No way this man can protect and serve all Americans

1. You are a racist

2. You are from the Deep South and are a racist who attempts to hide behind the culture.

This guy does not even have the veil of being a Southerner to hide behind.

3. Civil War reenactment and you are a character actor;

4. Movie set (period piece);

5. You're in China/India/somewhere in Asia and they fly it (just like the fly Nazi flags or anything glitzy) because they haven't a clue;

6. You're trying to lower property values for tax reasons; and

7. A temporal anomaly, and the Doctor is about to visit

8. You are on a desert island and all you have to attract passing ships is this flag and a David Alan Coe CD.

I’ve known people that tried to convince me to go to a Coe concert. I defriended them long before Facebook.

I yield to your superior imagination and reference to the Doctor.

But, in fairness, I think the whole Civil War reenactment thing falls into one of my two categories. In a sane world, no one would voluntarily be on the South's side.

For that matter, isn't the whole thing weird? Do they do that with any other wars anywhere in the world? The only reason I can think is that there are still people who want to re-fight the war so the South can come out on top.

They reenact WW2 as well. My brother does both. He's a union soldier and also a nazi... somebody has to play the other side or it wouldn't be much fun I suppose.

I would love to see that conversation with the dry cleaners.

To each his own I guess.

It was probably 15 or so years ago. Maybe more; maybe less.

It was put on by several military schools, ROTC, etc, and re-enacted a specific battle that occurred on the spot. Whoever "wins" is whoever won that given battle back then. Apparently, it's a good way to get young soldiers to understand, from a practical level, how battlefield tactics work.

With cannon and horses and whatnot, it was truly an impressive show, with lots of people, in character, giving history lessons, and the personal accounts of real people who were there. There were people doing blacksmith stuff, making butter, etc.

Bit like a live action Ken Burns (the PBS Civil War guy) documentary. Very valuable and interesting way to learn history.

I don't see it as any different than medieval shows, really. Just better documented.

Revolutionary War reenactment at Saratoga. Being about 16 or so, i thought it was pretty cool, but i wouldn't spend the time going to one today.

There's a steaming pantload. What are we supposed to believe, he just thinks the colors and pattern are pretty?

"...claimed he inherited the flag from his grandfather and didn't realize the "implications" of it"

I'm hardly surprised.

know the implications of his act...one way or the other he needs to be fired

gave him a Google review and told everyone about his flag. The flag came down shortly afterward and has not been up since.

Now in what year did they join The Confederacy?

Jackass.

to be a police officer or just a bad liar or all of the above.

flying a flag of any kind is making a major statement. setting it up and keeping it displayed requires effort. you don't just fly a flag if you haven't thought it through.

not buying the excuse.

fired and/or not hired for any hate groups or posts.

Washington is a blue state, but it gets redder and redder the further out into the provinces you get.

I don't know why they don't all just move to Mississippi or some fucking place...