NASCAR just banned the confederate flag

[rdking647]

i think wer'e at a tipping point with the flag of traitors will be sent to the dustbin of history

[Jacoby365]

1. How long before we see NASCAR flag bonfires?

[sheshe2]

9. Trump will probably have one on the West Lawn tonight.

Call it Bonfire of His Vanities.

[RKP5637]

2. That, is great news to hear!!! n/t

[Alacritous Crier]

3. I can't imagine them enforcing it.

[StocktonNative]

4. Papa is sweatin' all this so expect him to moaning and a bitchin'

Grandma refused to make some fresh banana puddin' for the youngings.

No more NASCAR, fixin' to eat that day ol' banana pudding with the skin on top instead!

[uponit7771]

5. I watch mostly football and basketball, I'm blown away that it was allowed to fly in a stadium in

... the US in the first place.

My viewing of events have been sheltered

To some people this is news but to me its disgusting that it was allowed, can anyone imagine a big ol confederate flag flying during the super bowl !?

WTF?

It's a start

[Hortensis]

13. Nascar itself never did fly the flag at its tracks, which are located

all over the country. Of course.

That just wouldn't be acceptable to most people, including in the south, and not to the Nascar family itself, who have always branded their races as family entertainment. Also of course, most conservatives have always tended to make a really big deal (sometimes graven-image level) about respecting the American flag.

It's a minority of attendees who'd bring flags of varying sizes to fly on their vehicles out in the parking lots and carry small ones to wave in the stands -- not big ones, though.

A whole lot of groups of families and friends park or camp together, but together or alone, they're liable to choose to park away from the confederate flag sorts because avoiding those who display what most people read as aggressive hate symbols is just sensible.

[brewens]

6. OOF! Now th'n gits em where it hurts! I can just imagine how pissed of the half-wits

will be!

[whopis01]

7. I think this image says a lot in two lines

[lame54]

8. Does that include clothing items from the crowd...

Many fights at the entrance or a bunch of fat shirtless guys in the crowd

[whopis01]

10. So you don't think it would change at all?

[lame54]

11. Im trying to clarify...

Is the limited to racing teams and advertisers or are they going to deny entrance to flags on clothing hats lighters etc.

[whopis01]

15. I was just making a joke

about there probably already being a bunch of fights at the gates and shirtless fat guys at the races.

I may be incorrect, but it is my understanding that the flag is banned altogether - not just for the teams.

How well that is enforced is another issue, of course.

[Different Drummer]

12. That won't go over well with their followers in the Confederate states.

DD

[Blue_true]

14. It is an albatross, good decision.

I remember looking at an old picture of a football crowd at an Ole Miss football game. There was nothing but a sea of confederate flags. There is little chance that you see one of those flags at a football game in the South now. Yeah, a knucklehead or two will wear shirts or patches with the confederate flag, but they stand out like a sore thumb.