Confederate Flags Still Found At New York's Fairs
By ZEYNA REIFENHEISER • 4 HOURS AGO
... Traveling through rural New York, it’s not uncommon to see the Confederate flag: everything from bumper stickers to full-sized flags flying from the back of pickup trucks. Sometimes they’re paired with the Tea Party-adopted “Don’t Tread On Me” Gadsden Flag ...
“Most of the young kids buy these, you know, people buy them only because they got rebel on them and whatever design is on them," he said, adding, "It’s harder and harder to find them because nobody is making anything here anymore” ...
Here in Yankee New York, for many people, county fairs are one of the only places to buy the flag. A Schoharie fairgoer who declined to give his name was in a store that sold Western clothing along with the Stars and Bars. He said as a teen, he saw the flag as a symbol of rebelliousness, not hate. But as an adult he recognized its contentious symbolism and does not own or identify with the item anymore ...
http://wamc.org/post/confederate-flags-still-found-new-yorks-fairs-meaning-debate
