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sofa king

(10,857 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:51 PM Jun 2015

Proposal: Lets steal the Confederate Flag.

Rather than "kill" the flag, which won't work and which will only make rednecks dig in deeper, why not let's just steal it?

Why not let's ask Snoop Dogg and Ryan Seacrest and Bernie Sanders and the President, and all of our other heroes who have empathy and critical thinking skills, let's ask them ALL to start showing that damned battle flag as a memorial for the victims.

So that rednecks can never be sure if their fellow flag-waver is one of them, or mocking them... or hunting them.

There are plenty of problems with it, like the problem of finding non-redneck suppliers for the products, but I'd like to see those identified as well. Thanks for your consideration.

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Proposal: Lets steal the Confederate Flag. (Original Post) sofa king Jun 2015 OP
A Re-Branding would be genius! misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #1
At first I thought you were advocating breaking the law tymorial Jun 2015 #2
Did you miss Kanye West's 'statement'?... PoliticAverse Jun 2015 #3
Neat! sofa king Jun 2015 #4
It sounds good, but I imagine with all the more of the flags, those offended by it bla bla bla Gregorian Jun 2015 #5
I don't think that it would work sadoldgirl Jun 2015 #6

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
2. At first I thought you were advocating breaking the law
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:55 PM
Jun 2015

Instead I find a very intriguing idea. I don't think it will ever happen but it is certainly a very interesting proposal. Well thought!

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
6. I don't think that it would work
Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:04 PM
Jun 2015

Can you attach a new symbol to the swastika? No,
it will always be interpreted as a symbol for the Nazis.

This would be true for the flag of the Confederate Army
as well.

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