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MicaelS

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96. A lot of this flag flying is a way of saying

Fri Mar 31, 2017, 04:48 PM

Mar 2017

"Fuck you" to "liberals", because they know it pisses off people off. It is an adolescent rebelliousness, no matter the age of the person involved.

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I live in rural upstate NY and my neighbor just hung a Confederate flag on their trailer front porch [View all] adigal Mar 2017 OP

Is this a new neighbor, or someone who has also been there for 14 years? RedWedge Mar 2017 #1

This neighbor has been here for as long as we have owned the house adigal Mar 2017 #33

So is this move a surprise? RedWedge Mar 2017 #44

I don't know them...it's a rural area, but this is a 2 lane state "highway," adigal Mar 2017 #46

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #64

A number of years ago a similar situation across the street beachbum bob Mar 2017 #2

Put out your American flag. Maybe that will shame him. nt Ilsa Mar 2017 #3

Anyone flying the Confederate flag is beyond shame. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #4

Agree. McCamy Taylor Mar 2017 #27

LOL! Great idea...where do I get a Russian flag? Nt adigal Mar 2017 #34

Amazon Marthe48 Mar 2017 #48

I think you should hang a Russian flag and an American flag. See what happens. 😎 pangaia Mar 2017 #77

It should. My experience is that white wingers who fly that flag, have no shame. Hoyt Mar 2017 #29

True, but I think it is important to show him up to Ilsa Mar 2017 #59

What is their affinity towards Southern Paternalism and Sedition, or is this a Yankee Confed poser? TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #5

I honestly don't know nt adigal Mar 2017 #35

sad Skittles Mar 2017 #6

Yes. narnian60 Mar 2017 #104

Put up a Union flag! shenmue Mar 2017 #7

Or a United Nations flag... n/t EarthFirst Mar 2017 #9

or a Pride flag crazycatlady Mar 2017 #47

Yes shenmue Mar 2017 #53

That would be the best response! LisaM Mar 2017 #101

Links to where you can buy Union battle flags LisaM Mar 2017 #102

I am living in the South and wondering what will happen when I put a OldHippieChick Mar 2017 #8

Cops will pull you over and find ways to issue you tickets, and bullies will follow you and tblue37 Mar 2017 #17

I guess I'm about to find out how brave I am. OldHippieChick Mar 2017 #20

Be careful, please. Don't take unnecessary chances alone nt adigal Mar 2017 #36

What nonsense. cwydro Mar 2017 #81

A Darwin fish can get your car keyed down here. beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #23

Nope. cwydro Mar 2017 #82

So your experience is the only valid one? beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #97

Nope. cwydro Mar 2017 #98

So you only read about it on DU? How odd. beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #100

You will probably get quite a few honks and gestures peacebuzzard Mar 2017 #67

I fucking hate Confederate flags. TransitJohn Mar 2017 #10

I hate seeming them brer cat Mar 2017 #13

I think I have seen one big one flying from a truck leftyladyfrommo Mar 2017 #18

Yep. I see that occasionally. brer cat Mar 2017 #24

These were kids. The flag was huge. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2017 #25

I find them useful as asshole indicators, especially outside the south Warpy Mar 2017 #28

I'm originally from Wyoming as well. No place is safe from OldHippieChick Mar 2017 #32

I agree, it's a way to be in the KKK mentality without the white hood nt adigal Mar 2017 #38

One local has a truck with two huge rebel flags that he drives around the city all weekend. beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #103

Neighbor here in red FL did that mcar Mar 2017 #11

I too live in rural upstate NY. NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #12

Damn. Great history there, New Red. Hats off. callous taoboy Mar 2017 #61

Jeff Davis was indicted for treason Yupster Mar 2017 #73

No trial. NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #85

He had a high powered team of northern lawyers defending him Yupster Mar 2017 #92

Take him a white flag and say.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2017 #14

Love it!!!!! Better than my KKK sign idea! Nt adigal Mar 2017 #39

Look up some Civil War memorabilia sites, see if there are affordable... JHB Mar 2017 #15

I refer to it as the Dixie Swastika. beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #16

