There were no Confederate flags at the Atlanta race.
Maybe because there were no fans in the infield.
Posted on 06/09/2020 7:22:30 AM PDT by John W
Bubba Wallace wore a shirt that read "I Can't Breathe Black Lives Matter" before Sunday's NASCAR race in Atlanta, and now the circuit's only full-time black driver is pushing for change at the track.
"My next step would be to get rid of all Confederate flags," Wallace told CNN on Monday. "No one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a NASCAR race. So it starts with Confederate flags. Get them out of here. They have no place for them."
Wallace, who drives the No. 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports, recognizes his position will not sit well with some people.
"There's going to be a lot of angry people that carry those flags proudly, but it's time for change," he said. "We have to change that, and I encourage NASCAR -- we will have those conversations to remove those flags."
Wallace, a 26-year-old native of Alabama, said he wasn't always bothered by seeing Confederate flags.
"What I'm chasing is checkered flags, and that was kind of my narrative," Wallace said, "but diving more into it and educating myself, people feel uncomfortable with that, people talk about that -- that's the first thing they bring up."
When asked whether he thought his opinion on the Confederate flag was unpopular, Wallace said he sees it as something the sport must take a strong stance on.
"We should not be able to have an argument over that," he said. "It is a thick line we cannot cross anymore."
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Enemy of America seeking to tear it apart to get your bigoted views enforced.
“. . . was flown to promote and defend racism.”
The same has been said of the American flag. How do you respond when those accusations are made against the stars and stripes?
I don’t know if you know this, but the Confederate States of American was defeated, some say, by the most powerful slave nation on earth.
There were no Confederate flags at the Atlanta race.
Maybe because there were no fans in the infield.
“so-called Southern Pride”
They choose to celebrate Southern Pride by flying a flag that represents a four year period when the South was fighting against the United States of America. Has the South got nothing else to be proud of?
That’s the way they have taken over all American institutions. The good guys are too lazy to fight and just surrender.
Episcopel Church, Audabon Society, Sierra club, and on and on.
“...[the Confederate flag] has the same odor as the Nazi flag and no one has any business flying it. Put it away.”
The American military, known widely as racist free for decades, has had battleship, at least one, with the Confederate flag as its flag.
Dukes of Hazards displayed it prominently on the General Lee. Nothing was thought of it.
The “odor” was artificially applied to it by American hating Leftists, and accepted completely by snowflakes like you.
By the way, I spent some time in Illinois, and the Confederate flag was on display as much as in the South.
Go to hell.
Shut up and drive, Bubba.
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I’ve been a NASCAR fan for over fifty years and have been gradually losing interest. I think this has does it.
When we get social justice warriors in the sport instead of race car drivers I’m OUT!
they WANT to and we give up instead of fighting them.
Their bottom line goal is they don’t want us getting together to talk.
How much longer will NASCAR fans take being pissed on, shit on, and insulted as they continue to grovel and lay their hard earned money at NASCAR’S feet?
Wallace is a no-talent, loudmouth whiner who has a ride in NASCAR simply because of his skin color.
You think they just care about the Confederate Flag? That was just the camel’s nose in the tent!
You’re already hearing rumblings that we need to change the US Flag, to more accurately reflect modern society.
Wallace is starting to sound like a fascist.
True personalities are really starting to come out in people everywhere.
These people really think their feelings trump freedom of expression.
But folks who hate on the rainbow flag must shut up right?
Heck, I remember living in New York, and 18-wheelers would routinely drive the highways and major streets, adorned with huge Confederate flags on the truck grill. Not one soul shuddered, went to the floor in convulsions, panicked, cried, got angry, or whatever the claim is today, when the flag was shown.
It is just recently that race-hustlers brought up the flag stuff. If the Confederate flag was so bad, why was it prominently displayed in TV shows such as the "Dukes of Hazzard", all without any complaints from anyone?
Well in a bit he's gonna hanging out with Larson.
Bubba Wallace loses sponsorship after rage-quitting during NASCAR iRacing event
And he doesn’t have a contract for driving next year, yet!
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