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North Carolina takes down Confederate Civil War battle flag after protest
NAACP opposition indicates sensitivity of Southern symbols as country continues to mark 150th anniversary of Civil War William Faulkner once noted that in regards to the American South’s awareness of its troubled history, “the past is never dead. It’s not even past”. That sentiment – coming from one of the…
Lynyrd Skynyrd calls Confederate Flag racist, prompts fan revolt
The sole surviving original member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has distanced the group from a symbol they once proudly wrapped themselves up in: the Confederate Flag. And in doing so, that last original member, guitarist Gary Rossington, has sparked a backlash among some of the band’s staunch supporters who see…
Tennessee senior banned from prom for Confederate flag dress
A senior at Gibson County High School in Tennessee was kicked out of her prom last Saturday for wearing a dress that resembled the Confederate battle flag, according to The Jackson Sun. School officials told 18-year-old Texanna Edwards that she could not wear the “offensive and inappropriate” dress, but she…
Gingrich was taking your Harley out for a weekend, nothing more
Every year in June in Austin, a sea of bikers converges on the city for the weekend, parking their expensive Harleys and chopped-up cruising motorcycles 5 deep on each side of 6th St. They prance around wearing leather jackets, bandanas, and various combinations of the U.S. flag and the Confederate…
The Confederate flag and the war on Christmas
Digby had a couple of interesting posts up over the weekend about the ugly, racist reaction to Obama’s win. The first was a piece about a couple in Arkansas that owns a hotel and has run up the Confederate flag where they used to have the American flag to protest…
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