Waving a Confederate flag outside the White House

[Emit]

Cruz, Lee, Palin join memorial protest

~snip~

Cruz told the crowd that President Obama is using military veterans as “pawns” to draw support for his argument in the budget impasse, which has resulted in the two-week closure of the federal government and the memorial.

~snip~

Palin similarly placed blame for the closure of the World War II Memorial on President Obama.

“Our veterans have allowed us to be here today standing up for our First Amendment rights so that we can express their optimism,” she said. “(Obama) could be here today standing up and saying, ‘Yes, we can tear down these barricades.'”

The presence of a Confederate flag at the protest, which later moved to the White House, sparked an uproar on Twitter.

Joan Walsh ✔ @joanwalsh

I know, I'm always bringing race into everything, but I didn't bring the Confederate flag to the White House:

11:15 AM - 13 Oct 2013

Jeffrey Goldberg ✔ @JeffreyGoldberg

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

11:48 AM - 13 Oct 2013

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/328255-cruz-lee-palin-join-memorial-protest

[elleng]

1. It IS a hostile act.

Sick.

[gopiscrap]

2. Yeah, when I saw that I have a visceral reaction to it also

I personally think those fucking flags should be outlawed.

[TalkingDog]

7. Yah, I'm all about me some censorship. In fact, why don't we just delete any reference

to slavery, the Confederacy and that whole ugly chapter of history from the books. Outlaw and burn any library books that have any mention of it. Hell, let's burn the libraries while we're at it.

That should make it all go away.

[gopiscrap]

8. ah no, but the confederate flag is a

symbol of something that was banned by the consitutuion

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Yes, but you can't ban the symbol.

Personally, I think it.'s great that they want to fly their asshole flag all the way into irrelevance.

[TalkingDog]

12. BURN ALL HEMP FLAGS BURN ALL LIQUOR STORES!

You see the problem there, don'tcha shorty?

[pangaia]

33. Shorty?

[Decaffeinated]

44. Pick a different country then...

Free speech is for assholes too...

[rustydog]

56. Said quite bluntly, but true none the less!

That is the "problem" with free speech.
As offensive as this goober's actions are, I have to defend his RIGHT to wave the goober flag.

[Nye Bevan]

49. Not a big fan of the First Amendment, are you?

Flags are protected free speech. Of course it's not as easy to support free speech when you disapprove of the message.

[onehandle]

3. The Confederacy Lives in the GOP 2013. nt

[eShirl]

6. I know! Talk about disrespect...

Hey NeoConfederates, your side LOST.

[gopiscrap]

13. Exactly I would be curious to know

how many goersd are from the south

[Fawke Em]

26. Or how many are from the North and mid-West and still

fly that flag.

I've seen that flag in yards in Ohio and Indiana, personally.

[gopiscrap]

28. Yeah I have seen that flag in the backwoods of Washington State also.

[pangaia]

34. Flag was waving off the back of a ratty old pick up in Rochester, NY yesterday.

[DissidentVoice]

59. I'm from extreme northern Indiana originally...

That flag is a common sight in rural areas, flown by people who have probably never been south of the Ohio River.

[Liberalynn]

4. But this has nothing to do to with race

according to the PUKERS.

[eShirl]

5. That flag has NO PLACE in Washington, DC

except maybe on the ground

[ThomThom]

30. There are plenty of those flags across the river in Virginia

it is a symbol and inspires rage
they think the south will rise again
problem is the south is too poor, they need government support to feed the people and provide government services

[Hoyt]

9. 50 years ago those f*&kers would have been in white robes.

[RKP5637]

14. Yep, exactly. They can't stand the black man in office or any others. n/t

[MarchemintotheSea]

18. They are STILL in White Robes Today they just lack the courage to wear em during the day.

[Go Vols]

52. and carrying a different flag

[Hoyt]

53. I remember racists like this from 50 years ago. Every one of them, claimed they were not racists.

Like this ass who used to run for public office claiming he wasn't a racist, right up until he was sentenced for bombing a church in Birmingham.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Only took them 150 years....

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. sighhhhhhhhh...

[GeorgeGist]

16. Useful idiots ...

ARE STILL IDIOTS.

[elfin]

17. Is there a pic of Palin and that flag in the same frame?

Can't find one yet. A vivid revelation of her true nature, which we know, but a niece of mine is still denying.

My niece thinks that the tea party is only about fiscal responsibility and responsible reduction of government spending. Yeah, I find it hard to believe any woman with a three digit IQ would think that, too.

[Emit]

24. Sorry, no, I did not see one ...

yet. Sorry to hear about your Tea Party niece.

[Emit]

25. Here, this is the best I can do

The two juxtaposed:



Found here: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/palin-and-confederate-flag-rally-tea-party-vandals-piling-barrycades-at-white-house/politics/2013/10/13/76802#.Uls084Ln_ip

[elfin]

36. Thanks - been prowling google photos

This may serve my purpose until more shots are posted.

