jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jul 1, 2015 10:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Jul 1, 2015 10:55:51 GMT -5
RACISTS!!! </ sarc. >
I'm amazed that those thinking that we need to change our history haven't demanded that the carving in the side of Stone Mountain be blasted away. Give 'em time. They are still on changing the names of schools and parks and digging up and moving fallen Confederate heroes.
Grey Lives Matter
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Post by orrum on Jul 1, 2015 11:32:08 GMT -5
Yes haw!!!! That's a REBEL YELL!!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 1, 2015 14:31:25 GMT -5
Let's change the Stars and Stripes while we're at it, certainly travesties have occurred while it has flown. People create the travesties, not the flag.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 1, 2015 17:59:49 GMT -5
The Libs are all about changing our history, or omitting it from being taught in our schools, all in the name of political correctness. I say enough of all of their B.S. Lets omit those who would change our history. Let them go out & work for a living for a change, instead of wasting our tax dollars on things meant to fit their political agenda.
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Post by droseraguy on Jul 1, 2015 18:16:41 GMT -5
Being a northerner that happens to live in illinois below the I-80 (only hicks live below I-80 apparently) threshold I don't have a dog in the show BUT... If a flag is so offensive that it needs to be banned we have bigger issues. After the Confederate Flag goes my Gadsden Flag is not far behind. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If I'm offensive or ignorant don't hang around me or my family. That was how I was taught, my offensive is not yours and vise versa. My grammar is sometimes bad and it doesn't stop me from correcting the grandkids whose grammar is worse. Sometimes being the offended one builds character no correct that. Most times being offended builds character. This PC BS has become catering to the whims of every person. It's just a sign of the times I guess. The next generation will be that much worse or better depending on your perspective. I think we can put them off for a while but they own common core not common sense.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 1, 2015 22:05:09 GMT -5
As James has pointed out this whole flag controversy is very hypocritical. Sure the Confederate battle flag has been associated with oppression of African Americans in the past. However, the Stars and Stripes is an incredible symbol of oppression to all Native Americans and American Hispanics. The American battle flag was flown when the whole country was literally stolen from the Amerinds and later the whole southwest, taken from the Mexicans. So, if we are really going to be politically correct, which flags should be allowed to be flown? Virtually any time one country or group of folks takes land or lives from others, the enemy flag is a symbol of oppression. Folks just need to accept such flags as part of history and get the heck over it. And for online sellers to continue to sell the Nazi flag while banning the stars and bars, why heck that's friggin ridiculous...Mel
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Post by snowmom on Jul 2, 2015 5:12:35 GMT -5
this: first amendment.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 2, 2015 9:17:58 GMT -5
Stone Mountain Park has a substantial history. It was a major KKK meeting location. Yes, they are a discriminatory bunch. Yes, they were wrong. But it is the way things happened. And a valuable history of what not to do. And that is a learning experience for generations to come.
It is under a museum status by the feds I believe, or the state. Protecting the history of the Confederate Flag. Old original Confederate Flags preserved behind glass are on open display. Protected by laws relative to museums. The flag haters have hit a huge stumbling block trying to remove the flag from the popular park due to these laws.
To this day I get nasty looks tying building materials down at the parking lot of Home Depot. Yes, I am a sailor and ex-climber and rigger and good w/rope. No I did not ever throw a rope over a limb. Never tied anyone up unless a kinky woman asked me to:). But there is still resentment and fear floating around.
Add up the crimes in Atlanta and you will find out in a hurry which nationality is responsible fro hate crimes. This fact totally irks me. Justice is imbalanced. The law enforcement system has a big problem w/under and over discrimination/treatment. Balance has not been established in this arena.
Seems that the Confederate Flag would be a great memoir of our history. Both for the wrongs and the rights of humanity. But simply a representation of a past era.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 2, 2015 9:21:44 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_New_York""The British expanded the use of slavery, and in 1703, more than 42 percent of New York City households held slaves, often as domestic servants and laborers. This was the second-highest proportion of any city in the colonies after Charleston, South Carolina. The last slaves were freed in 1827.""
