More Tennesseans are sporting Confederate flag license plates than ever before

[Swordsmyth]

The number of Tennesseans now displaying Confederate battle flag license plates is higher than at any other point in the last decade, according to state data on the controversial specialty tags.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans plate (https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/available-license-plates/clubs-organizations.html), the proceeds from which benefit the organization's Tennessee division, has been issued by the state since 2004.

At the end of the 2018 fiscal year in June, 3,273 Sons of Confederate Veterans license plates were active in Tennessee, a number 72 percent higher than at the end of the 2015 fiscal year when the display of Confederate flags was thrust into national debate.

More at: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/07/18/tennessee-confederate-flag-license-plates-increase/790710002/

[phill4paul]

Are you sure they weren't discontinued as "Race-Plates."

[Anti Federalist]

https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/available-license-plates/clubs-organizations/jcr%3acontent/contentFullWidth/tn_columnctrl_1322799300/column_parsys1/tn_image.img.jpg/1506973032184.jpg

Well, I'll be damned...

I'm a son of a Union veteran, sadly.

But I am a Son of the Revolution...wisht I could get a plate for that.

[Swordsmyth]

https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/available-license-plates/clubs-organizations/jcr%3acontent/contentFullWidth/tn_columnctrl_1322799300/column_parsys1/tn_image.img.jpg/1506973032184.jpg

Well, I'll be damned...

I'm a son of a Union veteran, sadly.

But I am a Son of the Revolution...wisht I could get a plate for that.

You're a good Copperhead (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead_(politics)) so I won't hold your ancestors against you.

[oyarde]

I have been keeping my eye on them in case they try and invade and spread that horrid 10 percent sales tax .

[euphemia]

I had ancestors in the Revolution, on both sides of the War Between the States. Tennessee was occupied by northern troops, Nashville, particularly.

Tennessee does not have a state income tax.

[Keith and stuff]

Tennessee is a big state with a variety of views. West Tennessee was very strong with the Confederacy. Even today there's thousands of Confederate flag spread all over West Tennessee. However, East Tennessee for the most part, supported the United States. Even though East Tennessee is mooreborough, arguably even more Southern in some ways, it's much harder to find a Confederate flag in East Tennessee.