Here we get US flags, Gator flags, Seminole flags, Bulldog flags, etc.In my neighborhood I see US flags , Mexican flags and Puerto Rican flags , but no New Jersey state flags .
I assume all those places flew the flag, but it still isn't something I ever noticed. I didn't spend pretty much anytime around government offices or schools during a lot of the moves and usually only stayed in places for 5 years or so, so I wasn't sure if it was just my experience or if people themselves in other states knew what their state flag was and had one at home to display.
I can't think of anyone that I know that displays a state flag, lots that display the US flag but no states. Maybe I'm an outlier.
Knowing some ppl might not like your symbol of racism, I would say no you shouldn’t display it. I don’t condone violence so no one should be threatened, but the pp never explained what the threat was.Just a thought here. About all of this representation stuff.
So, if it is okay to judge, confront, threaten, etc... based on some perceived 'representation'.
What was said to the one poster, and what has happened to others, is a threat...
It is censorship. You can't say, do, show this.. OR.
Or what? That is a threat.
I am not assuming that it would be "or somebody might pat you on the pack and pay for your tank of gas at the gas station"
So. Then, knowing that some people might not like something, a gay couple should not represent themselves as gay. (somebody might not like it) A woman who believes in covering her head should not wear a hijab. (somebody might not like it) etc... etc...
I thought that this type of thing was something to fight against.
I thought that freedom of expression was something to fight for.
Ummm, unless it only goes one way. Then it is okay.
It is funny how some just do not seem to see and face their own judgement, hypocrisy and hatred.
Maybe everyone who is from the South should now fight to become a 'protected class'.
Knowing some ppl might not like your symbol of racism, I would say no you shouldn’t display it. I don’t condone violence so no one should be threatened, but the pp never explained what the threat was.
Maybe they just didn’t like the state of MS?! Just kiddin’They didn't say anything like "be careful going through xxxx! With that flag they might shoot you" or anything like that. When we stopped for gas, at a rest stop and at a truck stop for food, different people just asked where we were going (it was a large group of people so it was obvious we were with a sports team of some sort) and when we told them, they said "be careful. You may want to take those MS flags off your car when you get into Georgia. It could definitely cause ya'll some problems" Or something to that effect. Its been a long time so I don't remember the exact wording. I think it was in north Alabama.
The people that rode up later and were approached about the flags, it did happen in Georgia and I think (if I remember correctly) it was at a truck stop local to the area they were in or it could have been a local restaurant, I am not positive. Someone just said something about they should be ashamed to have that flag or something like that.
At the rest stop we all stood around and discussed removing the flags but decided that we weren't going to do that.
They were NOT confederate flags nor were they any type of "symbol of racism". They were our state flags.
They didn't say anything like "be careful going through xxxx! With that flag they might shoot you" or anything like that. When we stopped for gas, at a rest stop and at a truck stop for food, different people just asked where we were going (it was a large group of people so it was obvious we were with a sports team of some sort) and when we told them, they said "be careful. You may want to take those MS flags off your car when you get into Georgia. It could definitely cause ya'll some problems" Or something to that effect. Its been a long time so I don't remember the exact wording. I think it was in north Alabama.
The people that rode up later and were approached about the flags, it did happen in Georgia and I think (if I remember correctly) it was at a truck stop local to the area they were in or it could have been a local restaurant, I am not positive. Someone just said something about they should be ashamed to have that flag or something like that.
At the rest stop we all stood around and discussed removing the flags but decided that we weren't going to do that.
They were NOT confederate flags nor were they any type of "symbol of racism". They were our state flags.
Maybe they just didn’t like the state of MS?! Just kiddin’
But saying you should be ashamed & threatening someone are 2 different things. I agree it’s just dumb though so it was just your state flag.
I see Confederate Flags all over Georgia, so maybe it was just Georgia not liking Mississippi?
I love the South, as I've said before on different threads. I don't think the Confederate Flag always represents slavery. However, because I know some people DO & because I'm familiar w/ the connotations associated w/ the flag, I don't display it. And people have to know - if you're displaying a Confederate Flag on your front porch or on your car, some people are going to make some automatic assumptions about you, right or wrong.
I consider my dad a wise man. He's lived in the South his whole life & is a Georgia boy & a Vietnam War vet. He & I talked about the Confederate Flag once, & I brought up the "heritage not hate" argument. And he replied, "But, if you know it hurts some people & causes fear & anger, why would you want to be part of that?" And, then he added, "Besides, we're all the United States now."
We are a free country w/ the liberty for people to display all kinds of different flags. While I don't think the Confederate Flag should be illegal & don't want to erase our history, I wouldn't necessarily mind seeing it reserved for cemeteries, memorials, & museums.
Yeah state flag a big thing here too. Flown almost everywhere. Ppl even put the logo on t-shirts & other things. Thankfully the pelican is not controversial though so it’s ok.
True! It’s on my diplomas & transcripts.The same symbolism on the state flag is also the Official Seal of LSU (albeit with subtle differences in scale). Since the age of 18 I've had the University seal on my car, because I'm an alumnus. There are a lot of people in/from Louisiana who display the pelican in one way or another because of LSU, rather than as a deliberate display of the state flag.
The seal of the University of Georgia also contains the same imagery as on the state flag, though on the seal it is central, and on the flag it is only on one side. I don't know of any other states where the symbolism of the flagship university seal and the state flag are the same, but then again, I really haven't made a study of it.
Knowing some ppl might not like your symbol of racism, I would say no you shouldn’t display it. I don’t condone violence so no one should be threatened, but the pp never explained what the threat was.