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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Slams Confederate Flag: ‘Offensive To An Entire Race’
Inquisitr ^ | 6/27/15

Posted on 06/27/2015 6:58:28 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt, Jr. opened up in a recent interview, discussing his strong opinions about the Confederate flag.

When topic was raised by reporters at the Sonoma Raceway on Friday, the 40-year-old stock car driver did not bite his tongue when supporting the need to remove it.

“I think it’s offensive to an entire race. It does nothing for anybody to be there flying, so I don’t see any reason.”

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. further identified the one place where he feels the Confederate flag belongs and should remain.

“It belongs in the history books and that’s about it.”

USA Today reports that Dale Earnhardt, Jr. agreed with NASCAR in regards to removing the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol of South Carolina.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 88; confederate; confederateflg; dale; daleearnhardtjr; ernhardt; flag; jr; nascar; race
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To: Impala64ssa

Follow the money.


121 posted on 06/27/2015 9:41:04 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Impala64ssa

This jackass is not a true southerner or else he would know that there still remain, family memories of lost estates, and young men who never returned from that rotten war. His father is turning over in his grave.


122 posted on 06/27/2015 9:42:07 PM PDT by Banjoguy (Start boycotting the airline industry..NOW! Drive everywhere you can.)
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To: Banjoguy

His father shared his view of the Confederate flag.


123 posted on 06/27/2015 9:44:04 PM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Last time I checked the Constitution did not contain a right to not be offended.”

Some people pencil it in their copies.


124 posted on 06/27/2015 9:48:05 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: TADSLOS

Thanks TADSLOS.


125 posted on 06/27/2015 9:48:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: a fool in paradise

I thought the real General Lee’s doors were welded shut? Poseurs! :)


126 posted on 06/27/2015 9:49:12 PM PDT by Horkster ("Money will buy most anything in this country - even a Muslim Communist Presidency." - RoadTest)
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To: Impala64ssa

Damn Junior. You just jumped your Daddy’s Shark.

You can’t drive anyway. 10 to 1 a girl beats you tomorrow.


127 posted on 06/27/2015 9:51:18 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Chode

” he’s in a no win Catch-22 “

You could have stopped at “no win” he’s not much of a driver


128 posted on 06/27/2015 10:09:10 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Impala64ssa

Not too smart Dale.


129 posted on 06/27/2015 10:10:58 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Impala64ssa

The scallywag will just collect his 30 pieces of silver from his masters.


130 posted on 06/27/2015 11:30:54 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: rikkir

I don’t really know, claims to be some Hollywood producer that is conservative, but comes across as someone with the mindset of King Kong, oh wait King Kong was more generous.


131 posted on 06/28/2015 2:20:09 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Pelham

How about someone go ask the black people at the AME church where the murder happened. “Is the flag anti-black.” Betcha most if not all would answer NO.


132 posted on 06/28/2015 2:23:40 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Pelham

And that’s really where the question needs to go. Let black people tell him personally whether the “flag is offensive to an entire race.” The more that say no, the more holes in his point of view.

The truth is that some take umbrage and others either do not care or have a positive sentiment about it.


133 posted on 06/28/2015 2:27:13 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Hey Jr.! Check This out.
134 posted on 06/28/2015 3:36:24 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Impala64ssa

The attack on the Confederate flag is an attack on the Southerners, most of whom are not even related to history’s slave owners.


135 posted on 06/28/2015 4:18:41 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Excellent point.

Obama has done everything in his power to divide the country and the only solution now is dissolution.

136 posted on 06/28/2015 4:20:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: libertarian27

88? You could get a job at CNN.


137 posted on 06/28/2015 4:52:57 AM PDT by McGruff (It's getting ugly around here.)
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To: McGruff

The media attacked the flag not the murderer.
They are only going after one thing, that flag.
His friends also said he listened to a lot of Opera.
Well, Opera could have been the catalyst, why not.
Hitler liked Opera, right.
Opera is played on NPR, a publicly funded entity.
Opera should be banned, taken off all NPR airwaves.
This makes as much sense.

This whole flag ‘outrage’ is Alinsky rule #12 & #6.
I say we apply Rule #5.
Common sense isn’t working anymore in this country.

‘88’ was talked about for barely a day and then dropped by the media. ‘88’ is supposedly some white supremacy number. I thought the media would go after Jr, make that team change their number, but they didn’t. They just picked that flag, froze it, personalized it, and polarized it.
An inanimate object is being identified as the murderer.


138 posted on 06/28/2015 5:24:55 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: Alberta's Child

I think people still like it, it’s just an effect of the Obama economy.


139 posted on 06/28/2015 5:46:27 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (NSA: The only government agency that really listens.)
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To: Impala64ssa
dale, you just lost a lot of FANS!


140 posted on 06/28/2015 5:57:29 AM PDT by GailA (If You don't keep your Promises to Our Troops, you won't keep them to anyone. Ret. SCPO's wife)
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