On Aug 9, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Aug 9, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Aug 8, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >>> On Aug 8, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If y'all haven't yet heard, some group has decided to lease land and put >>>> up a huge confederate flag to be seen when you first enter Virginia on the >>>> highway. As you can imagine this is causing some furor, and now a friend >>>> of mine has created a graphic suggestion for an appropriate response to >>>> their display, which everyone agrees is entirely within their rights to >>>> display. >>>> >>>> http://www.styleweekly.com/TheReportersNotebook/archives/2013/08/08/countering-the-confederates >>> >>> I say have well-armed union troops regularly 'seize' the flagpole and run >>> up the American flag; I'm sure you could round up some good ol' boys who >>> play the Blue side in the re-enactments to do so. >> >> It's going to be on private property, so most of the solutions suggested >> have to do with leasing the land right next to their spot. > > Publicly suggested, that is. :-)
well yeah, I've already heard some things from folks with RC toys. The state of that flag will wind up being a regular segment on the Colbert Report, or something. >> Nobody says they don't have the right to display it, but there have been >> grumblings since they're not talking about Stars & Bars, they're hoisting >> the Battle Flag. >> > > A cursory google search makes it seem to me that they're the same. I'll be > the first to admit that I'm not all that up on the subtle differences in the > various flags of US enemies, though. >>> Nice shade. :) The "real" flag called Stars & Bars was considered too confusing on the field against the US flag, so the Battle Flag was used, and later became accepted as the 3rd national flag of the CSA. More here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America >>> Be entertaining as HELL watching those creepy-ass crackers try to argue >>> against displaying the American Flag :-) >>> >>> Another tack for the billboard. "They want to honor treason in defense of >>> slavery." I wonder if that idiot has ever actually READ all those >>> statements of secessesion that her "honorable" ancestors wrote. >>> >>> Then again, my inner anarchist says 'just burn that fucker down every time >>> they turn their backs.' >>> >>> Better yet, replace it with the rainbow flag, watch the rebels AND the >>> jeebusites blow a gasket. >>> >>> (feeling more than a little 'monkey-wrench-gang-y' lately for some reason.) >> >> there have already been some mentions that not all hunters in VA use guns, >> and how swiftly a flag would burn when hit with a flaming arrow. > > Now THAT'S some innovative thinking! Apparently some local designers are having fun with this, I'll post a Tumblr if I can find one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