Suspect Moosilla's advance team was on alert not to have photo ops in the same place as the flag of bigots.

[NoGOPZone]

32. She was married to a guy who was part of an Alaska secessionist party

Sarah obviously has very little love for this country

[onenote]

43. He's an idiot.

But I tend to think that about secessionists no matter what party they belong to (including the secessionists here on DU).

[DhhD]

63. Alaska Independent Party planned to seceed from the United States and infilitrate the two parties

seems to be what Palin did. Different flags at Veteran Memorials rally is part of the Independent Party Plan; just like the speaker says near the end of the video. I think Palin hates this country as much as she hates the Repulbican Party.

[Cha]

19. thanks! More tweets on this, Emit..

Lee Fang @lhfang
Waving a Confederate flag at the home of a black family isn't okay anywhere. It's a threat of violence.9:52 AM - 13 Oct 2013
187 Retweets 68 favorites

LOLGOP @LOLGOP
Bringing Sarah Palin & a Confederate flag to DC will certainly reassure Americans who were afraid the GOP might be a little self-destructive8:52 AM - 13 Oct 2013

251 Retweets 87

Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
Yes Republicans, waving a Confederate flag outside the Black President's home is a great way to convince America that you're not racist.8:58 AM - 13 Oct 2013
201 Retweets 52

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[nadinbrzezinski]

20. The army of the Confederacy never got that close

[RainDog]

21. LOL n/t

[JackInGreen]

62. Yeah

but now they're in congress.

[zbdent]

22. Had a RWers saying that the Republicans were afraid of appearing to be racist in 1999

(leading to the "great recession&quot .

But they apparently were (and are) not afraid to appear OVERTLY racist by flying the flag.

B-Zarrrrrrr

[kentuck]

23. After they stacked the barricades?

[orpupilofnature57]

27. Antebellum isn't an era, it's a mental disease .

[DinahMoeHum]

29. The proper use for that flag. . .

. . .is as a toilet.

[woodsprite]

31. So the only thing missing this time were the white hoods? n/t

[dflprincess]

35. Waving the Confederate Flag while claiming veterans are being disrespected

How about a little respect for the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic who, I seem to recall, defeated what that flag stood for.


My great-great grandfather, Sgt. H. B. Cutting, of the 2nd Minnesota, Company A, would not be amused by this.

[Skittles]

38. ooh

he looks RIGHTEOUS

[dflprincess]

45. I hope he haunts the teabaggers

looking just like he did in this picture. A ghost that was looking at me like that would scare me. (Poor guy, according to his obit he was a man of "fine humor" - but everybody looks cranky in pictures from that era.)

[Skittles]

46. prevailing theory is they got cranky because of how long it took to take the picture

personally I think it is because they are always overdressed

[dflprincess]

47. If you look closely at old pics

you can almost hear the subject muttering "For Godsakes, take the damn picture already."

[hootinholler]

48. I think it was a lack of dentistry

No one smiled back then because their teeth were horrible. IIRC, it was a requirement to be accepted for enlistment that the man must have 2 front teeth, one upper and one lower so they could tear the paper on the cartridge to pour it down the muzzle.

I have no proof other than my conviction, lol.

[Skittles]

37. such a diverse crowd

[davidn3600]

39. Tell you the honest truth...I don't care. It's their freedom

“If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.”
-Thomas Jefferson

[Hekate]

40. Visual imagery, historical reference: lynch mob

You know they are being incited to do just that. It is horrible.

[Blue Owl]

41. Someone hose those fuckstains off the WH sidewalk

n/t

[madrchsod]

42. what country does their flag represent?

what ever country these people come from when they are in the usa they should at least respect the our flag

[Progressive dog]

50. It is a hostile act,

that flag represents the slave holding traitors.
Decent people would be ashamed to stand with that flag.

[Squinch]

51. Meanwhile, the Million Vet March is denouncing the "Washington insiders" who hijacked

their march with an intent to create panic.

[randr]

54. Imagine if any antiwar protestors had waved a Soviet flag for instance

It would have been on every front page in the nation and made the permanent poster to discredit any movement.

[Eleanors38]

55. The far right is beginning to butt-stink. nt

[sulphurdunn]

57. Maybe seeing Confederate flags

flying in Washington will wake some folks up to the fact that the Civil War ended on the battlefield but nowhere else.

[MsPithy]

58. Why isn't every reporter in the librul media

asking every republican to denounce bringing a racist flag to a republican rally at the White House?

[kylie1]

60. This just shows how little power the Tea Party has

There is no reason to over analyze this.

Anyone who brings a Confederate flag to the White House of the first black president has lost. It's over.

The flying of the flag show a lack of power on their part.

[blkmusclmachine]

61. Cruz is Canadian bacon.