Ole Miss football player wins the Confederate Flag debate

[struggle4progress]

September 19, 2015
By paulmbanks

... Ole Miss linebacker C.J. Johnson put the flag in its place ...

“And I don’t care if it’s socially what you believe in or it’s morally what you believe in or you’re just doing it for shits and giggles. It’s just the fact of what it stands for. It’s almost like you might as well put a tag on the front of your car that says ‘n—–.’ That’s really what it boils down to. You might as well just put a big tag on the front of your car or hang a big flag on the back of your car and just say the N-word” ...

Ole Miss athletics has a troubled history with the confederate flag, as it omnipresent at Rebels sporting events up until the 1990s. The University of Mississippi eradicated the Confederate flag from their logo and imagery about 20 years ago. They banned the flag from the football stadium and replaced the Southern Cross with “Battle Ms,” a long time ago. Unfortunately, the state flag still has the confederate flag in upper left hand corner ...

http://www.thesportsbank.net/college-fball/ole-miss-football-confederate-flag/

[BlueJazz]

1. Don't believe I've ever seen so many people so proud of something that stands for ....

...some of the worse human traits that anybody has ever seen.