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Related: About this forumNorth Carolina man surrounds home with Confederate flags
POSTED 7:03 AM, JUNE 26, 2015, BY WEB STAFF
UPDATED AT 09:08AM, JUNE 26, 2015
... Edward West, who lives in a predominately African-American neighborhood, now has 150 Confederate flags in his yard, according to WITN. His neighbors told WITN hes flown a Confederate flag in his yard for several years, but even more flags went up after last weeks killings at a historic black church in Charleston. West said to him the Confederate flag means, I got my own property and nobody can tell me what to do with it. The flags cover Wests front and backyard, which are surrounded by no trespassing signs and barbed wire ...
http://myfox8.com/2015/06/26/north-carolina-man-surrounds-home-with-confederate-flags/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(121,101 posts)that it makes it very easy to identify assholes and bigots.
Historic NY
(37,927 posts)I love it went business display them I just drive by....when asked why I tell them. They are better than the BBB ratings.
liberal N proud
(60,957 posts)I see one confederate flag, I avoid the bearers, 150, just makes sure we are not going to come close.
It is a signal t avoid the radical.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The other way when you drive by, the flags will soon start fading and he will fad faster if ignored. Some times overlooking trash is the best.
chillfactor
(7,694 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)so they can all get extremely tall privacy fences to block the view of his yard.
Jamastiene
(38,197 posts)does something that like? He cannot claim he doesn't hate. He is showing it, loud and clear. Disgusting.
Joe Chi Minh
(15,229 posts)just an extreme example. Although perhaps not all that extreme in the South.
mnhtnbb
(32,085 posts)The guy has surrounded himself with hate. He must be a very lonely man.
jmowreader
(51,511 posts)Section 710 of the Rocky Mount Municipal Code prohibits barbed wire in any residential area without City Council approval, which he certainly doesn't have. I would cut down the barbed wire, lien him for the cost of its disposal, and see how long the flags stay up.
armed_and_liberal
(246 posts)Paint a rainbow flag on it and park it in front of his house