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Anti Federalist
08-08-2015, 11:54 AM
Man With Confederate Flag Spotted Marching Down Lee Highway

http://wtop.com/arlnow-com/2015/08/man-with-confederate-flag-spotted-marching-down-lee-highway/

A man holding a Confederate flag was spotted marching down Lee Highway near East Falls Church this morning.

The above photo was taken near N. Sycamore Street around 8:00 a.m.

A reader said the man was walking very deliberately down the street, with a Confederate flag that had the Gadsden flag’s “Don’t Tread On Me” snake in the middle.

“[He was] not yelling anything but [you] could tell he was walking with pride in his step,” said the reader.

At least one concerned resident called police to report the display, which is highly unusual for Arlington, but according to scanner traffic police determined that the man was exercising his First Amendment rights and not violating the law.

Anti Federalist
08-08-2015, 12:00 PM
Resident calls 911 over man walking ‘very deliberately’ with Confederate flag

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/resident-calls-911-over-man-walking-very-deliberately-with-confederate-flag/

https://www.arlnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/CLuYdBRWoAQIM12-copy-600x400.jpg

A “concerned” resident called police on a man walking “very deliberately” down an Arlington, Virginia sidewalk with a hybrid Confederate flag over his shoulder.

The flag had the Gadsden “Don’t Tread On Me” snake in the middle.

According to police scanner traffic, dispatchers determined “the man was exercising his First Amendment rights and not violating the law,” WTOP reports.

Twitter user Wayne Jaing (@WanyeVVest) tweeted a photo to a news outlet of the man walking down Lee Highway “with a purpose.”

Ironically, by using his phone to snap the picture while he was driving, Jaing was likely in violation of the law more than the man carrying the flag was.

“[He was] not yelling anything but [you] could tell he was walking with pride in his step,” Jaing tells ARLnow.

The news outlet deemed it “highly unusual for Arlington,” apparently not remembering — or subconsciously suppressing — Virginia has a Confederate flag option on its license plates and as of now, the Stars and Bars is still allowed at the National Cemetery.

Two weeks ago, a shopper at the Redwood Country Flea Market in Wallingford, Connecticut was so “offended” by Confederate merchandise, he called 911.

“There was a table set up with this material,” Wright said. “It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person. It causes some people a sense of being uncomfortable. Certainly the owner could preclude this merchandise.”

The town resident who called 911 said there were helmets with swastikas, images of Hitler and other historical Nazi items.

“I was shaking and almost vomiting,” he tells the paper. “I had to run. My grandmother had numbers,” referring to the digits the Nazis would tattoo on prisoners.

The caller complained that the Confederate items were “not authentic” and were replicas of flags and weapons.
Police chief William Wright said “the reason no one was arrested was because the items were being sold on private property.”

Zippyjuan
08-08-2015, 12:00 PM
These days, walking with pride is often associated with two thing. One- gay rights. Second- lions.

Slave Mentality
08-08-2015, 09:20 PM
Thank you uncomfortably concerned fucktards.

r3volution 3.0
08-08-2015, 09:29 PM
Two weeks ago, a shopper at the Redwood Country Flea Market in Wallingford, Connecticut was so “offended” by Confederate merchandise, he called 911.

“There was a table set up with this material,” Wright said. “It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person. It causes some people a sense of being uncomfortable. Certainly the owner could preclude this merchandise.”

The town resident who called 911 said there were helmets with swastikas, images of Hitler and other historical Nazi items.

“I was shaking and almost vomiting,” he tells the paper. “I had to run. My grandmother had numbers,” referring to the digits the Nazis would tattoo on prisoners.

...there are no words

sam1952
08-08-2015, 10:03 PM
He's A Rebel

See the way he walks down the street
Watch the way he shuffles his feet
My, he holds his head up high
When he goes walking by, he's my guy

When he holds my hand, I'm so proud
Cause he's not just one of the crowd
My baby's always the one to try the things they've never done
And just because of that, they say

He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good
He's a rebel 'cause he never ever does what he should
But just because he doesn't do what everybody else does
That's no reason why I can't give him all my love

If they don't like him that way
They won't like me after today
I'll be standing right by his side when they say

He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good
He's a rebel 'cause he never ever does what he should
Just because he doesn't do what everybody else does
That's no reason why we can't share a love

The Crystals
Songwriters Pitney, Gene

wizardwatson
08-08-2015, 10:07 PM
Two weeks ago, a shopper at the Redwood Country Flea Market in Wallingford, Connecticut was so “offended” by Confederate merchandise, he called 911.

“There was a table set up with this material,” Wright said. “It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person. It causes some people a sense of being uncomfortable. Certainly the owner could preclude this merchandise.”

The town resident who called 911 said there were helmets with swastikas, images of Hitler and other historical Nazi items.

“I was shaking and almost vomiting,” he tells the paper. “I had to run. My grandmother had numbers,” referring to the digits the Nazis would tattoo on prisoners.

The caller complained that the Confederate items were “not authentic” and were replicas of flags and weapons.
Police chief William Wright said “the reason no one was arrested was because the items were being sold on private property.”

It is this kind of deliberate conflation of ideas that causes the problems that is the ultimate cause of this guy getting the cops called on him. How and when did "confederate merchandise" come to mean "nazi merchandise"?

Who is more responsible for the fear? The guy carrying the flag, or the propaganda mouthpieces saying confederate=nazi?

georgiaboy
08-08-2015, 10:08 PM
These days, walking with pride is often associated with two thing. One- gay rights. Second- lions.

Makes one wonder - would he be welcome to walk along with others during the yearly Pride day parades? Seems pretty proud.