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A Missouri man angered his neighbors by posting a Slaves 4 Sale sign right above his Confederate flag.
Richard Geisenheyners rationale for the racist sign next to the racist flag is a little bizarre:
He wanted to show that hes no racist.
Geisenheyner regularly flies a Confederate flag in front of his home in Liberty, Missouri. As a result, many people have assumed that he is a white supremacist and that makes him angry.
If people actually believe that a Confederate flag stands for slavery, well, I might as well be just as stupid as they are, he told Kansas City TV station WDAF.
... he flies the Confederate flag to make a political statement that has nothing to do with supporting slavery at all.
It is for people that are tired of the government telling them what to do and what to think, he said. That is what a Southern rebel is.
Not surprisingly, Geisenheyners neighbors dont agree with the hanging of the sign or the reasoning behind it. Steve Plowman told the Kansas City Star that he was appalled by his neighbors message.
I think its wrong, very wrong, Plowman said. I think somebody needs to have a serious talk with him.
Other neighbors told WDAF that the flag and the Slaves 4 Sale sign were offensive reminders of the pre-civil rights era.
I remember the signs on the wall that says White only. I am that old, one neighbor who asked not to be identified told the station. I remember the signs on the wall that says Negroes only entrance here.
Read more at:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-posts-apos-slaves-4-000424391.html
billh58
(6,635 posts)Confederate translation: "Don't tell me I can't have slaves, or not to think that I am superior to black people."
You and your kind lost the war you despicable dipstick! Deal with it.
underpants
(182,720 posts)Probably a drinker, definitely a smoker who got tongue cancer.
JHB
(37,158 posts)...and any number of ex-Confederate soldiers who found it expedient to "go west, young man".
struggle4progress
(118,268 posts)JHB
(37,158 posts)According to my heritage, that's an enemy flag.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Someone should stage and photograph a slaves for sale sign in front of a group of white people chained and on the auction block. Post on internet. Make popcorn.
Signed,
White person who is so sick of this racist bullshit