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In the discussion thread: The General Lee, donning the Confederate flag, barred by NASCAR at March race at PIR [View all]

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Sat Feb 18, 2012, 09:39 AM

Kurmudgeon (1,751 posts)

39. Good luck keeping Granny strapped to her seat while jumping a canyon though....

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111 replies	Author	Time	Post
The General Lee, donning the Confederate flag, barred by NASCAR at March race at PIR [View all]	Ptah	Feb 2012	OP
Umm, why?	Ter	Feb 2012	#1
No....	CherokeeDem	Feb 2012	#4
True, many like the sport who are good people	Ter	Feb 2012	#6
Apparently they want fans who AREN'T redneaks...	reACTIONary	Feb 2012	#8
nope	rum sod	Feb 2012	#26
Here's an informal sample group. Overwhelmingly white and conservative. NASCAR = GOP base.	leveymg	Feb 2012	#34
You can tell political affiliation from a picture?	PavePusher	Feb 2012	#56
I've been to NASCAR and lots of other types of motorsports events.	leveymg	Feb 2012	#62
Stereotyping, one of DU's favorite sports. Sigh. n/t	PavePusher	Feb 2012	#63
How much are tickets? That'll tell you more about who shows up.	Bucky	Feb 2012	#94
This sounds like something hatched in a think tank	Honest Turtle	Feb 2012	#72
Exactly	center rising	Feb 2012	#16
NASCAR's biggest star is no longer Jeff Gordon	jmowreader	Feb 2012	#28
just wanted to post a photo of Danica....	IamK	Feb 2012	#37
Danica isn't NASCAR's biggest star yet...	jmowreader	Feb 2012	#73
Dale Jr is a horrible driver	IamK	Feb 2012	#76
I am absolutely convinced after his father's death that NASCAR rigged	Cosmocat	Feb 2012	#83
I remember...	obietiger	Feb 2012	#102
Gorden	Cosmocat	Feb 2012	#104
I agree...	obietiger	Feb 2012	#105
Dale Jr. is definitely not his daddy...	jmowreader	Feb 2012	#93
Princess Sparklepony won't last long...her constant whining about 'the car' being terrible...	truebrit71	Feb 2012	#108
Well, if you go by championships, it's Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt!!	center rising	Feb 2012	#92
You're correct. It's not just a southern sport.	Lugnut	Feb 2012	#40
LOL, that's like saying people who watch AMRA or USCA events	snooper2	Feb 2012	#109
That flag is evil and SHOULD be banned. It represents slavery and treason.	Odin2005	Feb 2012	#10
Do you think the Nazi flag is banned? Should the Japanese flag be banned? The Union Jack?	onenote	Feb 2012	#13
I think a race car with a nazi flag on it would be rather offensive.	Warren Stupidity	Feb 2012	#80
And I agree that they shouldn't allow it	onenote	Feb 2012	#87
Displays of the Nazi flag are banned in Germany n/t	dflprincess	Feb 2012	#88
Doesn't make it something we should aspire to here.	onenote	Feb 2012	#89
Yup, they sure are.	Major Hogwash	Feb 2012	#91
And do you know that reason?	RZM	Feb 2012	#100
No flag should be banned	Kelvin Mace	Feb 2012	#14
Burning flags tends to create hostility, not a good idea. Just sayin....	Kurmudgeon	Feb 2012	#38
It certainly should not be banned	Scootaloo	Feb 2012	#32
We should create an "acceptable ideas police" who regulate all flags.	Bucky	Feb 2012	#95
HUGE difference between	leftynyc	Feb 2012	#98
Take another look at the thread	RZM	Feb 2012	#101
Yes, but the point is they say they are trying to expand beyond that.	NYC Liberal	Feb 2012	#12
There are a shitload of NASCAR fans in NH and ME, and they aren't fans of the stars-n-bars. nt	MADem	Feb 2012	#18
I can give one good reason why.	sofa king	Feb 2012	#36
Shame on me . . .	R. P. McMurphy	Feb 2012	#42
R.E. Lee became president of what was to become	Art_from_Ark	Feb 2012	#103
good points	Roy Rolling	Feb 2012	#44
I prefer the German approach. (Did I just say that?)	sofa king	Feb 2012	#45
Well written comment	grantcart	Feb 2012	#65
You blame Lee for the deaths?	Ter	Feb 2012	#75
Damned right I do.	sofa king	Feb 2012	#77
I made some mistakes up there.	sofa king	Feb 2012	#84
Here is another way of looking at it.	sofa king	Feb 2012	#85
you know what? catering to people who fly the confederate flag is not necessary	CreekDog	Feb 2012	#64
i come from deep southern scots-irish stock (mexican too, but that isnt relevant)	arely staircase	Feb 2012	#71
Lots of NASCAR fans in the Northeast	hack89	Feb 2012	#81
NASCAR races in such redneck/Confederate flag strongholds as New Hampshire, Michigan and SoCal	KamaAina	Feb 2012	#90
What's a redneckTer? Please define one or two for me. Have you ever been to a NASCAR race?	Johnson20	Feb 2012	#99
