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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNASCAR just banned the confederate flag
i think wer'e at a tipping point with the flag of traitors will be sent to the dustbin of history
Jacoby365
(451 posts)sheshe2
(83,770 posts)Call it Bonfire of His Vanities.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)StocktonNative
(120 posts)Grandma refused to make some fresh banana puddin' for the youngings.
No more NASCAR, fixin' to eat that day ol' banana pudding with the skin on top instead!
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)... the US in the first place.
My viewing of events have been sheltered
To some people this is news but to me its disgusting that it was allowed, can anyone imagine a big ol confederate flag flying during the super bowl !?
WTF?
It's a start
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)all over the country. Of course.
That just wouldn't be acceptable to most people, including in the south, and not to the Nascar family itself, who have always branded their races as family entertainment. Also of course, most conservatives have always tended to make a really big deal (sometimes graven-image level) about respecting the American flag.
It's a minority of attendees who'd bring flags of varying sizes to fly on their vehicles out in the parking lots and carry small ones to wave in the stands -- not big ones, though.
A whole lot of groups of families and friends park or camp together, but together or alone, they're liable to choose to park away from the confederate flag sorts because avoiding those who display what most people read as aggressive hate symbols is just sensible.
brewens
(13,586 posts)will be!
whopis01
(3,514 posts)lame54
(35,290 posts)Many fights at the entrance or a bunch of fat shirtless guys in the crowd
whopis01
(3,514 posts)lame54
(35,290 posts)Is the limited to racing teams and advertisers or are they going to deny entrance to flags on clothing hats lighters etc.
whopis01
(3,514 posts)about there probably already being a bunch of fights at the gates and shirtless fat guys at the races.
I may be incorrect, but it is my understanding that the flag is banned altogether - not just for the teams.
How well that is enforced is another issue, of course.
Different Drummer
(7,615 posts)DD
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I remember looking at an old picture of a football crowd at an Ole Miss football game. There was nothing but a sea of confederate flags. There is little chance that you see one of those flags at a football game in the South now. Yeah, a knucklehead or two will wear shirts or patches with the confederate flag, but they stand out like a sore thumb.