Easy rebuttal to that. TrollBuster9090 Mar 2017 #19

Oh, and before we go all apeshit on the South...REMEMBER BUFORD. TrollBuster9090 Mar 2017 #21

General Pemberton, the general who surrendered Vicksburg to Grant Yupster Mar 2017 #74

Thank you. nt raccoon Mar 2017 #83

Wasn't kentucky NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #90

Kentucky had representation in both Yupster Mar 2017 #93

If not one of the three below, it's not a CSA Flag. The jerk's probably flying the Army of Tennessee TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #22

Today, all those flags are a symbol of hatred. Hoyt Mar 2017 #30

Yep. That and sedition. I just like to point out that those who fly it often don't know the nuances. TheBlackAdder Mar 2017 #31

Racism is now the official position of our government. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #26

Don't go looking for trouble vlyons Mar 2017 #37

I NEVER said I would go into their yard adigal Mar 2017 #40

The Confederate Constitution didn't allow the President Yupster Mar 2017 #75

They cant even pull the bullshit excuse drray23 Mar 2017 #41

This is why Russia targeted white America with their underthematrix Mar 2017 #42

Russia knew tRump supporters were bdamomma Mar 2017 #66

Not sure about where you live mrs_p Mar 2017 #43

Can you imagine?? These people may have ancestors who were adigal Mar 2017 #45

We live just outside of a suburb of Rochester, a mostly rural/agriculture village community... EarthFirst Mar 2017 #49

Somebody should let him know he shouldn't display the U.S. flag touching the ground.n/t indie9197 Mar 2017 #62

I live in the south and they say terrible things about New Yorkers down here. yardwork Mar 2017 #50

but isn't rural upstate NY the "real" New York pstokely Mar 2017 #71

what part of the South? pstokely Mar 2017 #72

So is upstate SC. nt raccoon Mar 2017 #84

3 words: William Tecumseh Sherman. muntrv Mar 2017 #51

I know MFM008 Mar 2017 #80

WTS' record after the Civil War is far more checkered. Ask any Native KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #94

I've made the very same point in the past, only to be completely ignored. Seems this is a blind... Marengo Mar 2017 #106

I used to be an unabashed admirer. One of my Commie friends educated me. - nt KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #108

3 words: Native American genocide. VOX Mar 2017 #109

They are everywhere here in Southwest PA. Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #52

One good thing is now people know what lives there luvMIdog Mar 2017 #54

I'm from Upstate NY - I have lived in large cities since I have graduated from college but smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #55

I live in a small town NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #63

I grew up about 30 miles north of Utica! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #65

Salisbury NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #89

I'm from north of Glens Falls, NY nt adigal Mar 2017 #68

That's a beautiful area! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #70

You are lucky!!! Not many liberals here, except transplants. nt adigal Mar 2017 #95

This flag is displayed for one reason and one reason only mountain grammy Mar 2017 #56

You could put up a sign in your yard about unity Equinox Moon Mar 2017 #57

I, too, live in H2O Man Mar 2017 #58

They are just trying to hold on to the wet dream as they see 45 and his Russian band nearing the end nikibatts Mar 2017 #60

Put up a sign that says "one of my neighbors is a racist" Renew Deal Mar 2017 #69

Why would you want to start a fight with your neighbor Yupster Mar 2017 #76

I live in a town of about 15 000... pangaia Mar 2017 #78

Growing up in the south and currently living here...here's my perspective, FWIW. Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #79

Well said. It isn't 'southern bashing' to state the obvious. beam me up scottie Mar 2017 #105

Anyone so shameless would have no problem terrorizing you HAB911 Mar 2017 #86

I saw them just outside of Gettysburg last summer. OnionPatch Mar 2017 #87

I go to Gettysburg yearly NewRedDawn Mar 2017 #91

Blue state repugs often forget which side their state was on Mc Mike Mar 2017 #88

A lot of this flag flying is a way of saying MicaelS Mar 2017 #96

Been in the souyh all my life, nowadays only racists fly that flag. The yellow Gadsden Hoyt Mar 2017 #107

I live in a very blue area, but yesterday I pulled into a parking lot and saw a pickup Vinca Mar 2017 #99