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18. Was that the riot where the black guy got stabbed with a flagpole?

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 03:31 PM

Oct 2014

I wasn't around in the 1970s when that happened. But it was the '70s and so I was just assuming (I guess wrongly) that 40 years would give people time to learn their lesson.

Guess I was wrong.

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How and why has the Confederate flag symbol become popular up North? [View all] Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 OP

Up north, it's a pretty good asshole indicator. Warpy Oct 2014 #1

Has it become more popular since Obama/Patrick? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #3

It was always featured prominently at biker bars Warpy Oct 2014 #13

Down south, it serves the same purpose. Never doubt it. (nt) Paladin Oct 2014 #15

I didn't find it that way when I lived there Warpy Oct 2014 #17

Provencial jerks displaying Confederate flags=Assholes, whether N. or S. of Mason-Dixon Line. Paladin Oct 2014 #37

Racists are everywhere. I do think Obama has brought some out from their cesspool. Hoyt Oct 2014 #2

Because the people flying the "Stars and Bars" don't like people that are not like them Botany Oct 2014 #4

How can one not see Cirque du So-What Oct 2014 #11

And many of these red neck yahoos sport American flags too because they are "patriots" .... Botany Oct 2014 #40

I just can't believe it's 2014 and we're still seeing this crap. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #22

confederate flag in massaccuhetts angel123 Oct 2014 #5

Was that the riot where the black guy got stabbed with a flagpole? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #18

Northern Illinois too it has become more prevalent. Nazi flag? Give em a little more time lunasun Oct 2014 #6

That's why the GOP is fighting against "liberal history" classes Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #20

Completely agree and what better place than early school to plant the seed lunasun Oct 2014 #44

Illinois Nazis sabbat hunter Oct 2014 #53

Still around but have splintered from skinheads and nsm so not a united front here anymore lunasun Oct 2014 #60

Dixon, Illinois Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #65

4 fried chickens and a coke Action_Patrol Oct 2014 #68

And two slices of plain white toast. n/t amandabeech Oct 2014 #71

Because Confederates still... Bigmack Oct 2014 #7

Just a note in passing -- rogerashton Oct 2014 #32

Here in NorCal, people who display it think it makes them a "bad-ass". Throd Oct 2014 #8

there has always been some of that in northern states. cali Oct 2014 #9

In Minnesota, Jenoch Oct 2014 #10

I see it on the Range and in small towns. Brickbat Oct 2014 #26

I live in a northern Twin Cities suburb. Jenoch Oct 2014 #33

I don't remember seeing it when I lived in a rural area north of the Cities... Brickbat Oct 2014 #36

I saw one on a car near River Falls WI 15 years ago pstokely Oct 2014 #48

I saw a Canadian flag with a Confederate flag below it... giftedgirl77 Oct 2014 #12

Two separate flags? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #16

No, stacked on a flag pole.... giftedgirl77 Oct 2014 #19

Flag decorum says that means Canada is at war with the Confederacy. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #27

Well in SC the fly the SC flag then the Confederate flag giftedgirl77 Oct 2014 #31

I believe it's OK to fly national and state flags together (US flag uppermost). But ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #63

I just find it moronic to the umpteenth of stupidity giftedgirl77 Oct 2014 #64

People move and take their beliefs with them. Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #14

Because it's still considered rude to drag the corpse of a slave behind your truck Orrex Oct 2014 #21

It's kind of a country vs. city thing customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #23

Pretty much, you are correct. mmonk Oct 2014 #34

what the hell is that supposed to mean? eShirl Oct 2014 #38

I doubt that a lot of people who adopted the Confederate flag customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #41

I live in WA. When I lived in the suburbs I never saw a confederate flag. Now that I'm in the liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #70

IMO in Wisconsin it's a popular symbol of rebelliousnes better recognized than HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #24

The "don't tread on me" flag with the snake? Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #30

Might have been... I dunno HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #35

They've been in Michigan since at least 1969, when I moved here. Pathwalker Oct 2014 #25

I grew up in western lower Michigan, and still visit there frequently. amandabeech Oct 2014 #74

I think it happened in the 80s when country music infected the region. nt valerief Oct 2014 #28

Until recently that flag was no big deal to white people. upaloopa Oct 2014 #29

They like identifying with losers? eShirl Oct 2014 #39

+1000000000000000000 Tom Ripley Oct 2014 #66

A lot of neo-nazi groups have adopted the flag Oilwellian Oct 2014 #42

I believe that more than it is all southerners who have relocated and bring it with them north lunasun Oct 2014 #45

How many Southerners move North? pstokely Oct 2014 #51

I know but it was used in a post here as a reason lunasun Oct 2014 #52

Not all Northerners were Abolitionists csziggy Oct 2014 #43

Because white racism is everywhere n/t eridani Oct 2014 #46

it pretty much represents racism, and there are racists outside of the south also JI7 Oct 2014 #47

Exactly. n/t Jamastiene Oct 2014 #56

True. Thanks for stating this. appalachiablue Oct 2014 #59

Except it's not "popular" here. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #49

EEEgnorance knows no borders. GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #50

And how did the "Party of Lincoln" turn into the party of the Confederacy. alarimer Oct 2014 #54

A. The Clvil Rights Act. hifiguy Oct 2014 #62

Hate groups, including neo-confederate hate groups, Jamastiene Oct 2014 #55

Why? Because you are vastly simplifilng both people and history. FSogol Oct 2014 #57

Does county music use the flag in videos a lot or reference it in songs? I never listen so i was lunasun Oct 2014 #67

That flag definitely is prominent in concert t-shirts and CD covers. FSogol Oct 2014 #69

Because some people are just ignorant, racist idiots True Blue Door Oct 2014 #58

There are ignorant, racist, reactionary assholes hifiguy Oct 2014 #61

just one way of identifying the racists. and they proudly have it on display. nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #72

Because the words "I'm a Wilfully Ignorant Dumbass Racist Who Longs for the Days of Slavery" Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #73