Why is everyone crying about the Rebel Flag.............

Discussion in 'Free Speech Alley' started by ScottyB28, Oct 25, 2005.

  1. Crip*TEAM KATT

    Crip*TEAM KATT As Wild As We Wanna Be

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    yes it will be
     
  2. Proud Tiger

    Proud Tiger Founding Member

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    Uh oh, hell is freezing over. Me and dheadtiger agree on something :)

    I'm not racist. As I have said before, the company I now work for (after my NASA career) is owned by a black man you all would know. He is a great individual. But I think the radical blacks need to get over the chip on their shoulder where the confererate flag is concerned. There is a full month recognizing black history, another month for hispanic history so why in hell can't I display my confererate flag when I damn well want to. If that makes me a redneck so be it and screw all you culturaly correct people. And what's wrong with LSU displaying a gold and purple version of a confederate flag? Didn't your nickname of Tigers come from a confederate fighting unit?

    The American flag has 13 stripes representing the original 13 states. Everyone of those 13 states had slavery so in essence those 13 stripes still recognize slavery too. Organizations like the NCAAP recognize this and would like to redesign the American flag. How is this going to sit with all of you who usually cow-tow to these organizations.

    What all confererate flag bashers need to realize is.......the civil war was not originally about slavery at all. It only became an issue later in the war. The Civil War started over the issue of states rights as any knowledgeable historian knows.

    I'll quit before I really get riled up :thumb:
     
  3. bubbafong

    bubbafong Founding Member

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    And why is it that I'm a "big white pussy"? Because I won't stand up for white supremacy with a bunch of redneck idiots like yourself?

    After you reach puberty, let's talk.
     
  4. Proud Tiger

    Proud Tiger Founding Member

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    Who said anything about white supremacy?
     
  5. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    I don't think so. LSU is not going to champion any move against freedom of expression in the name of diversity. Other Universities have done this and have ended up looking foolish.

    The fact is that there is no constitutional right in the US from being offended by something. Farrakhan offends me. Do I have a right to march against the wearing of bow ties? Yes, but it would be damned silly. In America, a person has the right to fly a flag that says "I'm a damn fool and so am I" if he wants to do it.

    LSU will issue statements that denounce the use of LSU colors on the flag and will work with local vendors that sell it to replace it with authorized LSU gear. The coach and the chancellor will condemn its use. But LSU will not go to court over this issue. Where would it stop? PETA would condemn the use of tiger stripes as advocating fur. Asians would object to the acronym "LSU" because it is difficurt to plonounce.
     
  6. bubbafong

    bubbafong Founding Member

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    Yes it will be and I think it should. It's not about panties being in a wad...it's about respect. And LSU is a state school that receives state money, and black peoples taxes end up there just as much as white peoples. People have the right to fly that flag any time on their own property, but LSU has the right to ban something that offends many students from being flown on campus.

    What's truly sad is how closed minded and racist most of you still are.

    Go as Jamarcus Russell if that flag offends him. Or Joe Addai, or Skyler Green, or Doucet, or Landry, or Carey, or Craig Davis, or Perilloux, or...
     
  7. TigerFan23

    TigerFan23 USMC Tiger

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    Umm, no they don't. As a public university, they can't piss on the Constitution. And to call anyone who supports the flying of that flag close-minded and racist is ignorant.
     
  8. TigerWins

    TigerWins Founding Member

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    Here's my question ... can Blanco force LSU to ban it? If the answer is yes, then it'll be banned. I think she will not want anymore negative press about racial issues in this state. She'll cave in.

    I assume she has that authority...
     
  9. TigerWins

    TigerWins Founding Member

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    Just remember your comments when some of your rights are stripped away one day.

    This country is all about free speech, no matter how ignorant it is...
     
  10. diamondheadtiger

    diamondheadtiger Founding Member

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    Automatically a redneck and for white supremacy for flying a flag? Everyone has opinions, that's why we come here right. Reread my 1st post bubba :hihi: fong, does that warrant being called a redneck or an idiot because my opinion differs from yours? Why is it everytime there's a thread that contains any race content you are the first one to jump in and take the other side whether it's right or wrong? That is why you are a big white pussy, get it? I did'nt think so. Dude, I don't dislike black folks at all. I dislike the niggas, but the blacks do too, but I have a very low tolerance for the wiggas. Grow some nads bubba :hihi: fong.
     

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