GO TIGERS!!!
-Dan
Posted on 04/05/2005 1:03:21 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Black activists are upset by a purple-and-gold version of the Confederate battle flag waved by some Louisiana State University fans at sports events. The modified banner is popular with many LSU students. "It represents two different things that I'm proud of," said sophomore Harper Hollis, referring to Southern heritage and the state's largest university. Isaac Netters, a New Orleans native who is coordinator of black student affairs at LSU, said he noticed the modified flag image as early as 1996, when he was a freshman at the school. He said he isn't angered by it.
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-Dan
the Stars and Bars is nothing to be ashamed of
Sheesh, Lord forbid someone becoming upset now days. I become upset when a bird poops on my freshly washed car, but I don't see a movement building around it, aside from the bird's bowels.
Every year they un this same article. The only difference is the quotes.
At least it seems that way.
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