No Confederate flag in sight
Anybody wonder why?
shareIn the Civil War, California had only existed as a state for a couple years, was on the other side of the country, and was part of the North. In the South you have lots of people who claim heritage as a reason for displaying the flag, but California shouldnt have too large of a population in that category. That said, there are still plenty of rednecks all over the country who show off the flag to be rebellious or seem badass, but still.
Also, the show probably didn't want to glorify the Confederate flag. The flag has a lot of racist associations that are easier to just avoid.
yes...the moment they displayed that, even as anti-heroes, you know the heat they would take...not worth the bother.
shareBut the show was filmed before those shootings, while the flag was not so unsavoury. And its a popular thing among bikers. That's why I found it a bit odd
shareyeah, I put the significance of the shootings as being the tipping point where I myself found out the point about that stars/bars flag and the actual CSA flag not being one and the same, but, yeah, you are right that the shootings prompted a fresh drive to pull those flags down from government buildings, however, even b4 that, it was a sore point.
I remember Burt Reynolds Trans-am in smokey and the bandit movies, having a Confed flag number plate...even b4 the shootings, you would not have had that in a more recent hollywood movie, where liberal Hollywood is more bound by kow-towing to political correctness.
there is a pretty good 90s movie starring Brad Pitt, called "Kalifornia" ...in one scene, Pitt, who is playing a southern or Texas maybe I think , redneck white trash, goes onto a university campus with a confed flag baseball cap.
He asks one female student for directions.
You should see the reaction he gets.
And of course, our Sons are not Southern..a lot of clubs have been, but they are not.
Not even southern California, lol...Oakland I take it, is outlyer of San Franscisco?
Not American here so i might be quite ignorant... But about 12-15 years ago i had quite a few Confederate souvenirs given to me by my American friends, as something cool to wear (pins, sew-on badges, a t-shirt). And i remember really wanting that hat as Brad Pitt had...
shareBut about 12-15 years ago i had quite a few Confederate souvenirs given to me by my American friends, as so
yeah , I don't doubt that, I mean, you can still buy swastika-motif gifts even in some specialist gift shops, you know?
But I mean, that so-called Confed flag...blacks and liberal groups have been whining and moaning about it for years, you know?
I remember an old episode of Vietnam war drama 'Tour of Duty", which was set in 1960s, obviously...in this ep, the King assassination had just happened back in America...the soldiers of southern origin ran up a Confed flag at their camp...the blacks were not happy, said it was provocative...know what I'm getting at?
the symbol is actually popular or often seen here, even...very often 50s/60s classic cars which are not even actually american cars, have Confed flag number plate frames...also, you sometimes see it up in back of 18-wheeler truck sleeper cabs.. share
About swastika -- no, you can't buy such souvenirs in Europe. They are not just offensive and but pretty much against the law, unless its actual WW2 antiques.
However, communist symbols are not illegal, and actually pretty popular.