It’s hard to know where to start in criticizing the decision of the Washington County Fair Board to allow vendors to sell Confederate flags.
The board was asked to ban the sale of the flags by a couple
of residents of Washington County and refused.
Yes, the South will rise again. Apparently in Greenwich, NY.
So far as I know.. discussion has not been broadly had about banning the flag outside the USA – which would be an interesting issue if it came up because it doesn’t ‘wound’ anyone outside the American context.
ReplyDeleteThe confederate flag is not uncommon in Australia. We have a very large outlaw motorcycle club called the Rebels – originally called the Confederates and formed here – that uses the symbol. There’s no ideology behind it, it’s just empty symbolism. All the more empty because it has nothing historically to do with anyone here.
This article is from last June: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/06/22/why-do-italian-soccer-fans-and-other-foreigners-fly-the-confederate-flag/
Thanks for the link, Magpie. Hadn't thought that other countries would adopt the Stars and Bars. Probably won't catch on in Africa anytime soon. Maybe if ISIS adopts it, it will lose its cachet here.
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