Kid Rock’s use of Confederate flag sparks NAACP boycott

Boycotts everywhere for anything. Lame

Some NAACP supporters plan to boycott the Detroit arm's annual fundraiser over an honor for Kid Rock they say doesn't mesh with the civil rights group's goals.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_locald...-naacp-boycott

Isn't this faggot from Detroit? What's he doing reppin' the stars and bars.

They should ask that.

why is the NCAAP honoring him? It didnt say.

Are any of the nouns in this article even relevant?

Kid Rock has a Black drummer. He's made music with Black People. He's from Detroit and helps inner city youth. Racist? No. Oreo that embraces the Confederate flag even though he was raised in the Union? Hell yes.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Some NAACP supporters plan to boycott the Detroit arm's annual fundraiser over an honor for Kid Rock they say doesn't mesh with the civil rights group's goals.

---

Which goal? You mean their goal of not embracing slavery...

http://www.amazon.com/Confederates-A.../dp/067975833X

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Stringer_Bell

Kid Rock has a Black drummer. He's made music with Black People. He's from Detroit and helps inner city youth. Racist? No. Oreo that embraces the Confederate flag even though he was raised in the Union? Hell yes.

---

His bitch ass needs to pick a side and stick with it.

I never understood the mentality of those who hate a symbol that stands for other things as well. I'm sorry, but just because the confederate states were slave states, doesn't mean all it's symbols should be held in contempt. That flag did not stand for slavery.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

That flag did not stand for slavery.

---

:lmao

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

I never understood the mentality of those who hate a symbol that stands for other things as well. I'm sorry, but just because the confederate states were slave states, doesn't mean all it's symbols should be held in contempt. That flag did not stand for slavery.

---

you probably meant to say they arent celebrating slavery when they hold up the flag, just this attitude that says they can fight back against a govt they felt was doing them wrong, but unfortunately slavery cannot be separated from the issue because what was it the south was mad enough about to want to secede? slavery. the flag and slavery are tied together no matter how many try to dance around the issue

Now now, WC has a right to agree with what the Confederate REALLY stands for - the right to refuse the government's position when you believe it is wrong (i.e. when it intrudes upon your ability to make a living or personal freedom, i.e. when the suits shut down your entrepreneurial aspirations because IN THEIR HUMBLE FUCKIN OPINION you shouldn't have negros working your cotton fields). in fact, we could use some of that same spirit, that's why a lot of us appreciate the Tea Party.

Ya'll could learn from me and WC. *wink*

he should be boycotted for being a poser detroit cowboy wannabe who totally ruined "sweet home alabama" and "werewolves of london" for me.

that said...he has just as much of a right to fly that dumb flag as the NAACP has to boycott him.

Kid rock sucks ass

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by the reckoning

he should be boycotted for being a poser detroit cowboy wannabe who totally ruined "sweet home alabama" and "werewolves of london" for me.

That said...he has just as much of a right to fly that dumb flag as the naacp has to boycott him.

---

+1

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

I never understood the mentality of those who hate a symbol that stands for other things as well.

---

Ok, I'm with ya

Quote:

---

That flag did not stand for slavery.

---

Wait, what?

http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/062009/kidrock.jpg

High Toppin' it baby!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by DMX7

Which goal? You mean their goal of not embracing slavery...

---

Um no, flame thrower. I'm going out on a limb here and say Kid Rock is not a racist. The flags means to him and many, many others, states rights, rebellion against the government and individualism. Means the right to live the way you want to live it and slavery has nothing to do with it. I do not think slavery/kkk/rednecks/racist when I see the confederate flag no matter how hard people like you try to make me.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by DJ Mbenga

you probably meant to say they arent celebrating slavery when they hold up the flag, just this attitude that says they can fight back against a govt they felt was doing them wrong, but unfortunately slavery cannot be separated from the issue because what was it the south was mad enough about to want to secede? slavery. the flag and slavery are tied together no matter how many try to dance around the issue

---

Not my fault that some people are too stupid to separate facts. Slavery was not the only issue. There were other reasons for secession. Southern people were proud, with or without slavery, and believed strongly in the 10th amendment. The constitution was seriously harmed when the north won.

Consider the probability that is slavery didn't exist, that the north still wanted to treat the southern states poorly. What if we would have had secession and a civil war with no slavery? Do you really think it was only because of slavery?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by greyforest

Ok, I'm with ya




Wait, what?

---

Need me to repeat that?

The confederate flag did not stand for slavery.

The confederate flag was created as the new national flag for the southern stated. Nothing more. The battle flag, same thing. Their flag for war.

Are you from Texas like most here? Did you know Texas flew six different national flags over it's history? Should we shun the other five because they are not our national flag?

Not everything of the confederate states was bad. Some people still hold pride today, of the south's struggle for independence. I think most today would say that pride has nothing to do with slavery.

Isn't freedom from oppression a noble goal?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jack sommerset

I'm going out on a limb here and say Kid Rock is not a racist. The flags means to him and many, many others, states rights, rebellion against the government and individualism. Means the right to live the way you want to live it and slavery has nothing to do with it. I do not think slavery/kkk/rednecks/racist when I see the confederate flag no matter how hard people like you try to make me.

---

I'm appalled at how many people are so prejudiced against that flag. A flag of freedom. Blacks and whites alike should be celebrating what it stands for. Slavery was already oppressive. The confederate flag did not create slavery. Though it did not include the slaves for it's intent of freedom, that's exactly what it is. A symbol of freedom.

People... Please remember, some whites were slaves too!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

People... Please remember, some whites were slaves too!

---

oh, well in that case...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

I never understood the mentality of those who hate a symbol that stands for other things as well. I'm sorry, but just because the confederate states were slave states, doesn't mean all it's symbols should be held in contempt. That flag did not stand for slavery.

---

Whatever it once stood for is immaterial now. The swastika used to be a good luck symbol, but I don't think you could get away with wearing one in public claiming that.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LnGrrrR

Whatever it once stood for is immaterial now. The swastika used to be a good luck symbol, but I don't think you could get away with wearing one in public claiming that.

---

That would depend on what the surrounding circumstances were, wouldn't it. Besides, the swastika is a mirror image of it. It's turning the opposite way, so you are wrong. They are not the same.