Red Mosquito

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

numbers wrote:

Biff Pocoroba wrote:The South is also the only part of the country to have a regional flag. There is no flag for New England, or the Great Lakes, or the Rocky Mountains, etc. Many people, especially older generations and people whose family lines are long time southern, see it as a symbol of regional pride. To outsiders and non-white minorities may see only an emblem of racism but that's truly not how the stars & bars are seen by a fair number of native southerners, particularly blue collar whites with long local roots. It's "heritage", both for better and worse.

New England actually does have a flag, but no one cares about it.

is it that lightning bolt bridge thing on the Patriots field?

numbers wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

numbers wrote:

Biff Pocoroba wrote:The South is also the only part of the country to have a regional flag. There is no flag for New England, or the Great Lakes, or the Rocky Mountains, etc. Many people, especially older generations and people whose family lines are long time southern, see it as a symbol of regional pride. To outsiders and non-white minorities may see only an emblem of racism but that's truly not how the stars & bars are seen by a fair number of native southerners, particularly blue collar whites with long local roots. It's "heritage", both for better and worse.

New England actually does have a flag, but no one cares about it.

is it that lightning bolt bridge thing on the Patriots field?

bart wrote:They made their flag with MS Paint.

Ben Jones, Dukes of Hazzard actor, posted a statement on Facebook on the matter.
"That flag on top of the General Lee made a statement that the values of the rural south were the values of courage and family and good times.
Our beloved symbol is now being attacked in a wave of political correctness that is unprecedented in our nation of free speech and free expression. Activists and politicians are villifying southern culture and our heritage as being bigoted and racist. We know that this is not the case. And we know that in Hazzard county there was never any racism."

Strat wrote:"And we know that in Hazzard county there was never any racism."

Strat wrote:Im pretty certain the confederate flag never changed meanings though

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Strat wrote:"And we know that in Hazzard county there was never any racism."

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Strat wrote:Im pretty certain the confederate flag never changed meanings though

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darth_vedder wrote:What gets me about all this is that the confederate flag didn't even fly on state grounds until the 60's, right around the time of civil rights. They sent a clear message what they thought the flag meant.

B wrote:I stopped into a bar tonight in Williamston, NC and found myself in a discussion about how the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. It was fought because the North taxed Southern cotton.