DACHSHUND DAWG
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If you were a Whitie Yank and you flew a Confederate Flag in you front garden today, would people think you were a racist/White Supremacist?
I'm asking this question because I've just watched an awesome documentary (by Martin Scorcese) about "The Band" (i.e. the US, R&B/Rock group that included Levom Helm and Robbie Robertson). The documentary was called, "The Last Walz," and it featured "The Band" performing their hits live, supported by other big names (like Van Morrison, Neil Diamond and Ringo Star) who came to help them their final farewell, concert home. This took place in either 1976 or 1978 - I can't remember. the exact year.
In between songs, the producer filmed members of the Band off stage, chatting casually about some of the memories they had from their 16 years on the road. In one of the rooms where these off-stage chats took place, there was a large Confederate Flag pinned up on the wall with "DIXIE" printed across the bottom.
I thought to myself how interesting it was that this documentary was not afraid to show that the boys from "The Band" still proudly identify with the Confederacy/ the culture of the old South. This was in 1976, remember, and many 1000s of Americans would have watched this documentary when it was released, as "The Band" had a large popular following in America at the time.
Another thing that made me smile was when members of the Band would casually recall how the best thing about being on the road was the women. They were talking about all of the many female fans they'd "nailed" (Southern Belles ??) without having to raise a little finger. I think that If any male celebrity in America were to make the same kind of remarks today, in 2026, he'd be rapidly crucified by the MSM/ social media for being a MALE CHAUVINIST and a disgusting, SEXIST PIG?
The blue-haired, liberal women, for example, would all have kittens (!!).
Anyway, getting back to the question I began with; it seems to me that the Confederate Flag now regarded as a far-Right, racist, white supremacist, hate symbol in America(?) And if you lived anywhere in mainstream America (in "the North" or "the South"), flying a big Confederate Flag on your property would be viewed as an: offensive; provocative and anti-social act - that could get you in serious trouble.
Is that correct, or have I misunderstood the issue?
Dachshund the Wonder Hound
DLM - DACHSHUND LIVES MATTER
If you were a Whitie Yank and you flew a Confederate Flag in you front garden today, would people think you were a racist/White Supremacist?
I'm asking this question because I've just watched an awesome documentary (by Martin Scorcese) about "The Band" (i.e. the US, R&B/Rock group that included Levom Helm and Robbie Robertson). The documentary was called, "The Last Walz," and it featured "The Band" performing their hits live, supported by other big names (like Van Morrison, Neil Diamond and Ringo Star) who came to help them their final farewell, concert home. This took place in either 1976 or 1978 - I can't remember. the exact year.
In between songs, the producer filmed members of the Band off stage, chatting casually about some of the memories they had from their 16 years on the road. In one of the rooms where these off-stage chats took place, there was a large Confederate Flag pinned up on the wall with "DIXIE" printed across the bottom.
I thought to myself how interesting it was that this documentary was not afraid to show that the boys from "The Band" still proudly identify with the Confederacy/ the culture of the old South. This was in 1976, remember, and many 1000s of Americans would have watched this documentary when it was released, as "The Band" had a large popular following in America at the time.
Another thing that made me smile was when members of the Band would casually recall how the best thing about being on the road was the women. They were talking about all of the many female fans they'd "nailed" (Southern Belles ??) without having to raise a little finger. I think that If any male celebrity in America were to make the same kind of remarks today, in 2026, he'd be rapidly crucified by the MSM/ social media for being a MALE CHAUVINIST and a disgusting, SEXIST PIG?
The blue-haired, liberal women, for example, would all have kittens (!!).
Anyway, getting back to the question I began with; it seems to me that the Confederate Flag now regarded as a far-Right, racist, white supremacist, hate symbol in America(?) And if you lived anywhere in mainstream America (in "the North" or "the South"), flying a big Confederate Flag on your property would be viewed as an: offensive; provocative and anti-social act - that could get you in serious trouble.
Is that correct, or have I misunderstood the issue?
Dachshund the Wonder Hound
DLM - DACHSHUND LIVES MATTER
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