re: #142 Nyet

Dropping? He dropped it when he drew the flag.

Speaking of the “the flag”…

Yesterday a bunch of bubbas in Bucyrus, Ohio decided they needed to have a Confederate Flag Parade day. Fucking idiots.

Bucyrus is in north central Ohio, a few miles west of where I grew up. It is largely a farm town with many a German heritage family in it. How do I know? My mother was a German farm girl that grew up just east of Bucyrus and we used to go to the local Catholic church festival, the county fair and the at one-time huge Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival.

This town has zip to do with the south. So, what is the connection? I’m sure you can guess. Of course one slack-talking bubba on a local news report I heard this morning said it wasn’t about race, he and his little woman swore they were not racists, they were just out to show their heritage.

God damn flag has no heritage in Ohio.

Here is a link to a local report with more photos if anyone cares…

Richland Source - Confederate parade rolls through Bucyrus

I think this local summed up my thoughts.

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Joel Vega, a protestor, held a sign that read, “Traitors, Losers and Haters since 1865” on one side and “History of Hate” with a crossed out Confederate Flag on the other.

“We’re north of the Mason Dixon [Line] here. We’re an hour and a half away from Canada. There is no history for a Confederate battle flag in this part of the country — in northern Ohio, said Vega.

“To do this has no historical basis and it’s simply to rub racism in people’s faces. Or they just don’t know what it is and they’re just being ignorant,” he added.

Down the street, Jeanette Parker, pointed to Vega and said, “He doesn’t know history. This flag is not racist. It was the southerners, the South … It was their flag. It was a battle flag — that flag didn’t have anything to do with racism.”

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A couple stupid photos of stupid behavior…

As I learned a long time ago…the south can go pretty damn far north. Sigh