I think the ones you are thinking of have traded their's in for yellow	mmonk	Feb 2012	#111
in 20 years, people will be afraid to speak or make eye contact in public nt	flexnor	Feb 2012	#2
Why is that?	Major Hogwash	Feb 2012	#3
because	flexnor	Feb 2012	#5
I take that as a verbal equivalent of not meeting eye contact.	caseymoz	Feb 2012	#20
Is this the domino theory coming back? Like, if we cant stop communism in Viet Nam	rhett o rick	Feb 2012	#9
I see this news displeases you.	2ndAmForComputers	Feb 2012	#15
hey neo-Confederates,	provis99	Feb 2012	#7
You can't even wave that flag in a confederate "state" that had civil war battles!	boppers	Feb 2012	#21
The famed General Lee car?	Brother Buzz	Feb 2012	#11
And you've got to figure a few hundred idiots with the same type vehicle replicated that offensive	MADem	Feb 2012	#19
Just Google image it and confirm your suspicions. Caution: BARF alert!!! LOL	Brother Buzz	Feb 2012	#22
My EYES.....	MADem	Feb 2012	#25
Re: tvs lasting forever - I had Zenith teevees from the early 60s through the mid 70s...	GReedDiamond	Feb 2012	#23
We had a Zenith "portable" that was made of metal in the late 50s through the 60s	MADem	Feb 2012	#24
The kids today don't know what they're missing...	GReedDiamond	Feb 2012	#27
I'll be honest, I was envious of that kind of "high tech" stuff!	MADem	Feb 2012	#30
I have a Sony that was (according to the back) built in Japan in 1990	TheCruces	Feb 2012	#33
Sad to say, but we now don't make any TVs in this country.	Beacool	Feb 2012	#50
Yeah, I know, tvs - and a lot of everything else, too...nt	GReedDiamond	Feb 2012	#74
Someone else brings this up farther down....	mahatmakanejeeves	Feb 2012	#106
Just two gold ol' boys, never meanin' no harm. n/t	Beartracks	Feb 2012	#17
They were supposed to be Jewish?	Ikonoklast	Feb 2012	#35
pfft...it was no match for the Batmobile, anyway	Adenoid_Hynkel	Feb 2012	#29
Either vehicle in your post would be a better choice! nt	MADem	Feb 2012	#31
Good luck keeping Granny strapped to her seat while jumping a canyon though....	Kurmudgeon	Feb 2012	#39
I don't agree with displaying the Confederate flag, but that car is an icon.	HopeHoops	Feb 2012	#41
The Flag ? The Flag !!	vitoponzini	Feb 2012	#43
Are you saying the pit crews should NOT wear KKK robes and masks?	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 2012	#46
I'm native American	AwareOne	Feb 2012	#47
I believe symbols are interpreted	LanternWaste	Feb 2012	#96
Political correctness overkill.	Beacool	Feb 2012	#48
Political correctness is meaningless in this context. It's a brand marketing issue.	Gormy Cuss	Feb 2012	#78
Cover the roof with a white sheet.	greyl	Feb 2012	#49
Just as well	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#51
That was my question as well...	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#61
Ya think the graphics guy at the TV studio may have seen Richie's car?	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#66
Or, if that is too expensive/rare to use:	Blue_Tires	Feb 2012	#68
Offical pace car is sponsored by mfr., has lights 'n stuff	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#70
Wasting massive amounts of fossil fuels	raouldukelives	Feb 2012	#52
I drive a '92 Crown Vic	unionworks	Feb 2012	#53
Why'nt cha go hate on somebody else - or kick the rearview mirror out of your car in solidarity.	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#58
No disrespect intended Mopar	raouldukelives	Feb 2012	#59
Your analysys of elephants vs. circus is correct	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#67
I imagine that the same may be said of most Americans on an individual level	LanternWaste	Feb 2012	#97
Absolutely. The average American is painfully unaware	raouldukelives	Feb 2012	#110
Millions of Americans died, to take down the confederate flag. Let's leave it down, and out.	Brettongarcia	Feb 2012	#54
R#17 & K for, this topic reminds of "Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch..."	UTUSN	Feb 2012	#55
I agree, I don't like seeing that flag anywhere	eyewall	Feb 2012	#57
Yeah, that flag - we should all let it sink	treestar	Feb 2012	#82
yes, not to mention the "grow up" factor.	eyewall	Feb 2012	#86
So a klan meet without the hoods? Besides that car	Dragonbreathp9d	Feb 2012	#60
No, not a Klan function	Mopar151	Feb 2012	#69
I'm opposed to the promotion of racism.	Warren Stupidity	Feb 2012	#79
Awesome - however be prepared for the teabaggers to turn this into a holy war	Taverner	Feb 2012	#107

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