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06-12-2020 , 07:31 AM

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06-12-2020 , 08:39 AM

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Suggest thread be renamed "NASCAR done banned the Confederate Flag, fans fixin' to stop attending races."

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06-12-2020 , 09:53 AM

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As long as they keep the white flag to signal the final lap, the confederacy is still well represented.

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06-12-2020 , 12:59 PM

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Tattoo parlors better stock up on red ink, cuz them boys COMIN' for them there confederate flag tats.

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06-12-2020 , 12:59 PM

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As long as they keep the white flag to signal the final lap, the confederacy is still well represented.

This must stick in a lot of craws.

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06-12-2020 , 01:12 PM

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As long as they keep the white flag to signal the final lap, the confederacy is still well represented.

Haha so true.

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06-12-2020 , 01:55 PM

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So judgemental :/ The confederate flag means southern pride to them. Nothing more. Just like kneeling during the anthem isn't meant to disrespect the flag. It's just a form of protest.

People look at the same thing and see something different. Unfortunately most aren't smart enough to see any other point of view.

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06-12-2020 , 02:03 PM

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Nazis see the swastika and see national pride omg

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06-12-2020 , 02:15 PM

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No man sorry don’t think it’s the same thing. You can be proud if your southern roots but at the same time not be proud of that time your ancestors committed treason against your country because they where afraid they wouldn’t let them own people anymore. Not a good look. There’s proud Germans that denounce Hitler, makes sense, should be the same with any decent rational thinking southerner.

Also I just don’t get the whole idea of being “rebels” and wanting to identify with being a rebel ok fine, cool. However why that flag to say your a rebel. That’s the flag of surrender, of losers, who fought for a horrible cause. Why?

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06-12-2020 , 02:37 PM

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Ray Ciccarelli says he will quit NASCAR at the end of the season after the sport announced it would ban Confederate flags at its events.

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06-12-2020 , 02:45 PM

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So judgemental :/ The confederate flag means southern pride to them. Nothing more. Just like kneeling during the anthem isn't meant to disrespect the flag. It's just a form of protest.

Very fine people on both sides.

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There’s proud Germans that denounce Hitler, makes sense, should be the same with any decent rational thinking southerner.

The present day number of Hitler supporters in Germany is smaller than in the US. Nobody in Germany is proud of what happened back then and I have a hard time understanding why people in the South don’t feel that way.

There’s a pretty interesting read from a couple years ago why there are confederate statues in the South but no nazi statues in Germany:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...germany-215510

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06-12-2020 , 02:59 PM

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Germany seems to be having a resurgence of Hitler supporters these days

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06-12-2020 , 03:03 PM

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Thread went in the predicted direction but providing far more than expected laughs.

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06-12-2020 , 03:13 PM

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Thread went in the predicted direction but providing far more than expected laughs.

So true.

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06-12-2020 , 03:24 PM

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There’s a pretty interesting read from a couple years ago why there are confederate statues in the South but no nazi statues in Germany:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...germany-215510

To people that are putting graffiti on Confederate statues this is what I propose. Glue a white flag on the hand and have the horse trotting over a confederate flag.

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06-12-2020 , 03:25 PM

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You ignorant ****. The Confederacy was literally founded on the idea that slavery and racism were not only necessary, but a basic right of white people. Maybe you should google "Cornerstone Speech" sometime.

In other news, now we just need to ban Nascar itself!

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06-12-2020 , 03:28 PM

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Has anybody heard of Ray Cicarelli before today? Now he's the most famous has-been ever! Good social media work there, kids.

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06-12-2020 , 03:31 PM

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So Oot brazenly flies the politard thread flag now? Jesus, the world really has gone to hell.

I believe it was Edmund Burke, or perhaps Confederate sympathizer Rudyard Kipling, who said "Never go full politard."

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06-12-2020 , 03:34 PM

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Such a din!

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06-12-2020 , 03:37 PM

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Has anybody heard of Ray Cicarelli before today? Now he's the most famous has-been ever! Good social media work there, kids.

Was probably on his way out anyway. Now he gets beers bought for him in every bar in where ever the hell he's from for not letting outsiders tell him what to do. Genius.

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Telling these Necks to NOT display something prideful for them will be like ringing the diner bell... just wait, not ONE southerner will obey and will probably REBEL.

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06-12-2020 , 06:41 PM

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As long as they keep the white flag to signal the final lap, the confederacy is still well represented.

I see what you did there, and I like it!

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06-12-2020 , 07:41 PM

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Thanks Obama.

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06-13-2020 , 01:55 PM

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32 races without a win doesn't seem like a big deal.

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06-13-2020 , 02:15 PM

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FWIW, the NASCAR truck series is full of pay-to-play drivers like Ray Ciccarelli. Those guys aren’t professional drivers. It’s their hobby and they are willing to spend money to compete. Some of the guys need a decent amount of goodwill to even get the necessary licensing to be allowed to race.

If more guys like him would quit, that might actually be a problem because the teams need that money to operate.

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