Confederate pride flag and noose cause upset in Springfield (MO)

[struggle4progress]

Jonathan Wahl
POSTED: 06:21 PM CST Dec 07, 2015
UPDATED: 06:29 PM CST Dec 07, 2015

... "I love the history of this country, but there is a lot of history of this country that is really despicable, and that noose represents bad things in the South. The way I look at it, a noose means lynching,” said Clopton ...

Monday morning KSPR stopped by the house to talk to the people living there. No one would agree to an interview, but thirty minutes later the flag and noose were taken down. That lasted for a few hours.

"Representing my southern heritage and my southern pride,” said Jeffrey Tindle as he put the flag back up. "The Confederate flag, the rebel flag, whatever you choose to call it, it does not stand for racism at all. It stands for pride and heritage" ...

http://www.kspr.com/news/local/confederate-pride-flag-and-noose-cause-upset-in-springfield/21051620_36846188

[Skittles]

1. disgusting

I can guarantee you he is a gun humper too

[Jester Messiah]

2. Failure. Loser. Waste of oxygen.

Words just escape me. Lowest scum of humanity. Taking pride in being descended from bigoted murdering terrorists. And if you have to take "pride" in being from somewhere, that's a sure sign that you have no accomplishments of your own.