Edgerton is an anomaly!
Sure,one can admire his courage and iconoclasm but please,people,he NO WAY represents anything close to black sentiments on this issue.
Every black person I have ever known,in a school,work,or social setting,has never had anything but scorn for that Confederate Flag.
And thats North and South,liberal and conservative,young and old.
That doesn't mean they are RIGHT.I think many of the white,pro-flag folks are motivated by true love of heritage,not racist hate mongering.I'll take their word on that even though it still makes ME,a Northern bred white guy,uncomfortable.
Yet to pass Edgerton off as someone who represents some below the radar mass of black flag supporters is completely ludicrous.
So......I guess the strategy should be to perpetuate the leftist PC view of this?
Mr. Edgerton is NOT an anomaly if you actually follow SCV/UDC and Southern cultural events. You might be surprised, but if you just follow the MSM, you're not getting the entire story.
There's a lot folks who hate Old Glory, too but I don't hang around them.
Then you have never met any of the 40% of Mississippi black voters who voted to keep the Confederate Battle Banner on the state flag of Mississippi a few years ago.
And just how many black people do you really know? Far less than the number who support the flying of the Confederate flag I'll bet.
he is just one of the million or so black CSA descendants, who has re-discovered their Confederate HERITAGE. (over 100,000 brave, black southerners volunteered & fought VALIANTLY for a FREE dixie republic. to quote Nate Forrest, "better rebels never drew breath!")
every day that passes, more and more black southerners cleave to the Cross of St Andrew & become SOUTHRON, which is quite different than being a southerner.
MANY black, loyal, southron patriots are joining the SCV & UDC. (i wish that EVERY one of them would!)
free dixie,sw
he was LOUDLY CHEERED by persons of MANY races/skin-tones/religions. he also got hugged/kissed by MANY ladies of all ages/sorts! (SHHHHHHHHHHHH, don't tell his lady about THAT. it's a SECRET! rotflmRao!)
also, he told me that when he marched on the Texas State Capitol, to demonstrate against a legislative resolution, that defined "showing the Confederate flag on Capitol Grounds" as a "misdemeanor amounting to a breach of the peace",that he gained nearly TEN POUNDS from all the "soul food", tamales,pies,cakes,Chinese food,chicken & dumplings, pizza, etc. that ladies "from 8 to 80" brought him! (he was "camping out" in a pup tent, in OPEN & NOTORIOUS VIOLATION of that resolution, ON the grounds of the Capitol at the time.)
i had to LOL at that!
also, as a result of that "camp out" the offending resolution was quietly WITHDRAWN!
free dixie,sw