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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 01:35 AM Aug 2015

Rebel flag easy to find among NASCAR fans (MI)

Jeff Seidel
Detroit Free Press
11:48 p.m. EDT August 15, 2015

NASCAR has tried to distance itself from Confederate flags ... But you can find the flags — a symbol of racism and hatred for so many — all over the place this weekend around Michigan International Speedway ... Across the road from the track, on private property, countless Confederate flags are for sale in a tent village ... They are being sold by independent vendors, who travel around the country, following the NASCAR circuit, selling official NASCAR merchandise mixed in with Confederate flags ... MIS track president Roger Curtis ... tried to put a spin on the issue, suggesting that nobody is buying the flags ... "I just bought it because they said I couldn't," said Carl Landenberger, 60, of Medina ...

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2015/08/15/confederate-flag-nascar-mis/31805273/

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Rebel flag easy to find among NASCAR fans (MI) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2015 OP
makes it easier to find the racist jerks I guess irisblue Aug 2015 #1
It's also easy to find Jamaal510 Aug 2015 #2
They can sell anything they want... world wide wally Aug 2015 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #4
In Wisconsin 12000 men died fighting the traitor flag..how many in Michigan dembotoz Aug 2015 #5

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
2. It's also easy to find
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 04:07 AM
Aug 2015

on FB, too. These people are sickos for wanting to cling this desperately to a rag--a rag that historically represents oppression. They know their ideals are gradually becoming more taboo, but are fighting tooth and nail like a cornered boxer.

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