Comments on: Florida lawmaker seeks Confederate flag specialty plate.

By: ce9964

ce9964 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:01:20 +0000

What alot of you do not understand is that Confederate Heritage is not racist. It is the same as having pride of being Mexican, Black or any other race or countryman, as you should be. This is just to show that we are proud of who we are and of being from the southern states. I hope I have shed a little light on this subject for those that just can’t understand pride vs prejudice and say that we are racist.

By: Bayou Boy

Bayou Boy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:10:46 +0000

What a bunch of idiots! The commenters I mean, not the plate supporters. Between all of you, there must be enough brain cells to produce an IQ of at least 30. It’s more than obvious that most of you have absolutely no real knowledge of the South or the deep feelings that real Southerners still have for the Confederacy. I served as an Army Artillery officer in Vietnam, but still consider myself as a true Confederate and would vote tomorrow to seceed if I had the chance. Hell, if Kosovo can do it and have the support of Washington, why can’t we? That would seem to solve most of your problems also, as most of those folks you consider idiots for loving the South wouldn’t be in YOUR country anymore! All we really want is to have the lily-livered, idiotic Liberals move north if they’re here, stay north if they’re there and stay the hell away from us!

I know that it’s actually impossible to reason with liberal bigots who have their minds made up that anyone who disagrees with them must be insane, however, let me try to make something clear! Whatever you think about the South, the Confederacy, or anything else for that matter, makes absolutely NO DIFFERENCE to those of us who know that you don’t have a clue!

By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss

IgnoranceIsNotBliss — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:49:46 +0000

As a Floridian, I find this to be highly destable.

By: dietrich

dietrich — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:17:13 +0000

Good Goofy doesn’t believe the leg will pass this.
Why, the average politician in Florida looks like Jabba the Hutt, and will pass anything most thinking people wouldn’t touch.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:21:22 +0000

Why does Florida state Rep. Donald Brown (R) hate America?

By: Digger

Digger — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:35:14 +0000

It is an attractive plate. I would only suggest that we also make available a plate that reads, “Reconstruction – Give it a Chance”. Graphic would be various FEDERAL flags – the Betsy Ross flag, Old Glory, etc, – surrounding a tableau of multi-racial faces, superimposed over a map of either Florida, or better yet, of the Confederate States.

By: DallasNE

DallasNE — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:24:18 +0000

That flag symbolizes one thing and one thing only. Slavery. It is in the same league as a Swastika. The sight of it causes rage.

By: Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:33:14 +0000

Just cut through the crap, and go for the Swastika. Câ€™mon Florida, you know you want toâ€¦

Comment by Zooey â€” February 25, 2008 @ 9:24 pm

Actually Zooey, the people who would buy this plate would probably see it as an insurance policy against being stopped by local cops. I mean if you were a redneck cop, would you give your drinking buddy a ticket for speeding or arrest him just because his wife made him angry and caused him to hit her. These are license plates for members of the “good old boys” club.

By: Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:24:23 +0000

#64 Saint Augustine,

Thank you for the information you posted..

Comment by tarazan â€” February 25, 2008 @ 9:54 pm

You’re welcome. Being a licensed tour guide paid off on this thread, LOL.

By: toasterhead

toasterhead — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:10:55 +0000

Just cut through the crap, and go for the Swastika. Câ€™mon Florida, you know you want toâ€¦

Comment by Zooey â€” February 25, 2008 @ 9:24 pm

It’s useful for people proud of their Hindu OR Nazi heritage – what could possibly be the problem?

By: OxyCon

OxyCon — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:54:59 +0000

Call me a fool, but I fail to see where there could be any pride in committing the traitorous act of sedition, then getting completely destroyed in combat.

By: tarazan

tarazan — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:54:16 +0000

#64 Saint Augustine,

Thank you for the information you posted..

By: ruscle

ruscle — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:53:44 +0000

If they REALLY want this plate so much… as they say “to show their pride”… then they won’t mind if the proceeds go to the NAACP.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:51:01 +0000

2 observations on the above:

1) Being from the south, I’ve noticed, oddly enough, that the folks waving the stars and bars are also usually confirmed Bushies.

2) semi in jest – as Bush just recognized the succession of Kosovo, wouldn’t that imply that the succession on the South was perfectly A-OK ?

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:24:02 +0000

Why not a Svastika? Simple & cool design. And a lot or the Republican base has one tattooed already.
Comment by Evil Spaniard â€” February 25, 2008 @ 8:31 pm

I like it! :D

Just cut through the crap, and go for the Swastika. C’mon Florida, you know you want to…

By: Tigris Lily

Tigris Lily — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:23:41 +0000

Is that patriotic, Rep. Brown? Will Floridians then exchange their rhinestone encrusted American flag pins for Confederate Flag pins?

By: Anacher Forester

Anacher Forester — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:15:05 +0000

Yet another reason to hate Florida.

By: flavorino

flavorino — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:45:17 +0000

Floriduh
That’s brilliant, let’s honor an armed rebellion against the U.S. government for the state’s right to let their citizens own other human beings as slaves.

Almost makes one tend to believe those jokes about rednecks marrying their cousins.

By: Evil Spaniard

Evil Spaniard — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:31:50 +0000

Why not a Svastika? Simple & cool design. And a lot or the Republican base has one tattooed already.

By: sdk

sdk — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:12:31 +0000

I think that former family members (and others) of Nazi’s should be allowed to get special recognition and be allowed to display Nazi symbols with pride! This is how ridiculous these “proud” Confederates sound.
The War Between the Union and Confederate States took many lives. I recognize that many issues of the Conderates were never really resolved, but defeated miliarily. But, at the end of the day, the Confederates lost the war. There principles and beliefs — the underlying reasons for conflict — were victims of this defeat.
To allow this “pride” to be displayed is an affront to the beliefs and principles that prevailed. Confederate symbols should be archived and rendered relics of principles defeated.