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mfcorey1

(11,134 posts) Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:46 AM Feb 2014

A Confederate symbol makes a Georgia comeback [View all]

About a dozen years after its removal as the centerpiece of the Georgia state flag, the Confederate battle emblem is back — in a big, though slightly faded way.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans have had custom license plates before, featuring the square symbol of its organization, as seen below. But here’s the newest version, with the St. Andrews flag spanning the plate, that just won state Department of Revenue approval on Feb 1:

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/02/18/a-confederate-symbol-makes-a-georgia-comeback/

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A Confederate symbol makes a Georgia comeback [View all] mfcorey1 Feb 2014 OP

Disgusting. n/t tammywammy Feb 2014 #1

Well at least it pinpoints the pin heads.... Historic NY Feb 2014 #2

Post removed Post removed Feb 2014 #3

Are you joking or are you really defending the pigfuckers who fly the flag of treason and slavery geek tragedy Feb 2014 #4

What's next? A "Sons of the NSDAP" commemorative plate? Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #5

these fuckers originally wanted Stone Mountain as the license plate. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #6

Sheesh. I'm sometimes tempted to say "can we just let them secede after all?" Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #7

I don't like these license plates used for private purposes. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #8

Wow. MadrasT Feb 2014 #9

I'm a confederate re-enactor Recursion Feb 2014 #10

NOT a comeback, been here all along Glitterati Feb 2014 #11