
The folks running NASCAR should grow a pair and not try to pander.

The "folks" running NASCAR should just go bankrupt.. and maybe go choke while they're going bankrupt.

41 posted on 06/10/2020 2:24:07 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: janetjanet998

Ban the Confederate Flag?

Really, let’s see how that works out for you...


42 posted on 06/10/2020 2:24:14 PM PDT by Professional
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To: janetjanet998

No Stars and Bars - NO NASCAR at my House.


43 posted on 06/10/2020 2:24:40 PM PDT by TNoldman (AN AMERICAN FOR A MUSLIM/BHO FREE AMERICA. (Owner of Stars and Bars Flags))
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To: Red6
"The folks running NASCAR should grow a pair and not try to pander."

Oh I agree, but when the corporations who sponsor and broadcast your activity threaten to cut cash flow, it does get your attention.

44 posted on 06/10/2020 2:25:06 PM PDT by buckalfa (Remember what the dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head.)
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To: JBW1949

“The only flag they really approve of flying is the white flag”

That would be appropriate to represent the las days of the Confederacy.


45 posted on 06/10/2020 2:25:27 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Dacula

Who ever runs that organization doesn’t realize how much money that sport generates and the ripple effect it has.

The sponsors do.


46 posted on 06/10/2020 2:25:47 PM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: buckalfa

Yep, sports is all about Corporations now. And what Corporations Want, Corporations Get.


47 posted on 06/10/2020 2:26:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: janetjanet998

And that’s the end of NASCAR.


48 posted on 06/10/2020 2:26:57 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Bogey78O

“How likely are folks who support the rebel flag likely to comply?”

People who would actually fly the flags will probably stay away. And some people who don’t fly the flag but don’t like being told they are racist will probably stay away.

We don’t actually know how many are in these categories.

But attendance at NASCAR events is down anyway, mostly (I think) due to generational changes.

The real question is how many young people want to watch evil gasoline-guzzling cars go round and round and round.

Bill France Senior, who was George Wallace’s Florida campaign manager in 1972, must be spinning round and round himself.


49 posted on 06/10/2020 2:27:08 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: janetjanet998

Well there goes NASCAR!!!


50 posted on 06/10/2020 2:27:14 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: janetjanet998

I would be tempted to say, “and so it begins” if I wasn’t pretty sure it is already over.


51 posted on 06/10/2020 2:28:04 PM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: janetjanet998

OK, I’m done.50+ years, but no more. And I’m not racist.


52 posted on 06/10/2020 2:29:57 PM PDT by umgud
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To: janetjanet998

NASCAR just called every proud southerner a racist.
This will make that Gillette screw-up look like positive marketing.
IMSA for the win baby !!!


53 posted on 06/10/2020 2:31:16 PM PDT by glasseye ("A policeman's job is only easy in a police state." Orson Welles)
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To: Dacula

I myself have never been interested in NASCAR, but my understanding of their history makes me think they are absolutely nuts for trying to pull a “woke” stunt like this. So far as I know, their only fan base is predominantly Southern men.


54 posted on 06/10/2020 2:31:51 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: janetjanet998

Daisy Duke will be sorely distressed


55 posted on 06/10/2020 2:32:21 PM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center”)
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To: janetjanet998

Pissants

If NASCAR drivers that disagrees with this petty edict should defy it , 100%


56 posted on 06/10/2020 2:32:36 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Secret Agent Man

Can’t blame this one on New York City or Los Angeles.

Wow


57 posted on 06/10/2020 2:34:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of tis she the onehe Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

“If NASCAR drivers that disagrees with this petty edict should defy it , 100%.”

This was not Richard Petty’s edict.


58 posted on 06/10/2020 2:34:45 PM PDT by Meatspace
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To: janetjanet998

They were probably afraid of racially based fights breaking out. Plenty of people drink too much and get rowdy at sporting events regardless.


59 posted on 06/10/2020 2:34:48 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

How about BMM. Bowel Movements Matter.


60 posted on 06/10/2020 2:35:21 PM PDT by dforest
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