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kpete

(72,897 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:47 PM Jul 2015

Wow - people waving confederate flags at Obama motorcade as they depart Nashville [View all]

https://twitter.com/ToluseO/status/616343590978105344/photo/1
http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/meet-confederate-flag-waving-obamacare-fan-waiting-photo-president

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Wow - people waving confederate flags at Obama motorcade as they depart Nashville [View all] kpete Jul 2015 OP

Fuck the piece of shit waving the traitor flag next to the USMC flag. NuclearDem Jul 2015 #1

+1 SunSeeker Jul 2015 #10

Nothing wrong with him that can't be fixed SwankyXomb Jul 2015 #19

... AngryAmish Jul 2015 #29

Particularly since the Marines and the POTUS have such an intimate relationship. MADem Jul 2015 #30

God,that's just pathetic. Puke. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #2

Trash waving trash. nt geek tragedy Jul 2015 #3

Yes shenmue Jul 2015 #18

LOL Skittles Jul 2015 #4

In some, the stupid runs deep. mmonk Jul 2015 #5

The Ugly Domestic Americans. PufPuf23 Jul 2015 #6

Losers on the way to the dustbin of history. nt pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #7

Doesn't surprise me. In Johnston County, NC, the KKK... WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #8

That's the battle flag of an enemy army...near the Commander in Chief. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2015 #9

What's truly amazing is that you might get juried and hidden for KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #57

Does anyone need an "Enigma Machine" to deduce the meaning behind this? bullwinkle428 Jul 2015 #11

Knuckle Draggers gotta drag... MrMickeysMom Jul 2015 #12

Speech is free, but it sure can also be fugly! WinkyDink Jul 2015 #13

This is not an expression of free speech RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #14

Please don't YOU forget this is the United States. "Hate speech" IS freedom of expression. YOU don't WinkyDink Jul 2015 #25

Right. RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #28

Well, you couldn't be more wrong. earthside Jul 2015 #33

Unless his speech advocates specific harm or directly leads to someone harming someone Calista241 Jul 2015 #34

So bigoted speech which advocates specific harm to a group of people RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #35

The flag, absent any other factors, does not advocate harm to anyone. It's a flag. Calista241 Jul 2015 #36

The REAL meaning of the Confederate Flag RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #40

Racism, for private citizens, is not illegal, much as we would like to make it so. Calista241 Jul 2015 #44

Funny, it works pretty well in other countries. RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #46

Lots of shit works in other countries. And Germany has an enormous Nazi problem. Calista241 Jul 2015 #49

what did that onethatcares Jul 2015 #50

The VAT taxes in Europe are also what we need in the US RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #53

Anything that can be done to one group can be done to another Ex Lurker Jul 2015 #59

Looks like a scene from Two Thousand Maniacs...Obama get out of town! Person 2713 Jul 2015 #15

lol Go Vols Jul 2015 #16

Wish I could upvote this. Fawke Em Jul 2015 #39

Oh I wish I was in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators . . . . hatrack Jul 2015 #17

LOL - Methinks some people have way too much time on their hands. But, then again, here I KingCharlemagne Jul 2015 #58

That's just so cute gratuitous Jul 2015 #20

Did Obama's ride have the TN confederate flag license plate on it? Also is that bad fashion sense Person 2713 Jul 2015 #21

He doesn't rent a car you know--his vehicles have DC plates. nt MADem Jul 2015 #27

Oh man, out of state plates in Tennessee? jberryhill Jul 2015 #32

Was that confederate flag wavin' for "heritage" or racist hate? Cha Jul 2015 #22

Saltine-Americans. Bless their hearts. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #23

Racist rednecks. How proud their parents must be to carry on the family tradition. B Calm Jul 2015 #24

Their family tree is a wreath Major Nikon Jul 2015 #54

Gee, they should sing this to the tune of "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK...." MADem Jul 2015 #26

I bet they had other motives Takket Jul 2015 #31

Haha, a little redneck stew is their primary agenda. If they also prayin4rain Jul 2015 #45

His interview at the NPR link was interesting Fla Dem Jul 2015 #37

You can find a handful of losers everywhere. Fawke Em Jul 2015 #38

They did for President Kennedy, too. Octafish Jul 2015 #41

But he wasn't black. KamaAina Jul 2015 #48

THE NAACP'S KENNEDY'S frylock Jul 2015 #56

Huge crowd. eShirl Jul 2015 #42

I count five, maybe six in that pic, I wonder if there is a video or expanded pic? n/t Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #43

Aw, the Moran Brigade Hekate Jul 2015 #47

This is exactly like those hateful, despicable SheilaT Jul 2015 #51

My natural instinct is to wish I was younger, stonger, bigger, and I would want to randys1 Jul 2015 #52

Stay trashy. frylock Jul 2015 #55