June 29, 201511 yr Your words were that you have more to be offended about the rainbow than I do of the flag. Go ask any black person you know which one offends them more, the carjacking of the rainbow or the rebel flag. I know how the poll results would be with all of the black people I know. Alright fair enough. Let's just say that Mike Huckabee wins the White House. Is it ok for him to have a nativity scene on the front lawn?
June 29, 201511 yr So if that flag is removed you are no longer threatened? You don't want the confederate flag removed because it's threatening. You want it removed because it's a symbol. The rainbow is also a symbol and some people, a lot of people, find it offensive that homosexuals have hijacked a symbol that for 2000 years as symbolized God's promise to never flood the earth again. The rainbow means something to me and now it's been bastardized. Actually I think I have a much better reason to be offended by that than you do a flag. Actually the symbolic meaning of the rainbow is a LOT older than 2,000 years.
June 29, 201511 yr Actually the symbolic meaning of the rainbow is a LOT older than 2,000 years. My bad. You are absolutely correct. Now I'm really offended.
June 29, 201511 yr Alright fair enough. Let's just say that Mike Huckabee wins the White House. Is it ok for him to have a nativity scene on the front lawn? Wouldn't bother me any. Do they not do that now at The White House?
June 29, 201511 yr Wouldn't bother me any. Do they not do that now at The White House? Don't think they do. I feel certain that there would be plenty of protest if they did.
June 29, 201511 yr Don't think they do. I feel certain that there would be plenty of protest if they did. Nativity display, East Room, White House, Christmas 2009.
June 29, 201511 yr In Harrodsburg on Saturday evening a bunch of rebel flag supporters hoisted the flags high on their trucks and made laps in the Walmart parking lot and one is heard screaming out what people believe was the n word to a group of black people standing outside of Walmart. My first instinct is to laugh uncontrollably at the blatant comedy of using the Walmart parking lot for this display...it embodies every single aspect of the worst things people believe about rednecks. But it is really, really saddening, and usurps the comedy in the scariness of the realization that we are sooooo far away from true equality being practiced.
June 30, 201511 yr My first instinct is to laugh uncontrollably at the blatant comedy of using the Walmart parking lot for this display...it embodies every single aspect of the worst things people believe about rednecks. But it is really, really saddening, and usurps the comedy in the scariness of the realization that we are sooooo far away from true equality being practiced. Why is redneck an acceptable slur?
June 30, 201511 yr Don't think they do. I feel certain that there would be plenty of protest if they did. I'd say you are probably right. We have a protesting mindset these days.
June 30, 201511 yr Why is redneck an acceptable slur? I don't feel comfortable saying it publicly. That's not a word I would use loosely in public. I'd defintiely be aware of my surroundings if I was to use it.
June 30, 201511 yr My first instinct is to laugh uncontrollably at the blatant comedy of using the Walmart parking lot for this display...it embodies every single aspect of the worst things people believe about rednecks. But it is really, really saddening, and usurps the comedy in the scariness of the realization that we are sooooo far away from true equality being practiced. Get this.....the alleged ringleader of that parade is the son of a co-worker I think highly of. I don't think she raised her son that way. Very good woman of good character.
June 30, 201511 yr My first instinct is to laugh uncontrollably at the blatant comedy of using the Walmart parking lot for this display...it embodies every single aspect of the worst things people believe about rednecks. But it is really, really saddening, and usurps the comedy in the scariness of the realization that we are sooooo far away from true equality being practiced. There is video of a similar parade in Ft. Smith, Texas going around now.
June 30, 201511 yr I don't feel comfortable saying it publicly. That's not a word I would use loosely in public. I'd defintiely be aware of my surroundings if I was to use it. By the way, I do use it and live in a fairly rural area where there are a lot of qualifiers. It doesn't offend me I was just curious why it's acceptable while other terms are not. Just struck me as interesting.
June 30, 201511 yr Author If people claim it celebrates heritage, then how many black people fly the flag? If they are so proud of being from the south, should let they show it that way? Only black person I would know flying that thing is Clayton Bigsby
June 30, 201511 yr Nativity display, East Room, White House, Christmas 2009. [ATTACH]51250[/ATTACH] In a Muslim's home, no less.
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