Hillary Resuses to Denounce Arkansas Confederate Flag

[amborin]

Last edited Tue Feb 9, 2016, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Hillary still silent on Arkansas Confederate flag and Confederate Flag Day

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/23/1395933/-VIDEO-Paul-Begala-Hillary-Absolutely-Has-to-Answer-for-Arkansas-Confederate-Flag

In 1987, when her husband was governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton signed Act 116 that stated “The blue star above the word “ARKANSAS” is to commemorate the Confederate States of America.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/22/what-those-clinton-gore-confederate-flag-buttons-say-about-politics-in-2015/s





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/22/bill-clinton-arkansas-confederate_n_7638542.html

[SidDithers]

1. 1987. LOL...nt

Sid

[amborin]

2. nope, 2016: Hillary silent on Arkansas Confederate Flag nt

And Robert E. Lee Day still celebrated in Arkansas:

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/06/24/as-southern-republicans-flee-the-confederacy-what-will-arkansas-do

[roguevalley]

13. Oh sweet Jesus. I am a second cousin to Jefferson Davis

and I DENOUNCE THAT FLAG! If I can, so can she.

[Orsino]

3. I think she should have to answer for signing her name "Bill."

Way to pass the buck, Madame Secretary.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. You're so cute.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. But she claims experience going back that long.

So which is it?

[ProudToBeLiberal]

5. 1987...nice try. nt

[pinebox]

7. Story is 6/2015

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/22/bill-clinton-arkansas-confederate_n_7638542.html

[pinebox]

6. Fix your typo please--"Resuses" should be "Refuses"

I had to correct my tweet lol I was like "oh jeez" lol

[scscholar]

8. Is resuses slang for something offensive?

Something offensive?

[Smarmie Doofus]

9. Get ready. They go completely *apeshit* when you bring this up.

I guess they're a little..... you know..... sensitive.

[amborin]

10. Arkansas Continues to celebrate Robert E. Lee Day & the Confederacy:

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/06/24/as-southern-republicans-flee-the-confederacy-what-will-arkansas-do

Arkansas Politics:

As Southern Republicans flee the Confederacy, Arkansas must reckon with R.E. Lee Day

Posted By Benjamin Hardy on Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 9:02 PM

The more obvious Confederate symbolism of the Arkansas flag is contained within its larger design, which is arguably a scrambled version of the good ol' racist Confederate banner itself.



It's not Mississippi, but still, it's not pretty.

However, the flag is far from Arkansas's worst problem in the Confederate department — not when Robert E. Lee Day still stands.

[AZ Progressive]

11. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at all the southern flags that have a resemblance to the...

confederate flag.

Arkansas flag:


Florida flag:



Alabama flag:


And of course, the Mississippi flag:

[Jim Lane]

14. The saltire (diagonal cross) is a device that long predates the Civil War.

It's too broad a brush to say that any flag with a saltire is necessarily a tribute to the Confederacy. For example, the flag of Alabama is virtually identical to that of Luqa, a village in Malta: flag of Luqa.

In the case of Florida, its state flag before, during, and after the Civil War had no saltire. That was part of a completely new flag design adopted in 1900. The history is unclear. It may indeed have been prompted by some Confederate nostalgia, but it also reflects the red saltire of the Spanish Empire that flew over Florida for more than 200 years. As with Alabama, there's nothing expressly referencing the Confederacy (as there is in the Arkansas statute), but there's some reason to believe that "Lost Cause" enthusiasm played a role in the selection.

Mississippi, of course, is a very clear case of pro-Confederate sentiment. My guess is that Mississippi will eventually change its flag, but it may take a while.

Some links on this general subject:
* "How the Confederacy lives on in the flags of seven Southern states"
* "Flag debate spreading across Deep South"
* "Flag of Florida"
* "Flag of Alabama"

[amborin]

15. Arkansas celebrates Robert E. Lee Day every year! Hillary is ok with that!

[Jim Lane]

16. That holiday should end, but I was addressing only the flag issues.

I thought about writing "vexillological issues" but I thought that might be too recondite.

Even as to the flag, Arkansans is unlike states like Alabama and Florida, in that the link to the Confederacy is explicit in Arkansas law, rather than being merely an inference from historical circumstances.