# Are there Confederate flaggers parading in your streets? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553 "2015-07-18T22:36:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/101 "2015-07-22T14:40:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > We have a significant black population and that would be very ill–advised. 😕 So if you lived in lily-white Mayberry you’d be showing your true colors? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/102 "2015-07-22T15:03:18Z")
No I never had any interest in Confederate memorabilia. I was simply noting that anyone that does openly display the flag puts themselves at risk. Its too closely associated with skin heads and other white power groups. Other deep south states like Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Have stronger ties to the historical past. You do see Confederate emblems there. Arkansas has never been considered traditional, old south. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/103 "2015-07-22T15:04:11Z")
I really wish people would stop implying that black people will explode into a violent rage at the sight of a Confederate flag. I grew up in Atlanta, Chocolate City, and the Confederate flag was all over the place. Including the state capitol. Black people hated it and rallied against it. And yet for decades, white people folks didn’t have nary a problem shoving it in our faces. Richmond is about 40% black. And yet we have Confederate flaggers parading in the street. No one has been flown into a murderous rage yet. The worse that has happened was that someone (race unknown) threw a bottle at one of the trucks and caused a dent. Several years ago, I was driving around in Newark, NJ. The blue pick-up truck in front of me had a Confederate flag on its bumper. I’m sure the driver lived to tell about it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/104 "2015-07-22T15:10:21Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > No organized events in Little Rock. (that I’ve heard about) > > its been many years since I saw the South’s battle flag on any vehicles. Certainly not flying in any yards. We have a significant black population and that would be very ill–advised. Offensive, yes, but why ill-advised? There are numerous college football teams called “the Rebels,” teams whose fans wave Confederate flags after touchdowns. And yet, these teams rarely have trouble attracting black running backs, receivers, safeties and linebackers. Black people may not like Confederate memorabilia, but many have learned to ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/105 "2015-07-22T15:12:18Z")
Flying a Confederate flag in your front yard is more provocative. I haven’t seen anyone do that in my state in over 30 years. I guess its different in the deep south states. bumper stickers or car plates are less noticeable. But in todays political climate they are a bad idea too. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/106 "2015-07-22T17:02:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > No organized events in Little Rock. (that I’ve heard about) > > its been many years since I saw the South’s battle flag on any vehicles. Certainly not flying in any yards. We have a significant black population and that would be very ill–advised. Going to North Little Rock after dark is ill-advised for any life form. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/107 "2015-07-22T17:16:32Z")
Pine Bluff Arkansas is the absolute worst city in the entire state. A real cesspool of gangs and shootings. Try driving through there with a Flag bumper sticker. Their are areas where it would be like driving through DC. [http://www.inquisitr.com/532225/pine-bluff-arkansas-americas-most-dangerous-little-town/](http://www.inquisitr.com/532225/pine-bluff-arkansas-americas-most-dangerous-little-town/) > [@](#): > > Pine Bluff, Arkansas is the most dangerous town in America despite its rather small population of 49,000 people and its disconnect from major cities. > > While the town houses only 49,000 residents, the economic downturn and rising gang activity led to 18 murders in Pine Bluff through all of 2012. Eighteen murders with a population of 49,000 is seven times the national average per capita. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/108 "2015-07-22T19:32:22Z")
Not a one in Wisconsin, and I’ve been driving all over the state the last few months. ---
**Author:** ![Anita\_Dayoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/109 "2015-07-22T21:45:04Z")
Just saw big one on a pole in the back of a pickup truck in central Illinois today. Seems to be a statement -\> I have a small mind ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/110 "2015-07-22T22:04:01Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > I believe this thread is so full of bull shit & is stuffed full of what is so wrong with people in general and … Aw hell, you all make me want to spit. > > Yeah, you all have the ‘high road’… ( can’t even come close with all this hot air as there will never be enough of it to even get you out of the low road bar ditch. ) Are you really of the belief that this kind of thing happens all over the US with any kind or regularity? If so, I am shocked and you need to get out more. I once saw a flag mounted in the bed of a truck here in Colorado and it was so unusual that I wrote a post here about it. That was several years ago. I haven’t seen one since. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/111 "2015-07-23T00:17:16Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That actually celebrates the American Revolution. I see quite a bit of that one around here…it’s a Tea Bagger symbol now though. Since the flag was removed in Charleston, I have seen a couple of pickup trucks out on the road with comically oversized Confederate flags mounted in the beds. The one that I see on a regular basis is starting to look very ragged. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/112 "2015-07-23T22:06:37Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Atlanta, Chocolate City, I thought New Orleans was Chocolate City. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/113 "2015-07-23T22:46:44Z")
I just saw a Confederate flag flying from a pickup in Durango CO. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/114 "2015-07-23T23:25:31Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > Raise my count to 8 confirmed with one likely but unconfirmed …add two more today. One might be repeat business. The other stood out as clearly unique because it was a “two for one” deal. It had both a giant flag flying from the pickup truck and a smaller flag flying on the antenna. Running tally is 9-10 unique confirmed car/truck flags and one more possible car flag. I have yet to see one that doesn’t look new. It’s a seems like a good time to be a vendor who still sells them. Competition is down and demand appears to be up. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/115 "2015-07-24T00:55:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Flying a Confederate flag in your front yard is more provocative. I haven’t seen anyone do that in my state in over 30 years. I guess its different in the deep south states. > > bumper stickers or car plates are less noticeable. But in todays political climate they are a bad idea too. I live in NY, and off the top of my head I can think of three houses in my area that have Confederate flags in the yards. I would imagine, that for most people who see the flag as racist, it’s just one more small reminder, out of thousands of other little reminders of racism that they began to experience in childhood. You learn to deal with it, since the alternative would be living in a constant state of fury. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/116 "2015-07-24T01:02:57Z")
Not in the greater Sacramento area. Recently we did have people demonstrating for, and flying the flag of, the Great State of Jefferson on several overpasses on I-80 between Sacramento and Roseville. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/117 "2015-07-24T02:11:40Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I thought New Orleans was Chocolate City. DC is chocolate city, after the Parliament album of the same name. > **[Why is  Washington DC called Chocolate City](https://pediaa.com/why-is-washington-dc-called-chocolate-city/)** > > Why is  Washington DC called Chocolate City - In earlier times, Washington DC was called the chocolate city because of the high African-American population. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/118 "2015-07-24T02:13:05Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Not in the greater Sacramento area. > > Recently we did have people demonstrating for, and flying the flag of, the Great State of Jefferson on several overpasses on I-80 between Sacramento and Roseville. There’s a difference between _harmless loons_ and _racist ignorant bigots._😛 ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/119 "2015-07-24T06:06:32Z")
Well, stop looking in the mirror. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553/120 "2015-07-24T06:39:52Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Not in the greater Sacramento area. > > Recently we did have people demonstrating for, and flying the flag of, the Great State of Jefferson on several overpasses on I-80 between Sacramento and Roseville. I actually drove past those morons on the overpass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-confederate-flaggers-parading-in-your-streets/725553.md?page=7)