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Post by captbob on Jul 2, 2015 9:36:23 GMT -5
Ban New York! Funny thing... Confederate flag sales have been banned from many locations. Anyone with a clue can find places that still sell them. At those sites they are mostly sold out. By creating a stink over the flag, the libtards have made it more popular than it was before. Or, at the very least, brought it to the forefront. I have ordered Confederate flag window stickers, a front license plate for my truck and have a very nice, and expensive, embroidered Confederate flag that I will be buying as soon as it's back in stock. I will display all these items - which I wasn't doing last month - simply because someone says I shouldn't. DON'T tell me what I can and can't do simply because it upsets someone. I'll do it in spades. Take the back window of my truck. While each item there is there because I believe it what it represents or says; EACH item is also there specifically because I'm counting on it p*$$ing someone off. Have A Nice Day!
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 2, 2015 9:37:32 GMT -5
Ok,as of yesterday-NBC and other networks are removing the reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard"-Why,because of the Confederate flag on their car!!! How stupid does our government have to get before the whole world laughs their asses off,about the United States!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 2, 2015 10:22:18 GMT -5
Hell Mike, the whole world is already laughing at us.
I've never owned a confederate flag, but with all the B.S. going on I think I'll buy one, just to piss off the liberals.
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 2, 2015 10:26:20 GMT -5
Though I am descended from Yankees who fought for the Union, (my great grand-pappy took a gunshot to the thigh and had his eardrums blown out at Antietam) I stand with the south on this matter. The vast majority of those who fought for the Confederacy had nothing to do with slavery.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 2, 2015 14:10:17 GMT -5
Ok,as of yesterday-NBC and other networks are removing the reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard"-Why,because of the Confederate flag on their car!!! How stupid does our government have to get before the whole world laughs their asses off,about the United States!!! That is absolutely ludicrous!!! When did people start getting so freaking nit-picky and whiney??? Everybody has to be so damn PC these days, don't offend the sensitive minorities. Sorry, get over it! Cancel "Duke's of Hazzard" reruns?? Absurd.
The Confederate flag is history, flying it is not going to change the past. Tell you what pisses me off, is flags from OTHER countries being flown here. Down in SoCal, lots of Mexican flags flying here. I was always of the belief they could fly them here, but only if they have a US flag above it on the staff. Only a Mexican flag? Now that should be illegal. Shows you the disdain they hold our/MY country in.
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Post by bushmanbilly on Jul 2, 2015 14:43:36 GMT -5
Ok,as of yesterday-NBC and other networks are removing the reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard"-Why,because of the Confederate flag on their car!!! How stupid does our government have to get before the whole world laughs their asses off,about the United States!!! Your to late the world has bee laughing at the libtards in the US since 2008. Yes even Canada(home of lots of libtards) is shaking their heads and saying wtf is happening down there? So much for the libtard flag burning in NY. Good on the Vets and bikers. Nice to see the libtards run!!!!!!!! We’re here to f*** up tiny liberal punks,” a biker who refused to identify himself told TheBlaze. US Activists Planned to Burn U.S. Flag in NYC Park — When They Showed Up, These Guys Were Waitingwww.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/01/activists-planned-to-burn-u-s-flag-in-nyc-park-when-they-showed-up-these-guys-were-waiting/?23
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Post by bushmanbilly on Jul 2, 2015 14:47:01 GMT -5
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Post by bushmanbilly on Jul 2, 2015 14:49:12 GMT -5
Ok,as of yesterday-NBC and other networks are removing the reruns of "The Dukes of Hazzard"-Why,because of the Confederate flag on their car!!! How stupid does our government have to get before the whole world laughs their asses off,about the United States!!! Your to late the world has bee laughing at the libtards in the US since 2008. Yes even Canada(home of lots of libtards) is shaking their heads and saying wtf is happening down there? So much for the libtard flag burning in NY. Good on the Vets and bikers. Nice to see the libtards run!!!!!!!! We’re here to f*** up tiny liberal punks,” a biker who refused to identify himself told TheBlaze. US Activists Planned to Burn U.S. Flag in NYC Park — When They Showed Up, These Guys Were Waitingwww.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/01/activists-planned-to-burn-u-s-flag-in-nyc-park-when-they-showed-up-these-guys-were-waiting/?23
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Post by bushmanbilly on Jul 2, 2015 14:54:58 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jul 2, 2015 16:34:55 GMT -5
Nominate Billy the Bushman for president. Got my vote William.
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