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struggle4progress

(118,320 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:28 PM Jul 2015

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Confederate flags greet Obama in Oklahoma

By Jordan Fabian - 07/16/15 08:49 AM EDT

President Obama was greeted by people waving Confederate flags when he arrived in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.

Several dozen people stood on the sidewalk as the presidential motorcade arrived at hotel where Obama was staying. About 10 people were waving Confederate battle flags ...

"For many, black and white, that flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation,” Obama recently said at the eulogy for one of the victims of the shooting. “We see that now.”

People waving Confederate flags also showed up when Obama visited Tennessee earlier this month.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/248149-confederate-flags-greet-obama-in-oklahoma

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Confederate flags greet Obama in Oklahoma (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2015 OP

They can throw all the fits they want, but that flag has lost its shine. shraby Jul 2015 #1

They're just proud of their heritage Cirque du So-What Jul 2015 #2

News flash, racist bigots show up in the South. n/t fasttense Jul 2015 #3

Some States might have something of an excuse for Southern Heritage nonsense not Oaklahoma. gordianot Jul 2015 #4

shraby

(21,946 posts)

1. They can throw all the fits they want, but that flag has lost its shine.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jul 2015

It will finally go down, not in glory but in ignominy.

Cirque du So-What

(25,962 posts)

2. They're just proud of their heritage

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:44 PM

Jul 2015

They're displaying that famous hospitality and encouraging the President to sip a mint julep while in town.

fasttense

(17,301 posts)

3. News flash, racist bigots show up in the South. n/t

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:45 PM

Jul 2015

gordianot

(15,242 posts)

4. Some States might have something of an excuse for Southern Heritage nonsense not Oaklahoma.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:53 PM

Jul 2015

Southern Heheritage= Your ancestord lost, had to take a loyalty oath to rejoin the union , get over it.

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