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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Ban the Confederate flag? NASCAR could see the end of an era
By DAN GELSTON NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Paul Laimal-Convoy
Good.
The Avenger
The confederate flag is the symbol of racist traitors who tried to destroy the United States and lost the war they started. Period.
What exactly are these idiots celebrating? The racism, the treason, the losing?
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time" - Maya Angelou
Mocheake
I don't care if you want to fly/hang it in your house but it should not be flown at official events. The Southern states were traitors who left the Union and lost the Civil War. That flag is not a Union flag and should not be flown anywhere in the U.S. Worship it at home if you want, racists.
Arrrgh-Type
Knowing the core NASCAR fan base, Bubba's got a long road ahead. Wishing him the best of luck, but it won't be easy.
lostrune2
Isn't the Confederate flag disrespectful to the Old Glory since it fought against?
tooheysnew
NASCAR is basically only popular in the southern states. Ban the flag & you’ll be biting the hand that feeds you.
Spectator numbers decrease, then so does revenue
albaleo
I find that a strange statement. If you believe in "self determination of peoples", then leaving any union should be fine. Nothing to do with traitors.
Of course, having left, you have to get on with your neighbors. And if you deny rights to large parts of your population, and neighboring countries are not happy with that, then you have to face the consequences, including war.
0rei0
anachronism!
smithinjapan
Well, there's a reason why many NASCAR fans are properly labelled racist. The confederate flag is one. So, what is the bad part about that era ending, exactly, besides to said racists?