Confederate Flags in the South (living in, authority, license plate)

[2e1m5a]

Last Summer I saw a black guy standing and holding a Confederate flag by a statue in Asheville, NC.

It was...strange.

[le roi]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

Last Summer I saw a black guy standing and holding a Confederate flag by a statue in Asheville, NC.

It was...strange.

i've seen that sort of thing , too. i'm not sure what to make of it.

[hobbesdj]

Originally Posted by le roi

this is a good example of what i meant ...

Buchanan County, VA, despite being in the south, is 97% white, and only 2.5% black

Hurley, Virginia, the city where the high school is located is evenly split 50/50 black and white.

[hobbesdj]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

Last Summer I saw a black guy standing and holding a Confederate flag by a statue in Asheville, NC.

It was...strange.

I wonder who it could be?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8hPo6mYnks

HK Edgerton, card-carrying fool.

[LNKNE-ADJ]

Originally Posted by hobbesdj

Hurley, Virginia, the city where the high school is located is evenly split 50/50 black and white.

There's no way that is accurate. Hurley doesn't have over 6k in population. Hurley has less than 1k people living there.

[LNKNE-ADJ]

Originally Posted by le roi

i've seen that sort of thing , too. i'm not sure what to make of it.

Uncle Ruckus?

[hobbesdj]

Originally Posted by LNKNE-ADJ

There's no way that is accurate. Hurley doesn't have over 6k in population. Hurley has less than 1k people living there.

You're right, the information is wrong. Hurley has a little over 3000 people but only 5 of them are black.

[convextech]

Originally Posted by LNKNE-ADJ

If you're from the South...are confederate flags still considered "acceptable" around where you are from?

The reason I ask is that they seem to be acceptable in some areas but not others. They seem considerably more prominent in South-Central Appalachia than the deeper south based on my travels but i've obviously not been EVERYwhere in the deep south.

So...If you're from the south...are they pretty visible where you are and if they are...do people have a quarrell with them or no?

I live in Georgia, and (for the most part) the rednecks love them but the blacks hate them.

[convextech]

Originally Posted by Newsboy

There are a couple of confederate flags being flown from the side of the interstate between Macon and Savannah and every time I see them I want to pull over and set fire to them.

Rebel flags might be seen in the south, but they are far from acceptable. Most people find them totally offensive.

You would have a hemorrhage over the guy in Warner Robins flying a Nazi flag in his yard.

[convextech]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

Last Summer I saw a black guy standing and holding a Confederate flag by a statue in Asheville, NC.

It was...strange.

Many blacks fought in the civil war right alongside whites and for those families, they see the Confederate Flag as a proud reminder.