Mapping Hate: Pro-Confederate Battle Flag Rallies Across America

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Since #CharlestonShooting there been 334 Pro-Confederate Flag rallies. 18 more are coming http://sp.lc/SRpUT



Mapping Hate: Pro-Confederate Battle Flag Rallies Across America


As calls continue to mount around the country for the removal of the flag and other monuments to the Confederacy, a major backlash from enthusiasts of the Lost Cause has set in.

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2015

In the aftermath of the June 17 massacre of nine black churchgoers by a white Confederate battle flag enthusiast in Charleston, S.C., the symbol that has long been revered by the Ku Klux Klan and other defenders of the antebellum South has come under bitter attack. The flag has been removed from both the South Carolina and the Alabama state Capitol grounds, banned by commercial giants like Amazon, Walmart and eBay, and denounced even by an array of conservative Republicans who had never criticized it in any way.
As of Thursday, October 29, 2015, there have been 334 pro-Confederate flag rallies with 18 more planned. ..................................

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[mountain grammy]

1. Enthusiasts of the Lost Cause! Great description.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I get the deep South, but...

WTF are rallies in Minnesota and Pennsylvania about? Oregon?

[riversedge]

3. I have no idea.