The Confederate Flag and NASCAR

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
The South has little to be proud of. The South, born out of greed, was able to create a society based around racism that was pwnd by the North, managed to culturally assimilate the North, and has been able to take the United States from the heigths of superpower status to that of a declining power.

Perhaps the Chinese should be flying the Confederate flag.

This is so full of ignorance I wouldn't know where to begin, Tass.
The things you say, are a perfect example of things you condemn.

[Verto]

NASCAR is for f*cktard rednecks. What do you expect?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by SlowwHand



This is so full of ignorance I wouldn't know where to begin, Tass.
The things you say, are a perfect example of things you condemn.

The difference is that my position is backed up by logic and reason, which is far more than I can ever say for Southern White-Supremacist culture.

[Elok]

Originally posted by MrFun
Just because you would allow them to do so on the principle of freedom of speech, does not mean you would morally agree with such display.

So let me rephrase my question: Would you find it morally agreeable with others' proudly displaying the Confederate flag, or the swatiska?

Aren't you presupposing that we find NASCAR morally agreeable in the first place? A big assumption, that. Damnable waste of fossil fuels, and it's so boring.

Anyway, I'll paraphrase the Onion's relevant quote from memory: "I merely use the Confederate flag as a way to illustrate my pride in Southern culture. My hatred of ******s has nothing to do with it."

[mrmitchell]

Racism everywhere is waning, and among our generation it's virtually nonexistant.

Should I die out of laughter or shame?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Elok
Damnable waste of fossil fuels

Follow the IRL then. Vegetarian ethanol.

[flash9286]

From my own personal experience the confederate flag represents a person's own enjoyment and respect of the sout and not racism or slavery. But either way they should be allowed to show it.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
among our generation it's virtually nonexistant.

Sadly, this is not true.

[chequita guevara]

I notice in the picture in the linked article, someone is illegally displaying the Confederate battle flag at the same height as the American flag. Only the flags of other countries may be displayed at the same hieght as the U.S. flag. All others must be flown below it. The Confederate battle flag is not, and has never been, the flag of another country. The Confederate flag was different.

[mrmitchell]

Che is the Flag Code actually enforceable law? I'm pretty sure it's just another list of nice things we as American citizens should do by the goodness of our hearts (read fat chance).

And besides, even when flags of nations are displayed, in the US the American flag must be furthest to the right (according to the flag code again). So national flag or not the guy who set them up isn't following the rule.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Racism everywhere is waning, and among our generation it's virtually nonexistant.

We had a group visiting my workplace from Georgia not long ago. There were even numbers of blacks and whites.

A handful of the whites approached one of our waitresses, and asked "We would much prefer it if you could seat us apart, by color".


The waitress almost lost it.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Che is the Flag Code actually enforceable law?

I do not know what the punishment, if any, is.

[chequita guevara]

The Bonnie Blue

When Florida was returned to the Spanish Empire, West Florida rebelled and proclaimed itself the Republic of West Florida. Soon after it was annexed by the United States and incorporated into Lousianna, Mississippi, and Alabama. When the Confederacy formed, they had no flag for the first three and a half weeks, so this flag was used by default in those three states, and was used throughout the war.

The Stars and Bars

This was the first national flag (with various modifications for when states joined the Confederacy--including some that had stars for regions they hoped to conquer). This flag was abandoned because it resembed the Union flag too closely.

The Stainless Banner

This flag was abandoned because it was too easily mistaken as a flag of surrender due to the large white field. It was modified with a large red bar for the final version of the Confederate Flag.

3rd Banner

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Ninot
We had a group visiting my workplace from Georgia not long ago. There were even numbers of blacks and whites.

A handful of the whites approached one of our waitresses, and asked "We would much prefer it if you could seat us apart, by color".


The waitress almost lost it.

[Kuciwalker]

Same.