I’m a conservative from the south and you are damned right that I resent the bad spelling and the Rebel Flag. I’m sick and tired of the south being associated with ignorance.
You don’t think that the spelling on the signs is that big of a deal. Here’s a hint- someone point out to this idiot that there are improperly spelled words and they should be fixed. The signs are painted on cardboard box- they can and should be replaced without much effort to save the poor home owner any more embarassment, not to mention other McCain/Palin supporters.
And I won’t start about the Stars and Bars except to say that when the Klan was waving it, none of my southern brothers were jumping up to say, “that flag is for heritage, not hate!!!”. And when American Nazis carried them on parade, no one from the south was screaming, “that flag should be used for heritage not hate!”. It’s only when people who remember the banner as having been adopted by the Klan and Nazis start to disparage it, that anyone from my neck of the wood start to claim the flag as being a symbol of heritage.
Long and short of it- change the signs and lose the flag. McCain has the south, he needs to shore up the midwest and west.
Sorry you are so upset. Nothing posted here will change any of it.
I have never flown my flag but I keep it cause some day I might. That is part of my history.
Too bad you (and me for that matter) were not in the class room with my 16 year old daughter the day she explained what the rebel flag was about.
And you speak for ALL Southerners?