Conservative Protesters at WH Display Their Party's True Colors

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tweeted by, Brandon Friedman ‏@BFriedmanDC 14m
Conservatives tell @robertcostaNRO this protest is a "game changer." Yes, the protest w/Confederate flags outside WH: pic.twitter.com/zmVqhAFylD



Mason Becker ‏@Mason3K 4m
@BFriedmanDC @robertcostaNRO "Messaging". Re: Confederate flags outside White House.

sfpelosi ‏@sfpelosi 6m
Surely there are Republicans who oppose brandishing confederate flags at @BarackObama - some sanity must exist. @amsmadwoman @GOP

David Pleasant ‏@dpleasant 7m
@JapaneseBistro I'm from the South and I know exactly what it stands for: a treasonous, racist Confederacy that lost. @joanwalsh

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. How nice...

[TwilightGardener]

2. The South shall rise again. Yeah, this pretty much confirms everyone's suspicions.

[arcane1]

3. Useful idiots on parade, protesting against the wrong branch of government.

So easily manipulated.

[Boomerproud]

4. Useful idiots indeed.

Led around by the nose by Faux, Palin, Cruz and all the other racists.

[Hoyt]

5. Typical haters and losers. Hopefully they left their guns at home with their white robes.

[BayouBengal07]

6. I saw the same thing.

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7. nice pics, BB

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023841631

[BayouBengal07]

13. Thanks.

[NYC_SKP]

8. GAMECHANGER!!!11!1

[Cha]

23. ..

Roflmao!

[spanone]

9. ah, the call to return to the days of slavery....ain't that america

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17. If only the Civil War had been won by a dysfunctional breakaway republic united by white supremacy

Mother Jones ‏@MotherJones 4h
If only the Civil War had been won by a dysfunctional breakaway republic united by white supremacy. If only! http://mojo.ly/17kzp1G

South Carolina Tea Party Republican Laments Confederate Loss at Gettysburg

[Humanist_Activist]

10. They really don't get it, do they, they are nationalists who fly the colors of traitors...

traitors who fought against the United States in the most deadly war in its history. Cognitive dissonance has no limits.

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11. traitors and racists

Jeffrey Goldberg ‏@JeffreyGoldberg 13m

In many parts of America, waving a Confederate flag outside the home of a black family would be considered a very hostile act.

[warrior1]

12. hey losers you lost the election

go home

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14. gop says the protest is a 'game changer'

tweeted by, Robert Costa ‏@robertcostaNRO 1h

This is a big story; House conservatives tell me it's a "game-changer," gives Right new momentum ahead of this week http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-reopen-world-war-ii-memorial-on-national-mall-thats-closed-for-govt-shutdown/2013/10/13/0d781264-341d-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html …

[DustyJoe]

15. BullPucky

Did we call hispanic marchers out when the majority carried American flags and a small minority displayed Mexican or Che flags. Or OWS marchers where a very few carried the old hammer and sickle ?

A very few malcontents buried in a sea of American flags does not define the majority there. They are Veterans, we paint them in this thread as conservatives, racists, KKK etc. because of a very few out of tens of thousands.

I am a Veteran as there are many here on DU. Am not conservative, KKK or a racist. DU'ers as a whole have always kept from lumping an entire group based on the actions of a few in the group.

I did see tens of thousands of American Veterans spanning half a dozen wars.

[arcane1]

16. Three points:

Where is this sea of American flags? These tens of thousands?

What evidence is there that the individuals in the OP are veterans?

If these individuals are veterans, does that make them immune from criticism?

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18. ha! fuck that.

This is particular form of racism is endemic to the U.S. and not a tangential part of our history; not unrelated to the occupants of the WH.

But, hey, let's brush past all of that to give legitimacy to this winger rally.

BullPucky, indeed.


Josh Marshall ‏@joshtpm 10m
Good summary of teaparty/GOP complaints abt how unfair it is that folks w confed flags keep showin up at their events http://www.theonion.com/articles/why-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock,11150/ …

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19. kick

[mmonk]

20. I posted that picture on Facebook with the caption:

You may have traded your confederate flags in for yellow ones but we still see you. Some of you didn't get the memo.

[texanwitch]

21. Nothing but a KKK gathering.

Who do they think they are fooling.

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22. right

good one, mmonk