The Confederate Flag

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu June 18, 2015 7:54 pm

Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Thu June 18, 2015 7:54 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.

That's...weird.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:13 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.

This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.

Post by **Green Habit** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:24 pm

Quite a few Court observers have made the point that they picked one of the worst days to release that opinion.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:29 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.

Still flying that flag at the state house?

Post by **epilogue** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:29 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?

Yeah, but it's at half mast. So....

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:41 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?

yep

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:42 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep

It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:49 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep
It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.

Okay. But... but they did, Pete.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:51 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep
It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.
Okay. But... but they did, Pete.

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:53 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep
It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.
Okay. But... but they did, Pete.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

What about Charlie?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu June 18, 2015 8:53 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep
It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.
Okay. But... but they did, Pete.
I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
What about Charlie?

He can stay if he wants.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu June 18, 2015 9:09 pm

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu June 18, 2015 9:11 pm

Now he knows about ice cream I'm sure he'll be staying.

Self · Post by **Self** » Fri June 19, 2015 1:00 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Hell, Confederate Memorial Day is still a State holiday.
That's...weird.
This coming from the state that just had a racist commit mass murder in a church last night. I hate the south.
Still flying that flag at the state house?
yep
It would in fact be super hilarious in an "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" kind of way if they lowered it to half mast.
Okay. But... but they did, Pete.

http://news.yahoo.com/confederate-flag- ... 30232.html

Post by **Green Habit** » Fri June 19, 2015 1:08 pm

Can any resident Southerners give us a general pulse on where the status of the Confederate flag in society is at now? As a Northwesterner I'm pretty much as divorced from that situation as possible. The only time I came across it was when my best friend as a kid and his brother (both from Atlanta) had them in their rooms, but at that time I had no understanding at all on that.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Fri June 19, 2015 1:13 pm

I live in Illinois and I regularly see them on trucks.

It seems completely insane to me.

jwfocker · Post by **jwfocker** » Fri June 19, 2015 1:30 pm

I'm southern born and I have never understood it. I doubt the people who brandish it actually understand why they wave it or what it represents to them.

It's a very loaded symbol.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri June 19, 2015 2:19 pm

Green Habit wrote:Can any resident Southerners give us a general pulse on where the status of the Confederate flag in society is at now? As a Northwesterner I'm pretty much as divorced from that situation as possible. The only time I came across it was when my best friend as a kid and his brother (both from Atlanta) had them in their rooms, but at that time I had no understanding at all on that.

There are still a bunch of "good old boys" here that fly it on their gigantic pickup trucks. Mostly simple minded fools, but those fools won't hesitate to rally if laws about it are changed.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri June 19, 2015 2:22 pm

To me, not only is it sickening but it really makes the states that still fly it look dumb. Who is going to take you seriously if you fly a flag that represented so many bad things from 150 years ago?

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