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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #165 on: July 10, 2015, 06:26:26 PM »
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WALLINGFORD — Local police received a complaint when a shopper discovered Nazi and Confederate merchandise at a popular flea market last weekend, according to Chief William Wright.

An officer responded to the Redwood Flea Market on South Turnpike Road Sunday to investigate the report and found Nazi and Confederate memorabilia for sale. He told the complainant, who is Jewish, there was nothing police could do because the merchandise was on private property
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WTF  why would you even think of calling the cops? Not displaying it on a government building I get but this is ridiculous.     I don't sell at this flea market but go there to buy frequently and the place isn't overflowing with the stuff it has about  the same amount I have seen most places,  I have even sold some Nazi stuff and would sell Confederate stuff too if I ever got any.

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WALLINGFORD — Local police received a complaint when a shopper discovered Nazi and Confederate merchandise at a popular flea market last weekend, according to Chief William Wright.

An officer responded to the Redwood Flea Market on South Turnpike Road Sunday to investigate the report and found Nazi and Confederate memorabilia for sale. He told the complainant, who is Jewish, there was nothing police could do because the merchandise was on private property

But I'm sure the snowflakes are working on taking care of that soon enough. ::)

Who cares about personal freedom? Let's make laws that force everyone to agree with our superior viewpoints. What could possibly go wrong?
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #166 on: July 10, 2015, 08:47:43 PM »
I skipped from page 2 to page 11.  :-[

There's some awesome gopher awesomeness on page ten.  :eyelash:
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #167 on: July 11, 2015, 03:40:55 PM »
I skipped from page 2 to page 11.  :-[

There's some awesome gopher awesomeness on page ten.  :eyelash:

There should have been a table of contents. :M
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #168 on: July 11, 2015, 05:12:08 PM »
I skipped from page 2 to page 11.  :-[

There's some awesome gopher awesomeness on page ten.  :eyelash:

There should have been a table of contents. :M

Yes.  :LOL:

Personally I know someone that has one hanging in his business. I really doubt they intend to remove it anytime soon.

I think it's in how you view it...honestly it's more like the redneck symbol of rebellion here.

Things are things imo, it's all in the interpretation or what people feel they "should" stand for/or not.

I can purchase a bag of oranges...

Now if I beat some idiot with them in the parking lot they are now a weapon.

If they die...now they are a deadly weapon.

If the person I beat is of a different race, color, or sex and I hit them because of the fact...now they are a deadly weapon used in a hate crime.

...and I started out with a bag of oranges.

I never did care for oranges.



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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #169 on: July 12, 2015, 01:31:26 PM »
:rofl:
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #170 on: July 12, 2015, 06:16:53 PM »
yeehaa   :P
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #171 on: October 10, 2015, 12:34:37 PM »
Lol
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #172 on: November 04, 2015, 10:37:31 AM »
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #173 on: November 04, 2015, 10:47:43 AM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racialism

Racialism = racists trying really hard to appear not to be racists

Just two-three days ago I had a lengthy debate with someone who finally admitted that it all came down to skin color and appearance. Appearance! Of alllll the things he could go around worrying about - it was people's appearance =I and all under the guise of "humanism" - "I just want to help to avoid racial wars"

Well, he can start helping by not judging people by their appearance o_-

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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #174 on: November 04, 2015, 11:03:29 AM »
Wikipedia the totally non credible source really now?
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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #175 on: November 04, 2015, 05:12:35 PM »
Wikipedia the totally non credible source really now?
Wikipedia is fine; it's only annoying when presented as, here read this and learn something link only, rather than presenting the information in one's own words and using a Wikipedia link as a backup source. Racialism applies to people who attribute qualities of better/worse as inherent to race, or consider different races as different human sub-species.

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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #176 on: November 06, 2015, 10:58:56 AM »
For years, Ive occasionally worn a Celtic Cross necklace like the one in the photo. Never thought anything of it. Ive only just been told that here in Hungary, its a symbol of white supremacy  :hitler: Ive been told that I really shouldnt wear it.

Of course, I could be an arsehole, and keep wearing it anyway, because to me its a symbol of my Celtic heritage and certainly not of racist sentiment. However, it seems pointless to wear a symbol that many find divisive and offensive, just because the symbol represents something different to me.

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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #177 on: November 06, 2015, 11:57:36 AM »
For years, Ive occasionally worn a Celtic Cross necklace like the one in the photo. Never thought anything of it. Ive only just been told that here in Hungary, its a symbol of white supremacy  :hitler: Ive been told that I really shouldnt wear it.

Of course, I could be an arsehole, and keep wearing it anyway, because to me its a symbol of my Celtic heritage and certainly not of racist sentiment. However, it seems pointless to wear a symbol that many find divisive and offensive, just because the symbol represents something different to me.

This is both sad, unfair, and also very common.
It's the ultra-nationalists who set their claws into all the old symbolisms they can find, and "claim ownership" over them.

Some try to visibly claim them back, I've even seen an anarchist-punk type CD cover with a huge swastika on it, and obviously, this task is nearly impossible, I doubt their swastika-CD cover made much of a difference -.-
Maybe in time, some of these symbol-uses will fade, but we're probably talking centuries.

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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #178 on: November 06, 2015, 11:57:41 AM »
Hi Butterflies  :santa:

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Re: Confederate Flag appreciation thread.
« Reply #179 on: November 06, 2015, 12:21:10 PM »
For years, Ive occasionally worn a Celtic Cross necklace like the one in the photo. Never thought anything of it. Ive only just been told that here in Hungary, its a symbol of white supremacy  :hitler: Ive been told that I really shouldnt wear it.

Of course, I could be an arsehole, and keep wearing it anyway, because to me its a symbol of my Celtic heritage and certainly not of racist sentiment. However, it seems pointless to wear a symbol that many find divisive and offensive, just because the symbol represents something different to me.

This is both sad, unfair, and also very common.
It's the ultra-nationalists who set their claws into all the old symbolisms they can find, and "claim ownership" over them.

Some try to visibly claim them back, I've even seen an anarchist-punk type CD cover with a huge swastika on it, and obviously, this task is nearly impossible, I doubt their swastika-CD cover made much of a difference -.-
Maybe in time, some of these symbol-uses will fade, but we're probably talking centuries.

Yes, to all of that.

@ Butterflies, are there other celtic symbols that you could wear without it being offensive?
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