07.07.13
White, belligerent, pathetic
For sheer pathetic embarrassment there is little that tops a bunch of middle-aged white guys in the south waving confederate flags in 2013. Let’s march on the court house, boys! Who’s with me? Yearrghhhh!
From a Roanoke, VA, newspaper:
Supporters of a Sons of Confederate Veterans anti-ordinance rally held at Hopkins Green in Lexington wave flags to protest a Lexington City ordinance that would effectively ban flags, such as the Confederate flag, from flying from public lamp posts.
The city did not wish to be vexed by pests using its property and banned all non-governmental flags. A Federal Court affirmed the ordinance.
The comments are worth browsing, coming as they do from always the most eloquent and vigorous of WhiteManistan.
“When will this crap cease, the battle flag is a Christian symbol and it represents valor, honor, family, duty, and it has nothing to do with slavery,” protests one citizen. “The war for Southern Independence was economic because Lincoln knew the south was a rich nation, and losing cotton would be detrimental to their economy …”
And then it really gets in gear.
Damn Commies!
H/t to Frank at Pine View Farm for the eagle eye.
One paradox associated with the benighted who treasure the Stars and Bars is the belief that it marks them as rebels. This is seen throughout lily white country music, more prominently among the young artists who use it in videos as touchstone for fans.
Because it’s common it’s actually a sign of dim-witted conformity: Please like me because I’m part of the social club (albeit, one of a clueless tribe working at being seen as people who deserve being shunned.)