Posted on 08/04/2008 3:47:13 PM PDT by LAforme2008
Chip Witte doesn't consider himself a Rebel. He doesn't hang Dixie battle flags in his living room, nor does he wear one on the back of his leather jacket.
Yet when the Tampa motorcycle mechanic saw the world's largest Confederate battle flag unfurl above the intersection of I-10 and I-4 in June, he felt a jolt of solidarity with the lost cause and lost rights that he says the battle flag represents. "I think it's great that they're allowed to fly it," says Mr. Witte.
Despite years of boycotts, schoolyard bans, and banishment from capitol domes, the Southern battle colors are flying, higher than ever.
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As it should! It burns me that some try and say it's some how a symbol of racism.
Many who fought for the South in the CivilWar were too poor to own slaves.
No, it’s a symbol of stupidity.
“More recently, a Florida newspaper poll revealed that few drivers found the Tampa flag offensive, which surprised many officials”.
It’s a “Battle Flag”.Never know , a new one might spring up,for the same cause,”States Rights”.
Fly it high!!
These stupid people down here are fighting this war.Along with some others.
How is it a symbol of stupidity?
It’s a bit interesting since I-10 and I-4 do not intersect...
It wasn’t about slavery. It was about the rights of states versus a powerful Government having all the rights. Abraham Lincoln brought slavery into the forefront in order to get more Union troops to fight. The South was right...look at what is going on now....Mercy!!...the states lose more rights every day as the Federal government takes more. That Confederate flag represents freedom from government oppression...not slavery. My folks were dirt farmers. They owned no slaves but they fought for the Confederate States of America because they believed in the reason for succession. You can rip that flag from view but it will forever fly in my soul.
Prabably meant 95, very interesting.
The overwhelming proportion of Confederate enlisted men owned no slaves.
sometimes an “o” sounds like an “a”.”i” before “e”,except after “c”.
the Southern battle colors are flying, higher than ever.
If some people don’t want to offend any of their neighbors,they can just fly a replica of the Bonnie Blue Flag...most people don’t know what the heck it is.
I should be more specific. It’s not a symbol of stupidity, rather it just happens to be flown by stupid people for all the wrong reasons.
It is a symbol representing the rights of States flown by men unwilling to bow down to the tyranny of neither the Union nor Lincoln. It is being flown imbeciles who live on their knees and suck at the tit of federal government but pretend to be otherwise.
I've been away from FL for some time now and just to make sure that I was not forgetting some detail, I checked. You are correct sir. I-10 runs west from Jacksonville and I-4 runs SW from Daytona Beach ... Never the two to meet.
I believe that just about everyone today is proud of both sides. The Rebel flag is part of our history and should be able to be flown in the south. There are those here in this country that hate the American flag but we never take it down.
I'd imagine some 30-35% of our Freepers have direct confederate heritage. Why would you so easily insult them over their heritage? People will stand by their families much faster than embrace they PC BS...
Find some democrats to pick a fight with. Insulting fellow FReepers is hardly a worthwhile pursuit.
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