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dflprincess

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35. Waving the Confederate Flag while claiming veterans are being disrespected

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 08:02 PM

Oct 2013

How about a little respect for the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic who, I seem to recall, defeated what that flag stood for.

My great-great grandfather, Sgt. H. B. Cutting, of the 2nd Minnesota, Company A, would not be amused by this.

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Waving a Confederate flag outside the White House [View all] Emit Oct 2013 OP

It IS a hostile act. elleng Oct 2013 #1

Yeah, when I saw that I have a visceral reaction to it also gopiscrap Oct 2013 #2

Yah, I'm all about me some censorship. In fact, why don't we just delete any reference TalkingDog Oct 2013 #7

ah no, but the confederate flag is a gopiscrap Oct 2013 #8

Yes, but you can't ban the symbol. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #11

BURN ALL HEMP FLAGS BURN ALL LIQUOR STORES! TalkingDog Oct 2013 #12

Shorty? pangaia Oct 2013 #33

Pick a different country then... Decaffeinated Oct 2013 #44

Said quite bluntly, but true none the less! rustydog Oct 2013 #56

Not a big fan of the First Amendment, are you? Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #49

The Confederacy Lives in the GOP 2013. nt onehandle Oct 2013 #3

I know! Talk about disrespect... eShirl Oct 2013 #6

Exactly I would be curious to know gopiscrap Oct 2013 #13

Or how many are from the North and mid-West and still Fawke Em Oct 2013 #26

Yeah I have seen that flag in the backwoods of Washington State also. gopiscrap Oct 2013 #28

Flag was waving off the back of a ratty old pick up in Rochester, NY yesterday. pangaia Oct 2013 #34

I'm from extreme northern Indiana originally... DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #59

But this has nothing to do to with race Liberalynn Oct 2013 #4

That flag has NO PLACE in Washington, DC eShirl Oct 2013 #5

There are plenty of those flags across the river in Virginia ThomThom Oct 2013 #30

50 years ago those f*&kers would have been in white robes. Hoyt Oct 2013 #9

Yep, exactly. They can't stand the black man in office or any others. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2013 #14

They are STILL in White Robes Today they just lack the courage to wear em during the day. MarchemintotheSea Oct 2013 #18

and carrying a different flag Go Vols Oct 2013 #52

I remember racists like this from 50 years ago. Every one of them, claimed they were not racists. Hoyt Oct 2013 #53

Only took them 150 years.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #10

sighhhhhhhhh... Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #15

Useful idiots ... GeorgeGist Oct 2013 #16

Is there a pic of Palin and that flag in the same frame? elfin Oct 2013 #17

Sorry, no, I did not see one ... Emit Oct 2013 #24

Here, this is the best I can do Emit Oct 2013 #25

Thanks - been prowling google photos elfin Oct 2013 #36

She was married to a guy who was part of an Alaska secessionist party NoGOPZone Oct 2013 #32

He's an idiot. onenote Oct 2013 #43

Alaska Independent Party planned to seceed from the United States and infilitrate the two parties DhhD Oct 2013 #63

thanks! More tweets on this, Emit.. Cha Oct 2013 #19

The army of the Confederacy never got that close nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #20

LOL n/t RainDog Oct 2013 #21

Yeah JackInGreen Oct 2013 #62

Had a RWers saying that the Republicans were afraid of appearing to be racist in 1999 zbdent Oct 2013 #22

After they stacked the barricades? kentuck Oct 2013 #23

Antebellum isn't an era, it's a mental disease . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2013 #27

The proper use for that flag. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2013 #29

So the only thing missing this time were the white hoods? n/t woodsprite Oct 2013 #31

Waving the Confederate Flag while claiming veterans are being disrespected dflprincess Oct 2013 #35

ooh Skittles Oct 2013 #38

I hope he haunts the teabaggers dflprincess Oct 2013 #45

prevailing theory is they got cranky because of how long it took to take the picture Skittles Oct 2013 #46

If you look closely at old pics dflprincess Oct 2013 #47

I think it was a lack of dentistry hootinholler Oct 2013 #48

such a diverse crowd Skittles Oct 2013 #37

Tell you the honest truth...I don't care. It's their freedom davidn3600 Oct 2013 #39

Visual imagery, historical reference: lynch mob Hekate Oct 2013 #40

Someone hose those fuckstains off the WH sidewalk Blue Owl Oct 2013 #41

what country does their flag represent? madrchsod Oct 2013 #42

It is a hostile act, Progressive dog Oct 2013 #50

Meanwhile, the Million Vet March is denouncing the "Washington insiders" who hijacked Squinch Oct 2013 #51

Imagine if any antiwar protestors had waved a Soviet flag for instance randr Oct 2013 #54

The far right is beginning to butt-stink. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #55

Maybe seeing Confederate flags sulphurdunn Oct 2013 #57

Why isn't every reporter in the librul media MsPithy Oct 2013 #58

This just shows how little power the Tea Party has kylie1 Oct 2013 #60

Cruz is Canadian bacon. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #61