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And the NAACP (National Assn of Always Complaining People) are

complaining about that damn flag again......good grief!....get a damn life people!

This post was edited on 3/20 12:28 PM by rockingamecock
 
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Originally posted by rockingamecock:
complaining about that damn flag again......good grief!....get a damn life people!

This post was edited on 3/20 12:28 PM by rockingamecock
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The entirety of the NCAA agrees with them.
 
Re: And the NAACP (National Assn of Always Complaining People) are



Originally posted by AtlasShrugged:


Originally posted by rockingamecock:
complaining about that damn flag again......good grief!....get a damn life people!


This post was edited on 3/20 12:28 PM by rockingamecock
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The entirety of the NCAA agrees with them.
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And that's supposed to mean what exactly? Just because an organization believes one thing or another about the meaning of a flag doesn't mean they are in the majority on the issue. I guarantee you nobody else gives two shits about it other than the NAACP, who just happens to be forcing the NCAA to appease their wishes. The flag has absolutely no relation to sports, period.
 
That people can support the Confederate flag and claim to support our women's hoops team, which is an all black team with a black coach is...interesting. The South is so amazingly conflicted.
 
Originally posted by gamecockengineer2011:
As long as Staley is here, you can almost be certain we will have a NCAA regional host.
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There's an unwritten rule in the African-American community: 'Don't mess with the man/woman when they're doing their thing (making an honest living).' I hope that tradition holds true so long as America's best women's college basketball coach is doing 'her thing' - coaching the women's basketball team at the University of South Carolina!
 
Re: And the NAACP (National Assn of Always Complaining People) are


Originally posted by RickyRooster:


Originally posted by AtlasShrugged:


Originally posted by rockingamecock:
complaining about that damn flag again......good grief!....get a damn life people!


This post was edited on 3/20 12:28 PM by rockingamecock
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The entirety of the NCAA agrees with them.
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And that's supposed to mean what exactly? Just because an organization believes one thing or another about the meaning of a flag doesn't mean they are in the majority on the issue. I guarantee you nobody else gives two shits about it other than the NAACP, who just happens to be forcing the NCAA to appease their wishes. The flag has absolutely no relation to sports, period.
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To simplify it for you, it means that an organization that includes 1281 colleges and universities and over 450,000 athletes agrees with them.
 
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Originally posted by AtlasShrugged:
To simplify it for you, it means that an organization that includes 1281 colleges and universities and over 450,000 athletes agrees with them.
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and of those 450,000 athletes:
the number who are aware that a confederate battle flag lies limply behind the confederate memorial on the statehouse grounds: about 200.
the number who are even aware of the boycott: about 1500.
of those who are aware of the boycott, the number who think it's because the flag flies on the statehouse dome: 1000
 
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RickyRooster, you are so clueless. But, I guess everyone who thinks the way you do have that in common!
 
Maybe the NAACP should be worrying about all the abuses at SC State. But there won't be a word of condemnation about the corruption at that institution.
 
If the NCAA goes back to predetermined sites it won't matter who the coach is. We had Staley last year and still got sent out west as a 1 seed for the entire tournament. I am proud of my Southern hetitage and have supported the flag in the past but now believe it is time for the flag to come down. To me it is not worth losing a coach like Staley. To me it is not worth offending her or any member of our women's BB team. It is not worth offending Frank Martin whose wife is African Ametican. It is not worth offending any of our African American student-athletes. It is not worth the cost to the Univetsity I love in not being able to host events they otherwise would have a shot at. Some believe if we give in then we let the NAACP win. So what. As long as the flag stays up we are already losing. It has become an embarrassment. The it that is embarrassing is not the flag but rather the hard-headedness of some of our politicians and citizens. Would any of you who support the flag staying put say that to her face if Dawn told you the flag flying over the Statehouse grounds personally offended her and negatively impacted her ability to build her program at USC?
 
It's laughable that the NCAA thinks it can take the moral high ground on any issue.

What a crooked, impotent organization.
 
People keep saying to take it down and it is down upon the legislation that was agreed on by SC legislators. If it is that !much of an issue change it to the less noted flag that does not look anything like the one on the grounds. That would totally confuse everyone and solve the issue.
 
Originally posted by 67gamecock:
Originally posted by gamecockengineer2011:
As long as Staley is here, you can almost be certain we will have a NCAA regional host.
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There's an unwritten rule in the African-American community: 'Don't mess with the man/woman when they're doing their thing (making an honest living).' I hope that tradition holds true so long as America's best women's college basketball coach is doing 'her thing' - coaching the women's basketball team at the University of South Carolina!
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Unpracticed rule is more like it, at least from what I've seen.
 
The one thing that gets me about the naacp and this boycott... The flag was removed from the dome and set at a location that the naacp agreed to. So they got what they wanted. Why continue the bs? Do they not understand their boycott affects the people they represent more than any other group?

However at this point. Build a museum solely for the flag and the story of that era in time. Move the flag from the grounds and place it there. Im tired of hearing about it. And this boycott, as ridiculous as it is, continues to effect the local economy.
 
I am still perplexed as to why the NAACP (and, by extension, their ncaazi lackeys) seem unconcerned abt the STATE flags of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. They all incorporate elements of the
Stars and Bars or Confederate Battle Flag (at least the St Andrews Cross) in their state banners that fly over all state buildings and not merely next to a soldier's monument in
an historical context. Where is the outrage? What is their logic?
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Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
 
Originally posted by GarnetGhost:
If the NCAA goes back to predetermined sites it won't matter who the coach is. We had Staley last year and still got sent out west as a 1 seed for the entire tournament. I am proud of my Southern heritage and have supported the flag in the past but now believe it is time for the flag to come down. To me it is not worth losing a coach like Staley. To me it is not worth offending her or any member of our women's BB team. It is not worth offending Frank Martin whose wife is African American. It is not worth offending any of our African American student-athletes. It is not worth the cost to the University I love in not being able to host events they otherwise would have a shot at. Some believe if we give in then we let the NAACP win. So what. As long as the flag stays up we are already losing. It has become an embarrassment. The it that is embarrassing is not the flag but rather the hard-headedness of some of our politicians and citizens. Would any of you who support the flag staying put say that to her face if Dawn told you the flag flying over the Statehouse grounds personally offended her and negatively impacted her ability to build her program at USC?
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The flag was apparently not a deterrent for Staley and Martin to accept positions at USC.
 
Originally posted by DirtyCock99:
The one thing that gets me about the naacp and this boycott... The flag was removed from the dome and set at a location that the naacp agreed to. So they got what they wanted. Why continue the bs? Do they not understand their boycott affects the people they represent more than any other group?

However at this point. Build a museum solely for the flag and the story of that era in time. Move the flag from the grounds and place it there. Im tired of hearing about it. And this boycott, as ridiculous as it is, continues to effect the local economy.
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The NAACP did not agree to that compromise. Move it to the Confederate Museum wing at the State Museum, but why have it out in front of the State House where it divides people? We live in one of the poorest states in the country, with one of the worst educational reputations and one of the lowest levels of life expectancy and many South Carolinians are so stubborn about clinging to the past at the expense of all of our futures.
 
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
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I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
 
Originally posted by Combahee Cock:
I am still perplexed as to why the NAACP (and, by extension, their ncaazi lackeys) seem unconcerned abt the STATE flags of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. They all incorporate elements of the
Stars and Bars or Confederate Battle Flag (at least the St Andrews Cross) in their state banners that fly over all state buildings and not merely next to a soldier's monument in
an historical context. Where is the outrage? What is their logic?
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The Stars and Bars was never universally accepted as the national flag of the confederate states, because when hanging flaccid against the pole it looked too much like the Stars and Stripes of the Union when viewed in the distance on the field of battle. Confederate legislators thought it was too similar to the Stars and Stripes, and "resembled the Yankee flag and that is enough to make it unutterably detestable". The battle flag was the more popular choice, which in turn made it the primary target.

Georgia and other states that flew the BFOTC did and have come under fire by the NAACP, so don't understand your confusion. In 2001 GA's Governor revised GA's state flag that was mostly the battle flag. It was thought that he would remove it from the state flag altogether, but he just had it diminished to a smaller banner on the new flag that included all previous state flags, including the recent previous one that included the battle flag. Many say the anger from the population of GA over it resulted in that Governor losing the election the very next year...

Both the Alabama and Florida state flags utilize the pure red St. Andrews Cross, which may have been inspiration for the creation of the Battle Flag, but is so different in appearance from the BF's design, and wasn't used nor made symbolic by the Confederacy during the Civil War, that like the Stars and Bars it isn't regarded as representative to an era of human slavery by the NAACP....
 
Our current coaches evidently weren't concerned enough about the flag to turn down the job offer at USC.

If they really want to make a statement, donate their salaries to the NAACP.
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Never ceases to amaze me. White people telling black people what should and should not offend them.

And if it does offend them? Who cares, their ass-backwards sense of heritage (slavery) is more important.
 
Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
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I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
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Take away what USC has done for Columbia and tell me where do you see Columbia thriving compared to Greenville. Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and even throw in Spartanburg as one of the major cities thriving...

The Bull Street project is a joke, its more like the Bull $hit project what folks are lining their pockets... Die Points is not a happening place, Finley Park is another dump.... City of Columbia is asking for Millions for a make over of Finley Park and the Vista hasn't live up to its expectations...

On Main Street, you have apartment buildings going up for USC Students... Did I miss anywhere in Columbia that would make a great place to go on a week night or weekends??

The only this that is thriving in Columbia are the politician's pockets...
 
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
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I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
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Take away what USC has done for Columbia and tell me where do you see Columbia thriving compared to Greenville. Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and even throw in Spartanburg as one of the major cities thriving...

The Bull Street project is a joke, its more like the Bull $hit project what folks are lining their pockets... Die Points is not a happening place, Finley Park is another dump.... City of Columbia is asking for Millions for a make over of Finley Park and the Vista hasn't live up to its expectations...

On Main Street, you have apartment buildings going up for USC Students... Did I miss anywhere in Columbia that would make a great place to go on a week night or weekends??

The only this that is thriving in Columbia are the politician's pockets...
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You obviously live in the Upstate, I can tell by your post.
 
Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
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I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
Click to expand...
Take away what USC has done for Columbia and tell me where do you see Columbia thriving compared to Greenville. Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and even throw in Spartanburg as one of the major cities thriving...

The Bull Street project is a joke, its more like the Bull $hit project what folks are lining their pockets... Die Points is not a happening place, Finley Park is another dump.... City of Columbia is asking for Millions for a make over of Finley Park and the Vista hasn't live up to its expectations...

On Main Street, you have apartment buildings going up for USC Students... Did I miss anywhere in Columbia that would make a great place to go on a week night or weekends??

The only this that is thriving in Columbia are the politician's pockets...
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You obviously live in the Upstate, I can tell by your post.
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Rather than insult me and don't give me facts... Why don't you tell me where in Columbia you see it thriving without the help from USC???
 
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
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I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
Click to expand...
Take away what USC has done for Columbia and tell me where do you see Columbia thriving compared to Greenville. Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and even throw in Spartanburg as one of the major cities thriving...

The Bull Street project is a joke, its more like the Bull $hit project what folks are lining their pockets... Die Points is not a happening place, Finley Park is another dump.... City of Columbia is asking for Millions for a make over of Finley Park and the Vista hasn't live up to its expectations...

On Main Street, you have apartment buildings going up for USC Students... Did I miss anywhere in Columbia that would make a great place to go on a week night or weekends??

The only this that is thriving in Columbia are the politician's pockets...
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You obviously live in the Upstate, I can tell by your post.
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Rather than insult me and don't give me facts... Why don't you tell me where in Columbia you see it thriving without the help from USC???
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Only 1 development on Main Street is marketed to USC students, there are dozens of other developments that have nothing to do with USC. That said, USC is part of Columbia, as are 7 other colleges and universities, state government, Fort Jackson, etc. Columbia Common will be a huge success and it has nothing to do with USC.
 
Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:
Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:

Originally posted by cockhornleghorn:

Originally posted by world famous 3rd base hecklers:
Money talks and bull$hit walks... The bull$hit is___________ ..... (Filling the blank)


It can be NCAA, former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce...


This State has been thriving in Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill, Clemson and USC... Columbia is the only major city hasn't been thriving thanks to former Mayor Bob, Mayor Ben, NAACP, State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce..


USC (Harris Pastides, Tanner, Spurrier, Martin, Staley, and Holbrook) have been doing all the work to keeping USC thriving....
Click to expand...
I don't know how you can claim Columbia isn't thriving. You most assuredly don't live here if you think that.
Click to expand...
Take away what USC has done for Columbia and tell me where do you see Columbia thriving compared to Greenville. Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and even throw in Spartanburg as one of the major cities thriving...

The Bull Street project is a joke, its more like the Bull $hit project what folks are lining their pockets... Die Points is not a happening place, Finley Park is another dump.... City of Columbia is asking for Millions for a make over of Finley Park and the Vista hasn't live up to its expectations...

On Main Street, you have apartment buildings going up for USC Students... Did I miss anywhere in Columbia that would make a great place to go on a week night or weekends??

The only this that is thriving in Columbia are the politician's pockets...
Click to expand...
You obviously live in the Upstate, I can tell by your post.
Click to expand...
Rather than insult me and don't give me facts... Why don't you tell me where in Columbia you see it thriving without the help from USC???
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Only 1 development on Main Street is marketed to USC students, there are dozens of other developments that have nothing to do with USC. That said, USC is part of Columbia, as are 7 other colleges and universities, state government, Fort Jackson, etc. Columbia Common will be a huge success and it has nothing to do with USC.
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We won't see anything good with Columbia Common...

You mean this crap??? Bull $hit project
 
boycott? what boycott? Ever gone to myrtle beach during black bike week? The african- American folks aren't boycotting much of nothing, just the ncaa. That being said, move the flag or whatever it takes to remove the stigma from SC. We love our state, and shoudn't have that hanging over our heads.
 
Born and raised in a segregated South Carolina and fed much of what goes with that by politicians who profited from our prejudice. Got beyond that, way beyond that after exposure to some of the rest of the world and its peoples.

I am certain that holding on to and continually fighting the civil war continuously is a primary reason for our poor standing among the other states that we could and should be at least equal to. I love my home state but am embarassed by the backwardness of too many of its citizens. I recognize the valor of the unfortunate soldiers that went off to war and lost their lives or livelyhood in a mistaken cause. Oh yes, THE CAUSE. The misbegotten cause. That damn flag was put up in response to the desegregation efforts of a large portion of our population by backward looking politicians and I say its far late in coming down.

Don't give a damn if the NCAA, the NAACP of any other acronym wants to take credit for it coming down. I want it down as its a thorn in my side that interferes with my life and it serves no good purpose and does not need to be there. I can and will continue to honor the unfortunates who lost their lives in that war much like the same way I honor those who gave their lives in Vietnam. All victims of the misguided beliefs of their elected leaders that i view with mixed emotions and not mostly good emotions at that.

Sorry for the rant but it is about time. Don't wave any bloody flag at me as I did serve on the front lines of another war that had a better outcome but still makes me question the sacrifice of perhaps 40,000 others who did not come back to be able to write as I am able to do.

The damn flag was put up, not to honor anyone but in response to people seeking their full citizenship guaranteed by our constitution. Take the damn thing down
 
This is a little strange, I expected a lot of kick back on my rant. My issue is not really with the flag but the reason it was raised over the State House in the first place. Life has a way of moving on and attempting to hold on to the past has a way of leaving you behind.

This post was edited on 3/22 10:49 PM by sandlapper59
 
I firmly believe that the flag should be removed from the front of the statehouse steps; preferably to the state museum. State legislative leaders knew damn well when the 'compromise' was struck that it left the door wide open for further 'discussion ' ad infinitum, and that's exactly what has happened!
 
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