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20. That's why the GOP is fighting against "liberal history" classes

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 03:38 PM

Oct 2014

They don't want schoolkids to learn the truth. Better to warp the narrative as though displaying symbols of hatred is as American as apple pie. Because "freedom of speech" is a sacrosanct commandment and anyone who objects to the display of the Stars & Bars or swastika is a filthy godless communist who hates liberty.

I use "liberal history" in scare quotes to distinguish from the nationalistic Bircher crap that they want to install in Common Core. See for example the campaign in Colorado.

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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