Confederate flag draws protests from Allouez, WIS residents

Duluth Superior ^ | Feb. 27, 2005 | APWire

[stand watie]

NOPE. or the 3rd NATIONAL either.

i fly the 3rd NATIONAL 24/365 under lights at both home & worksite.

free dixie,sw

[mac_truck]

Didn't you write a book about this sort of thing Rusty?

[TexConfederate1861]

I'm shocked and offended....you forgot ME! :)

[nyg4168]

Vanquished? Yes. Enemy? Well that depends on which side of the Mason-Dixon you're standing on.

The offended folks in Wisconsin are well north of that line.

[TexConfederate1861]

Seems to me you learned NOTHING about Stonewall Jackson, if you feel that way.

[x]

Flying, say, Bismarck's flag, the Rising Sun battle flag, or Saddam's Iraqi standard would be just as offensive, and, I would guess, not readily defended by many who defend flying the Confederate flag.

Thanks for putting things into perspective. Unfortunately, there's a whole industry that specializes in justifying what would otherwise be the bizarre personal whim of an eccentric.

It's also laughable how people who want others to see this particular cause in the most positive light are so quick to pile on and attack the entire state of Wisconsin because someone there complained about this flag. That's not likely to win many converts in the Badger State or to impress the uncommitted with the capacity of some people in the pro-flag camp for drawing the kind of complicated moral distinctions that they want others to make.

[Lion in Winter]

I am offended that YOU want to deny the man in Wisconsin his freedom of speech and his property rights.... those freedoms that so many of us have served in the US Military to protect over the past 200 plus years!!

[TexConfederate1861]

Your ignorance simply knows no limit. How in the hell did you EVER manage to land a job as a tourguide in General Jackson's home with such a narrow-minded view? To compare the flag of MY ancestors to Nazi, or Iraqi, etc. flag is just ridiculous. They need to sanatize the whole house....


UNBELIEVABLE!

[Lion in Winter]

"This statement isn't true and you know it. Nobody in America would give a rat's axx if someone flew the flag of the Franco-German War of 1870-71. Nobody even got offended when you misspelled Bismarck, Otto von."

LOL!!

[Lion in Winter]

BTTT!!!!!!

[nyg4168]

I am offended that YOU want to deny the man in Wisconsin his freedom of speech and his property rights.... those freedoms that so many of us have served in the US Military to protect over the past 200 plus years!!

Saying that I sympathize with people who are offended by this man's actions is a far cry from advocating government prohibition of this man's ability to fly his flag. Please keep your words out of my mouth.

[stainlessbanner]

Sorry bout that - it's all better now

[Modernman]

What kind of jackass flies a Confederate flag in one of the most Pro-Union Civil Wat States?

I guess no Southerners are upset by the statue of Lincoln in Richmond, either.

[stainlessbanner]

I try not to feed the trolls.

[TexasCowboy]

If people want to gripe about flags, let them gripe about the fact that there are as many Mexico flags flying in South Texas as there are American flags.

[libertyman]

I've wondered about that, too. I've seen a few TV commercials that had the General Lee, & it's always been placed on top of a car hauler so the Stars & Bars can't be seen....will they eventually paint it over???

[TexConfederate1861]

We are not talking about a statue. The guy is flying a flag in a strictly historical context on PRIVATE property. That abomination in Richmond is on PUBLIC PROPERTY.

[Skylos]

ROFL

[TexConfederate1861]

Amen to that brother....I get even. I fly the ALAMO flag during March, and Cinco de Mayo :)

[Lion in Winter]

You are offended by a man's exercise of HIS RIGHTS!! You support those who would bring ANY liberal-force they could muster to trample on his rights!!

You are such a LIBERAL SYMPATHY WUSS, that I am amazed you have the nerve to post on a CONSERVATIVE SITE.