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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou know what really insults the American flag? The Confederate one.
Michael Eric Dyson on CNN.
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You know what really insults the American flag? The Confederate one. (Original Post)
applegrove
Sep 2017
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. Word.
susanna
(5,231 posts)2. Yes. n/t
herding cats
(19,567 posts)3. Yep.
Treason being honored by flying that flag is an insult to our nation, our Constitution, our soldiers and our flag. I mean, if that sort of stuff actually matters to you, that is.
safeinOhio
(32,716 posts)4. Not politically correct and those snowflakes take offense
when I call it what it is. Surrender Monkey Flag.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)6. They also like when you call it a participation trophy (nt)
Orrex
(63,224 posts)5. Bravo to Dyson, but that sentiment has been on social media for weeks
In my every discussion about it, I make a point of referring to it as the Confederate surrender flag, the ultimate participation trophy. It really gets under the skin of the latter-day die-hard Confederates born, raised & living in Pennsylvania.