Posted on 04/10/2014 6:31:06 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
A controversy in Waldron led to a parade of Confederate flags Tuesday evening to protest a ban implemented by officials at Waldron High School.
Students who displayed the Confederate flag flying on the back of their pickup trucks were asked by school officials to remove them while on school property.
The superintendent, Gary Wayman, said there have been complaints and some consider the display "offensive." Wayman said the students were flying the Confederate flags from the back of poles attached to their trucks.
There were mixed feelings among students and others who gathered Tuesday to fly a parade of flags in protest.
Dakota Sims, an organizer of the parade in response to the ban, told 40/29 News "It's America, this is a free state. Like that flag represents freedom. Just like that American flag represents freedom. People died for both of them. Why not fly both of them?"
Another student said he supports his friends that are protesting, but felt that the flags could send the wrong message.
A Facebook page called "Scott County 746" was created with posts from supporters and others in the community.
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The non-sequiturs are a target-rich environment here. I’ll have to decide which one to pick ;’)
I grew up in a city where one of the local high schools had the Rebel mascot and they flew the confederate battle flag at their sports events. Their mascot wore the confederate enlisted uniform and carried a replica musket.
I just checked and apparently the school mascot is still the Rebel. I don’t know if they still fly the stars and bars at their sporting events or if their mascot still wears the confederate uniform. I would clearly be surprised if they allowed him to carry a replica of a confederate musket.
I tend to think that these days their mascot is some generic non threatening multi cultural rendition of something they can refer to as a Rebel.
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