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Clemson’s role as baseball host unfurls flag flap (More Confederate Flag)
Charlotte Observer ^ | July, 23, 2006 | Joseph Person

Posted on 07/25/2006 10:19:23 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo

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To: geezerwheezer
I always find entertaining self taught dimwits to be exceptionally rewarding, especially when they try to sound like they might know something.

Your bulbs looking a bit dim if you really believe what you posted.

61 posted on 07/25/2006 1:33:48 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Such a divisive symbol as the reb flag has its place only on private property. It has a similar effect to one large group of citizens as a statue of General Sherman holding a torch located on state grounds would have to another large group of SC citizens.

What's wrong with flying a Confederate flag at a Confederate war memorial?

As to the General Sherman statue, there might as well be one. The statehouse still bears scars from Sherman's artillery and from the fire that followed his occupation.

62 posted on 07/25/2006 1:37:34 PM PDT by aomagrat (Just when you think you have it made in the shade, the tree falls on you.)
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To: Jimnorwellwarren

Well,I think the atmosphere at SC beaches would not change at all because of the NAACP boycott.
Most NAACP members are solid middle class professionals,many of whom live in mostly white suburbs.They are hardly the type to"ack a fool"or do a "Negroes gone wild"type of trip.
The thug life crowd could care less about the group.They will hit the beaches wherever the party is at.
Its a wash.


63 posted on 07/25/2006 1:50:02 PM PDT by Riverman94610
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To: Non-Sequitur

If you think my bulbs are dim, perhaps you should remove your head from where it must be and reposition it to the top of your neck. That should help you in your obvious lack of perception and understanding of the South.


64 posted on 07/25/2006 1:57:44 PM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: saganite

>>>Maybe they could just replace it with the rainbow flag. That would make Jesse, the gays and the enviros happy. They are the only ones who count anyway. /sarc/<<<

Good idea. The Ku Klux Klan carries the American Flag, so to be safe we should not substitute Old Glory for the Confederate Flag for fear of offending a handful of race-baiters.





65 posted on 07/25/2006 1:58:00 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Clemenza

>>>I think that the NCAA made the right decision.<<<

Personally, I think the NCAA should avoid social engineering. But how do you stop liberals from their natural role of playing Mother Hen?


66 posted on 07/25/2006 2:01:55 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Livin_large

>>>South Carolina has a proud heritage as being a state that does not bow to outside pressure or buckle to public opinion. This is what the Confederate battle flag stands for and as such should remain on State House grounds as a memorial to that spirit.<<<

The Confederate Flag shall forever remain a symbol to the sacrifices of so many brave men who sacrificed their lives and limbs in resistance to tyranny and aggression.


67 posted on 07/25/2006 2:09:04 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

>>>>But I think that the underlying cause of the rebellion was the material selfishness of a relatively small group of slaveowners who manipulated events. And when events got hard for the Confederacy, the relatively quick collapse of the CSA showed that the rebellion never really had that much public support anyhow.<<<

When you get tired of thinking, maybe you should consider learning some history.


68 posted on 07/25/2006 2:12:22 PM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

"And when events got hard for the Confederacy, the relatively quick collapse of the CSA showed that the rebellion never really had that much public support anyhow".


LOL! That's one of the most blatantly ignorant things I've ever seen posted on FR and I've seen some doozies.


69 posted on 07/25/2006 2:14:54 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
well, all that may be true in YOUR eyes, BUT let me tell you that almost NOBODY in SC cares a damn what the coaches assn, the ncaa, the mainSLIME media, AND the entirety of the DAMNyankee/PC idiots think (DO they think???).

most of us southerners would just as soon that they ALL stayed home & "tended to their own business".

free dixie,sw

70 posted on 07/25/2006 2:17:01 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
VERY TRUE!

they are called DAMNyankees, REVISIONISTS, LIBs & PC-idiots by 90%of southerners.

free dixie,sw

71 posted on 07/25/2006 2:19:20 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: stand watie

And we don't care HOW you did it up North, either!


72 posted on 07/25/2006 2:23:16 PM PDT by samanella ((Proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy-all my bumper stickers say so))
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To: Jimnorwellwarren

It (their boycott) really hasn't had any kind of noticable impact in SC.


73 posted on 07/25/2006 2:24:41 PM PDT by MissEdie
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To: PhilipFreneau

It is not in the character of those living in SC to surrender to outside threats.


74 posted on 07/25/2006 2:25:10 PM PDT by quadrant
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To: samanella
ain't it the TRUTH!

i for one, would just as soon that ALL of the DAMNyankees/PC-idiots (and other similar LOSERS!) would stay out of SC & the southland as a whole (with the OBVIOUS exception of the "Winter Texans", who seem uniformly to be NICE, POLITE & DECENT folks, from the upper mid-west).

the WTs should give FREE LESSONS on MANNERS & PROPER DECORUM to the rest of our "visitors"!

i have NO problem whatever with "tourists" as long as they act with at least a minimum of decorum, honesty & manners.

free dixie,sw

75 posted on 07/25/2006 2:29:02 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: PhilipFreneau
Is this the same moronic NCAA who fights Indian manes of sports teams from their headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana?
76 posted on 07/25/2006 2:38:54 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: geezerwheezer
Most Rebels went to war to end the Yankee trade imbalances that the Yankee banks imposed upon them, and they tried to stop the financial bleeding from higher freight rates to ship goods North, eliminating them from the competition

Then surely you can present a couple of quotes from southerners saying that that's why they're seceding. Maybe you could look in the declarations of causes that four of the states issued. Oops, they pretty much only talk about protecting slavery.

77 posted on 07/25/2006 2:40:42 PM PDT by Heyworth
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To: stand watie
most of us southerners would just as soon that they ALL stayed home & "tended to their own business".

In that case those Clemson boys can just stay home and play with themselves.

78 posted on 07/25/2006 2:42:22 PM PDT by Heyworth
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Many were reluctant conscripts. many Southerners joined the Union army and many more would have if given the chance.

Apparently there were more southerners, black and white, in the Union army than there were in the confederate army.

79 posted on 07/25/2006 2:48:39 PM PDT by Heyworth
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Where is the White Coaches Association on this?


80 posted on 07/25/2006 2:50:48 PM PDT by OldEagle (May you live long enough to hear the legends of your own adventures.)
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