LittleJerry92
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And just because apple juice is awesome....
Fair enough. I was angry earlier, I'm sorry you bore the brunt of it. And yes, we can't complain about division but then say "It's the right/left's fault!" Kinda defeats the point.I should point out that those sentences you quoted aren't specific to the garbage in Charlottsville that happened over the weekend. I would never defend that. My comments were intended more about the general atmosphere of the country right now. I don't have a lot of patience or tolerance for anybody that peddles division or hatred, regardless of what side. But some pretend that the division is only coming from one side.
Kinda makes me sad since I liked actually talking about muppet stuff instead of politics. But, the Steve stuff ended up getting even more heated than this!Also hey, isn't it cool that with the Steve thing dying down this thread is suddenly active again?
That thread just gave me a headache to be honest.Kinda makes me sad since I liked actually talking about muppet stuff instead of politics. But, the Steve stuff ended up getting even more heated than this!
We are weird down here, I'll give you that, but I will say this, the subject of the Confederate flag really is an H-O-T hot debate down here, because there are many, many people who do genuinely argue that the Confederate flag is not a symbol of racism, but a symbol of "Southern Pride."God forbid, this is why I'm glad I didn't grow up in the South.
I did object to removing Dukes of Hazzard reruns from TV because, yea, it's obvious they were using the flag as generic symbol of the South. Not promoting racism.We are weird down here, I'll give you that, but I will say this, the subject of the Confederate flag really is an H-O-T hot debate down here, because there are many, many people who do genuinely argue that the Confederate flag is not a symbol of racism, but a symbol of "Southern Pride."
I think the south still kind of holds the grudge of losing the original Civil War, even today - I know the subject of succeeding from the union has come up again recently.Interestingly enough, I have done some research on the flag for my research writing project in college and did find some good sources mentioning it was originally representing Southern pride.
Yeah, I think Evangelicals and fire-and-brimstone Christians feel the same way about what the gay community has done to the rainbow.I personally feel like the KKK ruined the image of the flag.
Unless it's for historical re-enacting and things like that, I think that's actually supposed to be illegal.What does bug me a little though is that the flag is banned and yet we can still buy the swastika logo on flags online.