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Old 07-06-2013, 08:08 PM
 
Location: The 12th State
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A picture snapped by a parade-goer at a parade in Hope Mills NC shows a man on a tractor flying a confederate flag and pulling a wagon loaded with watermelons. A sign on the trailer read: “White History Month. Hug WTE PPL.”

Town officials said when the farmer applied for the parade permit he would be hawling watermelons with a sign they are for sale at a nearby bank.



Controversy surrounds float in Hope Mills July 4 parade | abc11.com
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:46 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Now that is political correctness at its finest!
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:52 PM
 
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How racist, attempting reduce white history to only one month! The shame of it.
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:57 PM
 
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That's just stupid with that float and I'm both "anglo white" and NOT a "lib".
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:58 PM
 
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That's funny. History for whites is tied hand in hand with the enslavement of another peoples. And that's somehow a point of pride.
Uh; slavery wasn't just a "white" thing. Blacks in Africa had slaves and I'm sure Asian people had it too.
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Old 07-06-2013, 09:00 PM
 
Location: Out in the stix
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Yeah but the guy got his point across. Nothing wrong with white pride if it is tasteful, trouble is try getting a white history month established nationally....this is a little distasteful but still, nothing wrong with white pride.
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Old 07-06-2013, 09:01 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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I don't get it.

am i missing something?
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Old 07-06-2013, 09:20 PM
 
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That's funny. History for whites is tied hand in hand with the enslavement of another peoples. And that's somehow a point of pride.
Name me one group who's history is not tied hand in hand with the enslavement of someone.

The world wasn't created 200 years ago you know.
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Old 07-06-2013, 09:39 PM
 
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That's funny. History for whites is tied hand in hand with the enslavement of another peoples. And that's somehow a point of pride.


Tell that to the Pharaohs, from Egypt. The Hebrews, were white Jews.
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Old 07-06-2013, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Old Town Alexandria
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NC is an odd place, you really can see the divergent groups, you have Asheville,

and then you have :Statesville, or Eden NC. a place with many "rallies" which I wont post a link.
I got lost in Salisbury one late evening driving home from the airport in Charlotte. Scary.
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