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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 03:38 PM Jun 2016

How the Rebel Flag Rose Again—and Is Helping Trump

Despite his 2015 flag statement, his “New York values” and his status as a genuine Yankee, those groups, along with the rest of the disparate coalition that has vocally supported the Confederate flag over the past year, have aligned behind Trump.
“I’m voting for him despite that [his statement about the flag],” says Boone. “The reason I’ll vote for Trump is probably the reason I feel most of the country is going to vote for him: They’re sick of the political correctness. We’re so worried about the minority getting their feelings hurt, with the flag, with transgender bathrooms and all that. Sometimes, the minority has to understand that their feelings get hurt too, and majority rules most of the time.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-south-confederate-flag-racism-charleston-shooting-213954#ixzz4Blz5YZoc






Read more: http://www.politico.com

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How the Rebel Flag Rose Again—and Is Helping Trump (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jun 2016 OP
Tell someone they shouldnt do something ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #1

ShrimpPoboy

(301 posts)
1. Tell someone they shouldnt do something
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 04:02 PM
Jun 2016

Or worse, that they can't do something, and they'll want it even more. Why? Because fuck you.

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