Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (March 21, 1965)
Ferguson to Jefferson City, Missouri (December 4, 2014)
Same Flag: From Selma to Ferguson
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Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (March 21, 1965)
Ferguson to Jefferson City, Missouri (December 4, 2014)
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Just like with the Nazis perverting symbols from religions like Hinduism, the Klan did the same with what Spanish Catholics wear:
http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/symbols/swastika.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capirote
Personally I think it makes the Klan look like cowards.
Of course, this is all being done in the spirit of brotherhood and good cheer, isn’t it? No hate or intimidation is being implied whatsoever. No, not at all. Jim Crow has nothing on the current state of affairs in this country.
Kevin,
Keep on fighting the good fight against those hoods and that flag.
N
FYI the klan resides in places where this flag is not flown. Why not ask the Native Americans what their interpretation is of the US flag? Point is the flag means different things to different people.
We see the Confederate flag in homes, parks, memorials, and institutions honoring veterans and heritage. Yet you chose not to show that view.
I’ve written posts over the years that shows the flag in all of these contexts. You just choose not to look through the blog.
Point is the flag means different things to different people.
That may be true, but that does not detract from the fact that the flag was first raised in an army that functioned as the military arm of a government pledged to protect and spread slavery and later as a symbol of “massive resistance” during the civil rights era.
I don’t see any difference between this and say misusing any tool. It’s reminiscent of anti-gun nuts tying all guns to crime.
How is this flag being misused. It has a long history of being used in a racial context. I suggest you read John Coski’s book, The Confederate Battle Flag.
Strange coincidence that the town name is Rosebud and that one of the worst massacres in America was in Rosebud, Florida.
Rosewood, Florida, actually. What’s interesting to me is that, as a friend pointed out elsewhere, Rosebud was a heavily Unionist town during the Civil War. The man hiding his face with a paper towel hood might well be a descendant of Yanks.
Thanks for the correction (I must have been thinking of the sled!).
I’ve seen that guy in the second picture before.
These guys certainly know which flag to wave, but the hood certainly reflects that it has become more difficult to display it in this context.
Anybody else thinking of this?
http://www.gifwave.com/media/99816/quentin-tarantino-jonah-hill-django-unchained-tarantino-don-johnson_200s.gif
If you have to cover your face, how can you deny what you are doing is wrong?
I’m sure all of the southern heritage groups and flagger organizations will rush to denounce this racially charged abuse of the same Confederate flag which they all are so devoted to; or should I rephrase that as a question?
Now now Kevin. They’re just there to spread heritage and talk about Hank Williams Jr.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/12/04/missouri-town-residents-greet-ferguson-protesters-confederate-flag-fried-chicken.html
I love the baby carriage.