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In reply to the discussion: Teen suspended for flying confederate flag on pick-up truck; ACLU now invovled [View all]Lunacee_2013
(529 posts)42. Let that damn flag go already, my fellow white people!
Most of the rest of the U.S. hates it and it makes you look like a damned fool, not a rebel. Plus, it represents the slave owning, bigoted, mostly rich traitors who damn near broke America. How anyone can wave that flag and the real American flag is beyond me.
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Teen suspended for flying confederate flag on pick-up truck; ACLU now invovled [View all]
davidn3600
Mar 2014
OP
And would we complain if school itself flew the confederate flag? Before you argue in that case
KittyWampus
Mar 2014
#13
It's entirely different comparing a state and federal entities in the same sentence with
newdemocrat999
Mar 2014
#17
He's looking for attention. So the best strategy is simply to completely ignore him.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#44
The authorities would be able to remove lots of DU posts if such an amendment existed.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2014
#32
Wonder what the ACLU would think if someone shaved a swastika into their head. eom
tarheelsunc
Mar 2014
#41