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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:39 PM Original message |
what's the deal with confederate flags outside of the South |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. People move and take their things with them. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. The most sane answer I've seen on this thread. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. This map from Southern Poverty Law Center might have the answer: |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Whoa, nice-looking map. But they really don't understand denominators, |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. You don't have to be from the South... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Thank you for saying that. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Confederate flag has nothing to do with being racist. |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. As a Southerner & a Gay person |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. What does being gay have to do with it? |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I have lived in the South my whole life... |
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Intelsucks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. How dare you talk about Bo and Luke Duke that way! |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Either you're an American, or you're not. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. They're both beautiful to me!! |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-24-04 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. what meaning does a rebel flag have in Kansas or Wisconsin? |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Amen! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh my. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. yep. |
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junker (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. They are symbols of hate for all of us who lived through the Jim Crow year |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So one person flew the flag for his orginazation and you condemn a whole.. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. 1) One almost never sees the flag... |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. What a load of crap! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Give it up, INTEL. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Thanks Trof, your right... |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Check YOUR history. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:57 PM Original message |
Then reply to the statement on the bottom of post 13. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. You never addressed post 13 to me. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I was just picking on you with the "1961" thing, I knew what you meant. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Hee hee. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. LOL, we both had a brain-fart. Were even now. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Oh, now we're back to that. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 09:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. But there is a reason for the different design. |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Phew, I thought this 700 club'er was gonna have to rack up some posts. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. OK. Ah'm ready fer yuh. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I live in south Mississippi...in the rhinestone on the buckle of the bible |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. so NOW yer trashin' my wardrobe? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. FWIW, I am going to post this again...My husband has a Confederate |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. and I would marry you tonight |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Sorry I totally disagree with you. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I'm sorry then that would make you the bigots. |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Makes me a bigot... |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Thanks MrsGrumpy! |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Very well said. |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. Eff the confederacy |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I'm sorry, didn't the northern states have slavery? |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. History was "rewritten" by the UDC, |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Simple answer... |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The north was not fighting the civil war to free slaves. |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. People who do not remember history... |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Ending Slavery and the Union |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Funny I can't seem to find that quote... |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. So, who here is flying one of those American flags from their car window? |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's like flying the swastika outside of germany. |
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INTELBYTES (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Ahhh Dr.Weird, so now your equate southerns with nazis? |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You see, the good thing about the Germans... |
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Toby109 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 08:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Spot on DrWeird |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. & allot of Southerners are proud of their history of Slavery... |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The Nazi flag is not acceptable in Germany why should ConFlag be... |
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Democrats unite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. & to be perfectly clear before I leave this tripe behind me... |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-23-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. I thought the Lounge was to be clear of posts like this!! |
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