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babylonsister

(171,094 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2015, 04:12 PM Jun 2015

Fox News Gets Desperate and Calls The Confederate Flag The Flag Of The Democratic Party

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/22/fox-news-desperate-calls-confederate-flag-flag-democratic-party.html

Fox News Gets Desperate and Calls The Confederate Flag The Flag Of The Democratic Party
By: Jason Easley
Monday, June, 22nd, 2015, 3:58 pm

In a desperate attempt to hide their role in pushing the GOP’s racist rhetoric, Fox News is claiming that the Confederate flag is the flag of the Democratic Party.

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Fox News host Andrea Tantaros said, “You know what baffles the mind? This isn’t a Republican flag. Historically this was the flag of southern Democrats, remember that, fact? I find this flag offensive. This flag represents the fight in slavery, and it was a flag that the southern Democrats — Democrats — used to fly against Northern Republicans so I’m not sure why Republicans are getting peppered over this.”

Tantaros brought up an old time favorite misleading statement by the right. Southerners did support the Democratic Party, but what Fox News likes to leave out is that racist ideological strain left the Democratic Party and moved over to the Republicans during the Civil Rights movement.

It is ridiculous for anyone to claim that the Confederate flag is the flag of the party that is led by the nation’s first African-American president. It is even more absurd for Fox News to ignore the fact that it was Republicans who supported flying the Confederate flag over the state capitol.

Republicans are getting hammered for this because they are the party that pushed for the Confederate flag as a symbol of “Southern heritage.” The Confederate flag is not a Republican flag or a Democratic flag. It is a symbol of slavery, racism and hate.

There is only one political party in the United States that has been using racism to scare and divide the country, and that is the Republican Party.

Fox News is getting desperate and pulling out all of the stops to spin away the right’s trafficking in racial politics. Fox is even out of step with Republicans like South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is set to call for the flag to be taken down.

The years of Fox News supported racial hate are coming back to bite Republicans and their cable news network. Fox News embraced the racial dog whistles, so now they own the ugly symbolism of the Confederate flag.

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Fox News Gets Desperate and Calls The Confederate Flag The Flag Of The Democratic Party (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2015 OP

I'm honestly surprised that some on Fox even care enough to try distance themselves from the flag. Arugula Latte Jun 2015 #1

fox gets more stupid day after day. Tantarous is a strange stupid goose. riversedge Jun 2015 #2

"southern Strategy" one more of Nixon's legacies rurallib Jun 2015 #3

The Republicans and the Democrats switched sides since then. -none Jun 2015 #4

Won't all thier redneck viewers (with confederate flags on their trucks) shit a brick? cyberswede Jun 2015 #5

that right there might get them to toss the dixie swatika out the window Romeo.lima333 Jun 2015 #6

I hope the ghost of Lyndon Johnson hifiguy Jun 2015 #7

Then I expect Fox to be in the forefront calling for its removal . . . Journeyman Jun 2015 #8

Bottom line, Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #9

"I’m not sure why Republicans are getting peppered over this.” Really? Metro135 Jun 2015 #10

They are just pissed that the President got to say the N-Word and they can't. Glassunion Jun 2015 #11

Just in time for my birthday. This is going to be a pleasant site to see. arcane1 Jun 2015 #12

It sounds like the right may be ready to surrender on this issue. drm604 Jun 2015 #13

The right caved today, sort of. babylonsister Jun 2015 #14

That's one governor, of one state, and Fox reaches an area much bigger than SC. drm604 Jun 2015 #15

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

1. I'm honestly surprised that some on Fox even care enough to try distance themselves from the flag.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 04:15 PM

Jun 2015

They're so openly and blatantly racist I would think that they would just say, "Yeah? So what?"

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

2. fox gets more stupid day after day. Tantarous is a strange stupid goose.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 04:18 PM

Jun 2015

rurallib

(62,451 posts)

3. "southern Strategy" one more of Nixon's legacies

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 04:21 PM

Jun 2015

He welcomed Strom and his buds with open arms.

-none

(1,884 posts)

4. The Republicans and the Democrats switched sides since then.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jun 2015

The Republicans used to be the Liberals and the Democrats used to be the Conservatives. Those that like to confuse the issue always ignore that fact.
Replace Conservative with Liberal and Liberal with Conservative and it reads correctly.
The Confederate Flag has always been the flag of the conservatives, even when they were the Democrats.