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2020-07-05 -Land of the Free

Large CSA battle flag raised adjacent I-40 in North Carolina

[The Hill] A giant 20-by-30 foot Confederate flag was raised along a busy highway in North Carolina this weekend to mark the Fourth of July, and, despite some complaints, local officials say there's nothing that can be done about it.

Local network WSOCTV reports that the Sons of Confederate Veterans raised the flag on Friday on an 80-foot pole along Interstate 40. It marks one of several Confederate flags that has been raised in the area after Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced in June that all Confederate monuments on state Capitol property would be removed.

"The Sons of Confederate Veterans, we’re trying to replace the statue with flags, and we try to put them on the interstate so more people can see it," Elgie McGalliard told the local station. "Take down our statues, and we’re going to put up a flag somewhere along the major interstates in North Carolina."

The group said they were raising the large flag to mark the Fourth of July weekend and their heritage.

Some have already complained about the flags, but officials say they are on private property and there are no ordinances against it.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-07-05 02:28|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 ...I've said this before, and it bears repeating - Governor Cooper seems to think that his entire state consists of Charlotte, Raliegh-Durham, and Chapel Hill.

It ain't.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2020-07-05 07:37|| 2020-07-05 07:37|| Front Page Top

#2 There used to be a large confederate flag adjacent to the highway on the stretch of highway between Knoxville and Nashville in middle Tennessee. I never heard any controversy about the flag. I think it was on private property. Very often crosses are also erected on private property next to interstates.

If one believes in private property and free speech, this has to be O.K. Are we supposed to cave-in to the wishes of left-wing radicals and atheists?

Posted by JohnQC 2020-07-05 11:44|| 2020-07-05 11:44|| Front Page Top

#3 There is one in East Tennessee that has been there for several years.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-07-05 12:26|| 2020-07-05 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 As a Midwesterner now living in the South, I've never understood the Confederate flag thing. It was a losing effort--and the South didn't exactly cover itself with glory. So why celebrate?

People can if they want--but I've never understood the rationale.

Posted by Tom 2020-07-05 15:11|| 2020-07-05 15:11|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it was always an "FU" to the carpet-bagging north

Posted by Frank G 2020-07-05 15:15|| 2020-07-05 15:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Even if on private property, it will soon be deemed "hate speech" if it can be seen from a public location.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-05 17:14|| 2020-07-05 17:14|| Front Page Top

#7 So we are now responsible for someone's feelings being hurt because of what they see or hear? These fragile hot house flowers need to put their big girl or big boy pants on and grow up and get on with their lives; otherwise they are going to be offended by much that is in our world.

Were these people offended by the atrocities (beheadings, rapes, burning of people alive) of ISIS and AQ? How about the human-trafficking mentioned in the Horowitz report in 2018? The left and the MSM largely ignored the Horowitz report and its mention of Clinton involvement in child trafficking. Child-trafficking. Where was the outrage about that? Are they outraged by the assassinations and killings of police officers?

Posted by JohnQC 2020-07-05 17:50|| 2020-07-05 17:50|| Front Page Top

#8 #4^ Please move back to the Midwest.

Posted by Dacama 2020-07-05 18:06|| 2020-07-05 18:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Fly that flag, baby!!!!

Posted by Clem 2020-07-05 18:07|| 2020-07-05 18:07|| Front Page Top

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