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19. NH town official says worker can display Confederate flag

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Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:15 PM

Jul 2015

Posted: Jul 17, 2015 1:23 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 17, 2015 1:26 PM EDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A New Hampshire town administrator at the center of a dispute over the Confederate battle flag says the town will drop its policy barring political statements by workers when they are on the clock ... Samson on Monday asked DeFosse to stop displaying a Confederate flag on his personal vehicle during work hours. Defosse told the Valley News that he was protesting South Carolina's decision to remove the flag from its statehouse following the shooting of nine people. Samson says a state law protecting political speech by state and municipal employees prompted the shift. He says Defosse told him he won't display the flag and apologized for the disruption he caused.

http://www.wcax.com/story/29573493/nh-town-official-says-worker-can-display-confederate-flag

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Makes sense to me yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #2

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I think you may be right but I hope not. yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #8

Or maybe, just maybe, bigotry occurs everywhere. nt. Hosnon Jul 2015 #3

Bigotry certainly does, but... Orrex Jul 2015 #9

They can find lots of open space and few nosy neighbors down around the South Pole struggle4progress Jul 2015 #5

Well, I was going to say it's his right to express his personal beliefs. ladyVet Jul 2015 #4

Must be in southern New Hampshire. KamaAina Jul 2015 #7

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I see that on the map. KamaAina Jul 2015 #12

Oh wait! cwydro Jul 2015 #11

There is an entire abandoned gas station full of Dixie Swastikas/Racist Sanitary Napkins in Ohio. KamaAina Jul 2015 #13

And I've read numerous other stories here and elsewhere cwydro Jul 2015 #14

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That is my town also. jen63 Jul 2015 #15

It's like the early/mid 90s Cosmocat Jul 2015 #17

I have to support the racist here... catnhatnh Jul 2015 #18

NH town official says worker can display Confederate flag struggle4progress Jul 2015 #19