it was in the white trash section of Sanford Fla. It was really strange to see this and sad in a way. They were large on very tall flag poles. Looking at the property it looked like the guy spent his last bit of money putting them up.[/QUOTE
I guess he thought this was his burden to bare.
You have got to be kidding.He probably wouldn't have done it had not some people made such a stink about the flag. It's part of history, but it is just a flag.
At a local county fair last week there were a few flea market type vendors, some were selling belt buckles and they had all their confederate ones right up front. Had some people not made such a stink about the flag those belt buckles probably would have just been mixed in with all the rest of them.
he is being very rudeDoes anyone else have a problem with the OP' s use of the words "white trash " to describe the neighborhood where he/ she saw the flags? I find all racial/ ethnic pejoratives offensive, but maybe I'm too sensitive.
No, it's not new, but...You have got to be kidding.
Freak flags and their related paraphernalia have been on display is certain areas for decades.
This isn't a new thing.
Does anyone else have a problem with the OP' s use of the words "white trash " to describe the neighborhood where he/ she saw the flags? I find all racial/ ethnic pejoratives offensive, but maybe I'm too sensitive.
You have got to be kidding.
Freak flags and their related paraphernalia have been on display is certain areas for decades.
This isn't a new thing.
I don't. When I think of someone flying that flag, I'll admit that the words that come to mind are white trash, redneck, hillbilly, ignorant. I am sorry if that upsets people but it's what it brings up for me.
I think of an American exercising his right of free speech. I don't like profiling anyone. I may really disagree with a view but I don't denigrate people based on views.
he has a right to have these flags and so does anyone else. they are apart of American history. people need to get over this
I do. I truly don't get how people who rightly recoil from using the "n-word" (as most of us do) can find it acceptable to fling perjoratives the other way.Does anyone else have a problem with the OP' s use of the words "white trash " to describe the neighborhood where he/ she saw the flags? I find all racial/ ethnic pejoratives offensive, but maybe I'm too sensitive.
I don't. When I think of someone flying that flag, I'll admit that the words that come to mind are white trash, redneck, hillbilly, ignorant. I am sorry if that upsets people but it's what it brings up for me.
Why is it ok to sterotype someone as "white trash" if they are doing something you don't agree with? It's not right to use derogatory racial statements towards ANY race.
Please show me where I said it was right?