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struggle4progress

(118,294 posts)
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 06:34 AM Sep 2015

Confederate flags intrude on NASCAR homecoming

Bulletin wire reports /
Published Sep 6, 2015 at 12:04AM

... As .. Confederate flags waved once more Friday, NASCAR faced its recurring quandary: How could a sport so closely associated with its Southern roots broaden its appeal nationally without alienating that base? ...

... officials are determined not to make a scene at the same time with Confederate flags in clear view during the race broadcast. After all, the NASCAR chairman, Brian France, had declared that Confederate flags were no longer welcome at tracks after a mass shooting at a church in Charleston in June. When the series shifted to Daytona in July, track officials came up with an exchange program. They offered American flags to replace the Confederate flags there.

Wile said the same program would be in place at Darlington as well. That’s not exactly what happened on Friday, though, as track workers asked fans to take down their flags. The reason given: They blocked sight lines across the track.

Fans were not buying it ...


http://www.bendbulletin.com/sports/3484179-151/confederate-flags-intrude-on-nascar-homecoming

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Confederate flags intrude on NASCAR homecoming (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2015 OP
Darlington?? I used to live there... good luck on getting those flags there! n/t Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author RedRocco Sep 2015 #2
They already lost their base about 5 or 6 years back. ileus Sep 2015 #3
The Southern Swastika's been flying high here in East TN for the last couple of weeks fasttense Sep 2015 #4
‘This is my tradition’ struggle4progress Sep 2015 #5
South Postpones Rising Again For Yet Another Year Zorro Sep 2015 #6
+ struggle4progress Sep 2015 #7

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ileus

(15,396 posts)
3. They already lost their base about 5 or 6 years back.
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:24 AM
Sep 2015

Some would say 10 years back...

Crappy racing, stupid rule changes, all cars the same killed interest in the sport.


 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
4. The Southern Swastika's been flying high here in East TN for the last couple of weeks
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 08:30 AM
Sep 2015

Seems the birthplace of the KKK, does not want to take down their racist symbols. Up until about 3 weeks ago I might see a southern swastika about once a month, but now they are flying everywhere and some are featuring a picture of Jesus in the middle. Nothing says stereotype White Southern racist like Jesus, hate and racism all in one eay to display cheap souvenir rag.

struggle4progress

(118,294 posts)
5. ‘This is my tradition’
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:11 PM
Sep 2015

BY ANDREW SHAIN

... Some of the fans’ ire was directed at Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, whose call to remove the Confederate flag from the State House five days after the killings at Emanuel AME Church led to flag bans nationwide.

Haley attended the Darlington race Sunday. She declined comment while walking around the garage.

Several S.C. fans said they voted for her in two elections, in part because she had no plans to remove the flag.

“She thinks she’s going to be vice president,” said Herndon, a retired state transportation employee. “That’s not going to happen if I’ve got anything to do with it” ...


http://www.thestate.com/news/state/article34262640.html

Zorro

(15,740 posts)
6. South Postpones Rising Again For Yet Another Year
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:21 PM
Sep 2015

HUNTSVILLE, AL–For the 135th straight year since Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, representatives for the South announced Monday that the region has postponed plans to rise again.

"Make no mistake, the South shall rise again," said Knox Pritchard, president of the Huntsville-based Alliance Of Confederate States. "But we're just not quite ready to do it now. Hopefully, we'll be able to rise again real soon, maybe even in 2001."

Pritchard's fellow Southerners shared his confidence.

"Yes, sir. The South will rise again, and when it does, I'll be right up front waving the Stars and Bars," said Dock Mullins of Decatur, GA. "But first, I gotta get my truck fixed and get that rusty old stove out of my yard."

http://www.theonion.com/article/south-postpones-rising-again-for-yet-another-year-377

Oldie from The Onion.

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