Confederate flag - my 18 yo niece has one in her room.

[blue cat]

Saw it today. She is pregnant by her 24 yo boyfriend who my sister lets live in there home. I asked her why she allowed it and she said that you have to pick your battles.

[IndianaJones]

1. southern by the grace of god. nt.

[ikojo]

2. Have you asked her if she knows what that flag

means? What it represents? The message it sends?

[blue cat]

no

hate her bf and didn't want to start a fight. he won't allow my niece to come see me. he is trash.

[NJmaverick]

11. Sorry to hear that

sounds like you are between a rock and a hard place

[Lydia Leftcoast]

29. Won't ALLOW your niece to come see you?

Cutting a person off from family and friends is a warning sign of an abuser.

[parabellumklr]

14. What exactly

does the flag represent? What is the message it sends?

[hippywife]

21. Ignorance...

willful or otherwise.

http://www.lipmagazine.org/~timwise/rebelsclue2.html

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. racism and not of the subtle variety either. nt

[Deja Q]

3. Burn the flag...

Or better yet, burn that cretin of a boyfriend. It's not going to be easy for her or her child if he slithers away like the vile snake I'm prejudging him to be right now.

[mitchum]

4. double post

[mitchum]

5. Why can't she and the boyfriend just keep it in the meth lab?

[Radical Activist]

7. lol

that was wrong but i laughed hard.

[blue cat]

17. funny you bring this up

his teeth are rotten from meth. i've never seen them because he has learned how to talk with his mouth closed.

[mitchum]

19. Wherever there is an unwed teenage mother, shiftless boyfriend, and a confederate flag...

a meth lab can't be too far away

In all seriousness, she needs to get away from him

[MountainLaurel]

22. That needs to be cross-stitched on a pillow n/t

[snooper2]

36. It's too late..

They already reproduced :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[libertad]

6. I wouldn't allow it in my house.

I don't think it would be inappropriate for your sister to put her foot down about it.

[blue cat]

18. my sister and her husband

have lost all control of their daughter. they are hard nosed christian republicans whose 17 yo daughter got pregnant by a 24 yo felon who can't keep a job. they let him move in with them while he is learning the plumber trade. it's a crazy situation. he found himself a meal ticket. he is a grifter in my opinion. he got her pregnant on purpose thinking her family had money, especially compared to him. my niece has tourettes and an anger problem so she rules the household. now she is 18 yo, getting ready to go to college supposedly, 5 months pregnant, and gets to keep her boyfriend in her room as if they were a married couple.

when i found out she was pregnant, i told her to keep her options open, so that makes me the bad guy according to her boyfriend, who is the only person she talks to. she has no contact with any her friends anymore.

oh, and he stole my ipod, i'm sure of it, and a phone from a visiting relative.

[Sidney J Mussburger]

27. Jesus, Have you thought about

filming a documentary? It could offset the costs of all the what haveyou with the deadbeat boyfriend. Look into it. Hell, I'd watch this trainwreck. Good Luck.

[Iggo]

8. Sucks, but you gotta let yer sis pick her battles...

...with her own kid.

[sasquatch]

9. Whenever you see her wear a t-shirt with William Tecumseh Sherman's face on it

:D

[Ikonoklast]

12. Not a person to be trifled with.

If Sherman had ever seen a Confederate Battle Flag, he'd have shot at it.

[sasquatch]

13. He would've shot the person that was possessing it and burned it as he enjoyed a cigar and bourbon

[Shell Beau]

31. He would have burned it like he did all of Mississippi!

:cry:

Not crying for the burning of the flag, but I hate that a lot of our history got burned up in the war.

[keroro gunsou]

33. sherman

burned georgia, atlanta, and all points in between. dunno if he went to mississippi... but i could be wrong... i'd have to check.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

34. Stop with all that book learnin'

Sherman burned up the history, dammit!

[Shell Beau]

35. Well yeah he did. We are on the Mississippi River.

Almost all towns along the river were burned. All but Port Gibson.

[sasquatch]

37. Have I spanked you recently?

:spank:

[sasquatch]

38. All of your history was built on the backs of chattle slaves

Because southern whites were too lazy to do the work themselves or to cheap to pay people for an honest days pay for an honest days work.

[Shell Beau]

43. That wasn't really my point. I just wish we had buildings and documents

that dated further back than the war.

[Phredicles]

32. Holy SHIT what a scary-looking guy;

good thing he was on our side.:scared:

[AlCzervik]

10. So is it his flag or hers? I'm guessing his?

[Kali]

15. eh I wouldn't get into a fight about it.

Might take the chance to discuss the various meanings it holds for people. And acknowledge the right of expression as well.

[Orrex]

16. Where does she keep her slaves?

:mad:

[Turbineguy]

20. After this nitwit boy friend abandons her

because the child demands too much of her attention, she'll be able to remember this time as her "trailer-trash days".

[jberryhill]

23. When my kids were young...

I told them it was the "universal symbol of stupid people."

I'll never forget the day I was riding with the windows open, and my ten year-old shouts, "Hey Dad, look - that guy has the universal symbol of stupid people on the front of his car!"

Oy.

[JonLP24]

24. That was funny

[semillama]

28. We think alike

Yesterday, while going out for ice cream with my wife, my cousin and her fiance, we saw a fellow walking down the street with a Confederate flag t-shirt on. While the others speculated about why anyone would want to wear one, I pointed out that at least it let us know who the stupid people were and that it made them easy to avoid.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. I've got one in my bedroom but it's wrinkled and tied in a knot hanging from the curtain rod...

Or put another way, I don't really make a point of prominently displaying it. I bought it at a county fair in upstate New York simply because it was too ironic of a situation to pass up. When I asked why there was more confederate merchandise here than in the south (where I'm from) the gentleman at the booth explained to me (in a very stereotypical redneck accent) that "there's lots of northern rebels".

[realisticphish]

40. oh yeah

i'm from central ohio, and there are all kinds of idiots with battle flags there. they even have "the south will rise again" bumper stickers, and i think to myself, "well, if they do, you'll be drafted to fight them, because you live in the NORTH, jackass"

[Sidney J Mussburger]

26. Well

You're gonna have to shoot her. It's for the best. You know, country and all.

[Shell Beau]

30. Sounds like she has a lot on her plate anyway.

[sasquatch]

39. Who, the girl or her mother?

[Shell Beau]

42. I was referring to the mother, but actually I guess they both do.

[Skittles]

41. I would have kicked her ass nt