One of those moments that makes you want to say "really?"

[LuckyTheDog]

Yesterday, I drove from Detroit to St. Helen, MI. Near Frankenmuth, I stopped for gas and a snack.

The woman in front of me in line at the check-out bought one item: A Confederate flag plate for the front of her car. She was so proud of it that she installed it in the parking lot before driving away.

Where are the rocks that such people live under and why do they bother slithering out into public?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Being a racist bigot is now acceptable. Thanks fourth estate.

[WCGreen]

10. they really aren't an estate, per say...

more like the hired field hands..

[bluesbassman]

2. As sickening as the sentiment is, I kinda like that they display their bigotry.

Makes 'em easier to identify and avoid. I don't communicate well with stupid.

[alphafemale]

3. I feel the same way.

You already know what you're dealing with.

[bluesbassman]

5. Exactly. It's not like you're going to "convert" them.

The best you can hope for is a confrontation, and although I enjoy a good heated debate, arguing with a bigot is rarely satisfying.

[lunatica]

4. Good point

No need to guess or find out the hard way.

[HopeHoops]

6. Um, Michigan?

[Denninmi]

9. Yup, we have our share of people here that are into the whole Confederate flag thing.

Not tons of them, mind you, but some, so it's not unusual to see it once in a while. There are a lot of people who have southern roots in the Detroit area, their parents and grandparents generation came up from state like KY, TN, and AL to work in the auto industry during the boom times of the 1950s and 1960s.

[RebelOne]

7. I managed a flea market booth in Acworth, Georgia on weekends.

We would sell flags, T-shirts, sunglasses and knives. The biggest sellers in the flags were the Confederate ones. I had no control over what was being stocked. I just sold the stuff. People would ask for Confederate license plate, which we did not sell. Acworth, GA, is a very redneck area.

[Wait Wut]

8. Did you offer free teabags with every purchase?

Or, free ammo?

[RebelOne]

12. No tea bags because the tea party was not in existence then.

We did have ammo, but it was not free.

[Still Blue in PDX]

11. My dad bought me a souvenir hat with a confederate flag on it when I was a kid in 1962.

We were on a road trip to North Carolina, and I had no idea what it meant. It makes me sick now to think of it.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. I saw a guild on World of Warcraft this morning...

...called Southern Cross. I thought, classy. Even on this game I can't get away from that bullshit.

[Ashley96]

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