Controversy over symbols and racism .

[wacki]

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who can really say what the flag truely means nowadays?

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People that have first hand experience with those that sport it?

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Go to dollywood and get a bigger sample set.

[Sponger15SB]

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also isn't it heil hitler?

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Is the stay pufft marshmallo german?

[sublime]

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who can really say what the flag truely means nowadays?

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People that have first hand experience with those that sport it?

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i will say this. if i see anyone with that stupid flag, i assume they are idiots. then again, i assume most people are idiots.

I plead ignorance on the rebel flag.

My feeling is that the tone of the cactus image only contributes to the general desensitization of the masses where the events of WWII are involved. I have no designs on mod status and I'm all for freedom of speech, but if someone gave me that responsibility, I'd at least use it to make sure these forums didn't contribute to this kind of ignorance. I recognize that its a joke, but its walking a blurred line.

That said, I have to think some people are offended by some of the NSFW pics on this site, and once you start getting into censorship, a major cleanup/overhaul may be required. Even then, you won't keep all the people happy all the time. Tough call.

Gary

[ThaSaltCracka]

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who can really say what the flag truely means nowadays?

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People that have first hand experience with those that sport it?

[/ QUOTE ]ok, but I can then come back and tell you that I have met some very nice people from SC that display their Confederate flag as a symbol of Southern pride. This of course could be an SC thing. Either way, as I said, the connotation is different from person to person. You seem to be caught up in the negative connotation, and refuse to acknowledge those that hold the flag in a positive way.

Me personally, I can see both sides.

[Eurotrash]

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Yup. That is my post. I'm an idiot.

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I like how on the bottom of the image it has "Stay Puft" yet in your post you wrote what it is commonly mistaken for, "Stay Puff" [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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also isn't it heil hitler?

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haha, I think so, but I was going to let that slide

[Evan]

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This is a discussion if symbols like the confederate flag are symbols of racism and anyone that uses it is symbolizing racism

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At my high school there were desks int eh library set up in blcoks of four. If you looked at them from above the walls made the shape of a swastika. I don't think the designers fo those desks were racist.

You made a pretty blanket statement there, did you really expect it to hold up?

[Evan]

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who can really say what the flag truely means nowadays?

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People that have first hand experience with those that sport it?

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Go to dollywood and get a bigger sample set.

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Given your recent stupidity I can't even give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are joking.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Dollywood man, go see the [censored] man, the [censored] [censored] man!

[Evan]

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who can really say what the flag truely means nowadays?

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People that have first hand experience with those that sport it?

[/ QUOTE ]ok, but I can then come back and tell you that I have met some very nice people from SC that display their Confederate flag as a symbol of Southern pride. This of course could be an SC thing. Either way, as I said, the connotation is different from person to person. You seem to be caught up in the negative connotation, and refuse to acknowledge those that hold the flag in a positive way.

Me personally, I can see both sides.

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I'm not refusing to see anything. I'm tryign to aggregate it. If I started signing valentine's cards with "[swastika] Evan" because I was using it as a symbol of love, would that make it not a symbol of Naziism?