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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:30 PM Jun 2015

North Carolina man surrounds home with Confederate flags

POSTED 7:03 AM, JUNE 26, 2015, BY WEB STAFF
UPDATED AT 09:08AM, JUNE 26, 2015

... Edward West, who lives in a predominately African-American neighborhood, now has 150 Confederate flags in his yard, according to WITN. His neighbors told WITN he’s flown a Confederate flag in his yard for several years, but even more flags went up after last week’s killings at a historic black church in Charleston. West said to him the Confederate flag means, “I got my own property and nobody can tell me what to do with it.” The flags cover West’s front and backyard, which are surrounded by “no trespassing” signs and barbed wire ...

http://myfox8.com/2015/06/26/north-carolina-man-surrounds-home-with-confederate-flags/

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North Carolina man surrounds home with Confederate flags (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2015 OP
The useful thing about the Confederate flag is The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #1
Just like the yellow flag... Historic NY Jun 2015 #6
Advertising bigotry and hate liberal N proud Jun 2015 #2
This would be a good time to put this a$$hole on ignore, dont give him any air time and look Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #3
what a piece of demented, bigoted trash this human piece of waste is...n/t chillfactor Jun 2015 #4
Folks should reach out to his neighbours, maybe set up a GoFundMe site Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #5
What a jerk. He lives in a predominantly AA neighborhood and Jamastiene Jun 2015 #7
It's common for imbecility and wickedness to share the same soul; his is Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #9
Oh, geeze. Wouldn't you know it would be some NC racist? mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #8
The city needs to act, and quickly jmowreader Jun 2015 #10
Rent a big truck.. armed_and_liberal Jun 2015 #11

Historic NY

(37,463 posts)
6. Just like the yellow flag...
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:19 PM
Jun 2015

I love it went business display them I just drive by....when asked why I tell them. They are better than the BBB ratings.

liberal N proud

(60,352 posts)
2. Advertising bigotry and hate
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:34 PM
Jun 2015

I see one confederate flag, I avoid the bearers, 150, just makes sure we are not going to come close.

It is a signal t avoid the radical.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. This would be a good time to put this a$$hole on ignore, dont give him any air time and look
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:38 PM
Jun 2015

The other way when you drive by, the flags will soon start fading and he will fad faster if ignored. Some times overlooking trash is the best.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
5. Folks should reach out to his neighbours, maybe set up a GoFundMe site
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:05 PM
Jun 2015

so they can all get extremely tall privacy fences to block the view of his yard.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
7. What a jerk. He lives in a predominantly AA neighborhood and
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:42 PM
Jun 2015

does something that like? He cannot claim he doesn't hate. He is showing it, loud and clear. Disgusting.

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)
9. It's common for imbecility and wickedness to share the same soul; his is
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 10:26 AM
Jun 2015

just an extreme example. Although perhaps not all that extreme in the South.

mnhtnbb

(31,428 posts)
8. Oh, geeze. Wouldn't you know it would be some NC racist?
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:26 AM
Jun 2015

The guy has surrounded himself with hate. He must be a very lonely man.

jmowreader

(50,603 posts)
10. The city needs to act, and quickly
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:32 PM
Jun 2015

Section 710 of the Rocky Mount Municipal Code prohibits barbed wire in any residential area without City Council approval, which he certainly doesn't have. I would cut down the barbed wire, lien him for the cost of its disposal, and see how long the flags stay up.

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