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Tom Petty apologizes for flying the Confederate flag on 1985 tour
MailOnline ^ | 16 July 2015 | Mia De Graaf

Posted on 07/16/2015 3:18:31 PM PDT by dennisw

Florida-born rocker used the flag for song Rebels about southern heritage But he now admits he had not fully thought through the flag's history He implores all Americans to denounce the flag as it offends black people It comes after South Carolina took it down following Charleston attack Fellow rocker Kid Rock, from the Midwest, has defended the Confederacy

Tom Petty has apologized for displaying the Confederate flag during his Southern Accents tour of 1985.

The Florida-born rocker has spoken out to denounce the controversial banner after South Carolina removed it from their statehouse and conceded that to many it is symbol of racial hatred.

Writing in the Rolling Stone, Petty says admits he was 'pretty ignorant' about the history of the flag, and goes as far as to call himself 'downright stupid'.

Midwest-born Kid Rock - defended the flag and continue to sell Confederate merchandise.

'I noticed people in the audience wearing Confederate flag bandannas and things like that. One night, someone threw one onstage. I stopped everything and gave a speech about it. I said, "Look, this was to illustrate a character. This is not who we are. Having gone through this, I would prefer it if no one would ever bring a Confederate flag to our shows again because this isn’t who we are."'

Controversy surrounding the symbol resurfaced in June when a Confederate flag-touting gunman shot dead nine black churchgoers, shouting: 'I have to do this.'

The shooting prompted national outcry over the fact that the South continues to fly the flag as a symbol of southern heritage.

One hundred and fifty years old, it was used by the seven southern slave states during the civil war. Its racist associations were refreshed during the civil rights movement, when anti-integration state flew the Confederate flag in defiance.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: tompetty; weasel
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To: dennisw

Hey Tom. KISS MY ASS.


21 posted on 07/16/2015 3:34:42 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Didn’t even take the gates of hell to make him back down, just the example of Nikki Haley


22 posted on 07/16/2015 3:35:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: dennisw

Will anyone apologize for owning a Koran that inspired today’s shooter?


23 posted on 07/16/2015 3:35:36 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers)
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To: dennisw

He should apologize for singing off key.


24 posted on 07/16/2015 3:38:38 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: dennisw

No kidding. I’m disgusted.


25 posted on 07/16/2015 3:40:08 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dennisw

That was 30 years ago. Isn’t there a statute of limitations on a pc crime.


26 posted on 07/16/2015 3:40:59 PM PDT by odawg
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To: dennisw

Actually, not (quite) true.
And I’m keeping the T-shirt in hopes that will piss the twerp off.


27 posted on 07/16/2015 3:42:11 PM PDT by norton
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To: dennisw

Nikki’s proud of you Tom. You’re her kind of man.

But no longer ours.


28 posted on 07/16/2015 3:42:42 PM PDT by Paulie (America without Christianity is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: dennisw

Petty’s a liberal faggot.


29 posted on 07/16/2015 3:45:08 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: dennisw

Oh no!!

I’ll never listen to born a rebel the same

No I’ll never listen to it again


30 posted on 07/16/2015 3:45:30 PM PDT by stanne
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To: dennisw

Great rocker and one of the few good things to come out of Gainesville. Sorry to hear that he’s turned into a wuss in his old age.


31 posted on 07/16/2015 3:52:04 PM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: dennisw
As long as we are apologizing........... Chuckie, I am sorry I beat you up in the 4th grade.

There Now I can sleep at night.

32 posted on 07/16/2015 3:52:11 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: dennisw

This dope had a couple good songs 30 years ago. I own tons of music and he’s not on the shelf, didn’t make the cut.


33 posted on 07/16/2015 3:53:35 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: dennisw
This is just Tom's way of letting everybody know he's still alive.

Again, people just need to think about how it looks to a black person. It's just awful. It's like how a swastika looks to a Jewish person. It just shouldn't be on flagpoles.

Tom should have taken the time to think whoever it was that talked him out of his planned "Swastika Flag Tour" back in '83.

34 posted on 07/16/2015 3:56:05 PM PDT by x
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To: x
This is just Tom's way of letting everybody know he's still alive.

**********************

I liked his music back in the day, but I think that you've nailed it here.

35 posted on 07/16/2015 3:57:28 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dennisw

Apology for a 1985 incident of flag waving?

Seriously???

Petty is a wuss or needs some attention.


36 posted on 07/16/2015 3:57:33 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: dennisw

Hey Tom, I won’t back down.


37 posted on 07/16/2015 4:00:28 PM PDT by OwenKellogg (CRUZ to Victory! Donate at tedcruz.org)
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To: dennisw

Has Skynnard apologized yet?


38 posted on 07/16/2015 4:07:25 PM PDT by lquist1
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To: dennisw

Am I being PETTY if I call him a fool? Time to get into his Dr. Who telephone time-travelling machine and take down that Confederate flag from his 1985 show.

And this is from the singer of the song “I WON’T BACK DOWN”!

PC BS!!


39 posted on 07/16/2015 4:15:06 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: dennisw

Who cares
Always a Gainesville libtard

He and Phil Anselmo can BJ each other

Though Tom might choke from the rumour Ya hear

I detest these cowards

We got yankees defending us and a Florida boy and a New Orleans lad got no spine at all


40 posted on 07/16/2015 4:19:25 PM PDT by wardaddy (Mark Levin.....I love him...but he is ignorant of Dixie)
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