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Man Leaps at Confederate Flag Video Bomb (Original Post) moedookie Feb 2017 OP
The Confederate flag should be retired. It is not an active symbol of anything that the United States The Wielding Truth Feb 2017 #1
As a South Carolinian, SCantiGOP Feb 2017 #4
Your bumper sticker is ingenious. Too bad we haven't erased racism. The Wielding Truth Feb 2017 #8
I can't take credit for the idea SCantiGOP Feb 2017 #9
Great story. The Wielding Truth Feb 2017 #10
the brother has cajones heaven05 Feb 2017 #2
Good for him! Worth a minor misdemeanor. Nitram Feb 2017 #3
kudos to the man who went after the confedaloser flag - don't ever stop fighting NoMoreRepugs Feb 2017 #5
The S. Carolina Seccessionist Party? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #6
I still say let them secede if they want. Fuck 'em world wide wally Feb 2017 #7
Why secede? SCantiGOP Feb 2017 #11

The Wielding Truth

(11,411 posts)
1. The Confederate flag should be retired. It is not an active symbol of anything that the United States
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 10:58 AM
Feb 2017

stands for. If it needs to be honored it should be in private or in a place of history of the formation of the US union. Proclaiming its relevance now is incitement an should be a violation of the peace.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
4. As a South Carolinian,
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 12:19 PM
Feb 2017

I think it is a symbol of something in America. A symbol of racism, hate and the deluded idea that the people who were in charge of things in 1860 are re-asserting their control.
I have a bumper sticker on my car of a rebel flag with an eraser going across and removing about a third of it; the label under says: ERACISM
It gets me a few horns and middle fingers, and even a couple of uncomfortable tailgates by old pickup trucks, but it also gets me the occasional thumbs up and smile.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
9. I can't take credit for the idea
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 06:03 PM
Feb 2017

I just bought one and slapped it on.

It was created by an interesting guy by the name of Tom Turnipseed. An attorney, he was George Wallace's SC campaign manager in 1968 and admitted to being an ardent racist. By the mid-70s he had seen some things practicing law and changed his outlook. To make amends, he became a Life Member of the NAACP and, now in his 80s, has been an outspoken radical progressive since.
There is hope for the most misguided people out there.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
6. The S. Carolina Seccessionist Party?
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 01:15 PM
Feb 2017

Was that not tried 150 years ago?

How did it work out for S. Carolina?

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
11. Why secede?
Fri Feb 24, 2017, 10:20 PM
Feb 2017

The really scary thing is that they might be winning- just look at the White House and Congress.

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