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wonderboy
The Confederate flag is not ever meant to be a racist symbol. It is portrayed as that so people can express anger at past wrongs.
At any rate, why would anybody give a @#$%& if somebody is waving a flag. I grew up in Catholic Northern Ireland and if you want to wave a Rangers flag or the Union Jack, why the hell would I care. Why do we want to fight old battles.
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daspyknows
Reading this thread it is easy to pick out those who fall on the dividing line of the symbols represent history and not meant to be racist and those who are flat out racists.
I fully expect those who are the flat out racists to come after me for this comment. Then again they are also the same same anti-maskers who dismiss Covid as a flu or a hoax. You know who you are and so does everyone else.
My view on the music award is so what. Who cares. Kenny Wayne Shepherd has some talent but he is also not someone who I am going to seek to see but if I had nothing to do and someone had a ticket I might go.
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roryfaninva
Its too late to help Kenny Wayne but we can still close ranks around Jonny Lang...
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daspyknows
Reading this thread it is easy to pick out those who fall on the dividing line of the symbols represent history and not meant to be racist and those who are flat out racists.
I fully expect those who are the flat out racists to come after me for this comment. Then again they are also the same same anti-maskers who dismiss Covid as a flu or a hoax. You know who you are and so does everyone else.
My view on the music award is so what. Who cares. Kenny Wayne Shepherd has some talent but he is also not someone who I am going to seek to see but if I had nothing to do and someone had a ticket I might go.
You're a real ray of sunshine. I can honestly say that you are one of the most unpleasant people I've ever encountered on the Internet. And that really says something. I don't even have to look at your user name when I read your posts to know who's ranting. You drag this site down with your constant vitriol.
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JohnnyBGoode
Shepherd concluded, “I want to make something very clear and unequivocal; I condemn and stand in complete opposition to all forms of racism and oppression and always have.”
His ecuses are a bit flat... He should have rolled the censors into their own sh!t by making a tongue-in-cheek statement like : "I've dedicated my life to the blues to my personal beliefs have only allowed me to listen to white-skinned fair-haired musicians. Therefore I built my knowledge of the blues idiom by listening only to Danish Swedish and Finnish musicians".
Irony and sarcasm are potent weapons against bigotry and stupidity
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Cooltoplady
The confederate flag is now a symbol of white supremacy What part don’t you people get
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Cooltoplady
The confederate flag is now a symbol of white supremacy What part don’t you people get
"Now"? Neither Kenny Wayne Shepard nor the Dukes of Hazard used it as a symbol of white supremacy. What part of that don't you get?
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Cooltoplady
The confederate flag is now a symbol of white supremacy What part don’t you people get
"Now"? Neither Kenny Wayne Shepard nor the Dukes of Hazard used it as a symbol of white supremacy. What part of that don't you get?
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Cooltoplady
Are you serious? What’s wrong with you
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daspyknows
Reading this thread it is easy to pick out those who fall on the dividing line of the symbols represent history and not meant to be racist and those who are flat out racists.
I fully expect those who are the flat out racists to come after me for this comment. Then again they are also the same same anti-maskers who dismiss Covid as a flu or a hoax. You know who you are and so does everyone else.
My view on the music award is so what. Who cares. Kenny Wayne Shepherd has some talent but he is also not someone who I am going to seek to see but if I had nothing to do and someone had a ticket I might go.
You're a real ray of sunshine. I can honestly say that you are one of the most unpleasant people I've ever encountered on the Internet. And that really says something. I don't even have to look at your user name when I read your posts to know who's ranting. You drag this site down with your constant vitriol.
From you that's a compliment. If you think I am an @#$%& I know I am in the right. I would hate being you knowing I am a miserable racist, misogynistic, anti science fool. Since I am pretty sure you are pro-gun, go use it on yourself.
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Cooltoplady
The confederate flag is now a symbol of white supremacy. What part don’t you people get
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roryfaninva
People...people..please, lets stop all the fussin and feudin. Cant you see this is what Dr. Seuss wanted?
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Cooltoplady
The confederate flag is now a symbol of white supremacy. What part don’t you people get
The problem is people like you will NEVER stop. Once the last C.F. is removed from the American soil then you'll make sure it disappears from history books & museums. After you erase the present you'll try to erase the past too. Censorship oh but in the name of Good.
Then you'll find another "noble" cause. Rinse and repeat. Blah!
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24FPS
Was the South racist? Was the Confederate Stars and Bars used during the Civil War to promote the racist South? Was it resurrected in the 50s as a symbol of Southern segregation? To strike fear in Southern Blacks? Is it now used by white racists to intimidate, and let their hatred for 'others' be known? If you answered yes to these questions, then of course the Confederate Flag is a racist symbol.
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StonedAsiaExile
You allow the 'woke' crowd to go after the flag, then they'll go after everything else. Our beloved Stone's tongue will be next as the wokies will find something offensive about it.
Be careful what you wish for.
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roryfaninva
Theres a legitimate discussion to be had about the Confederate flag and not hard to understand why it offends black people (and others as well). The question is should Kenny Wayne Shepard have an award he'd already been given taken from away him and his father forced to resign because he has a car that he tricked out like The Dukes Of Hazard 17 years ago stored in his garage? Thats absurd to the point of being Orwellian. Either someone called this foundation after the award was granted and said "This cats got a car with the Stars abd Bars stored away in his garage!" or someone at this foundation has it out for Kenny Wayne and Papa Shepherd. How would anyone know whats in someones garage? Why would you fire his Dad? I smell a rat. Not that I care all that much but its getting irksome.
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Javadave
If Colonel Angus was around, he could surely lick this problem.