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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Tue Jun 23, 2015, 04:59 PM Jun 2015

It's time to change these license plates...

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It's time to change these license plates... (Original Post) Playinghardball Jun 2015 OP

They shouldn't even be available as vanity plates. pogglethrope Jun 2015 #1

as a resident of Texas, I can't believe that Texas said no to this, virtualobserver Jun 2015 #2

Virgina canceled those "Sons of the Confederacy" plates today. FSogol Jun 2015 #3

pogglethrope

(60 posts)

1. They shouldn't even be available as vanity plates.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:02 PM

Jun 2015

Last edited Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:44 PM - Edit history (2)

They come too close to hate speech for that.

[Edit: Corrected ytpo.]

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)

2. as a resident of Texas, I can't believe that Texas said no to this,

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:07 PM

Jun 2015

and it went all the way to the supreme court, who confirmed that the state did not have to offer it.

with that and the removal of the flag in SC, I am bracing myself for the sudden burst of Confederate
flags that will be popping up everywhere.

FSogol

(45,529 posts)

3. Virgina canceled those "Sons of the Confederacy" plates today.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 05:09 PM

Jun 2015

According to reports, there are only 1,594 of them.

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