Confederate flag display upsets Mississippi blacks

Aberdeen News ^ | 12 July 2002 | MARGARET BAKER

[stainlessbanner]

More from Mississippi....

[Dawgsquat]

I can't wait until they try to remove all the Confederate monuments in every town in the State. Oughta be fun.

[Flyer]

"It represents oppression. It represents the Confederacy, which was an enemy of the United States. It represents nothing positive. What good has that flag ever contributed to society?

"Slavery represents oppression. It represents the Confederacy. It represents nothing positive. What good has slavery ever contributed to society? Seeing black people reminds me of slavery. They should all be removed so we are not constantly reminded of this terrible time in our history.

Goose, meet gander.

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[stand watie]

when the >1,000,000 black CSA desendents get the message that they've been LIED to for 140 years, WATCH OUT!

free dixie NOW,sw

[Cleburne]

The flag protest started when Alcorn State University Senior Jason Whitfield went to the beach on Wednesday and vowed to stay until the Rebel flag is removed

Now that is commiting a sacrifice for "the cause"! LOL

[rightofrush]

Would that make him a son-of-a-beach?

[vannrox]

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The Rebel Flag represents only one thing:

The TENTH Amendment.

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[jrushing]

I lived in Gulfport many years. This isn't even a Confederate display. It is a historical flag display that flies flags from each country that was once in control of the Gulf Coast. I think there are 8 flags including the USA, The Confederate battle flag, Spanish, French, & 4 others that I can't remember. They should shut up & read a history book.

[otterpond]

It represents the Confederacy, which was an enemy of the United States.

Backwards.

[Dawgsquat]

Are you aware that we just voted overwhelmingly to keep the Battle flag on our State flag?

[WKB]

I can't wait until they try to remove all the Confederate monuments in every town in the State. Oughta be fun.

Renaming the cities and streets sbould be fun to.

I guess we could go with MLK, MLK#1,MLK#2 MLK#3 and so on!
and throw in a few Evers and Kennedys for good measure

[stainlessbanner]

Ol Jeb quietly removed the historical flag display in Tallahassee, Florida. It had French, Spanish, Confederate, and American flags representing the countries that have ruled over Florida throughout history.

When Georgia and South Carolina were going thru the NAACP shakedowns on their flags, Jeb just removed the Florida display all together. Nary a word on it. Revisionist.

[Dawgsquat]

LOL!!!

[Dawgsquat]

You're too pessimistic for me. Save it for someone else.

[Twodees]

"The Rebel flag represents hatred," Whitfield said Friday.

Hey, Jason, Booo...Hoooo...Hoooo. Get a job, son. Sitting on the beach won't pull your sorry butt up out of slavery.

[stainlessbanner]

Get a job, son.

Twodees, that was my first thought: Get a Job! This guy is probably collecting unemployment while he protests and has a grant for school - paid for with taxpayer money.

Based on his comments, he hasn't learned anything in college.

[vetvetdoug]

Let it boil over. The Biloxi P.D. can make the Inglewood police look like angels. Biloxi and the Gulf Coast has had enough of the PC BS since the last debacle of Black College week on the coast.