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The Confederate flag became prominent as a symbol of opposition to civil rights. New Englanders flying today it tell vprnet they're opposed to Black Lives Matter. “If they’re gonna go off and try to intimidate me, then I'm gonna intimidate them.”

 

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vprnet People protesting for the same rights and opportunities as whites is not intimidating. It is inspiring. Thank goodness someone is fighting for the values in our Constitution, trump and this GOP sure as hell are not. Vote all GOP out.

vprnet Display a flag that accurately depicts the confederacy’s treasonous bastards

vprnet This is sad. So the message they get is BLM is hurting them because BLM groups are protesting for equality in treatment and to protect POC civil rights as US citizens? There4 brandish a treasonous flag to assert their narrative of supremacy over others?

vprnet hate those that hate kinda counter product ....

vprnet Perhaps, they find the tactics & mission stment of BLM intimidating. I know many people who believe black lives matter, but will NEVER support the or the cause b/c the organization promotes downfall of nuclear family, funding of police, & so much more that is good for society.

vprnet They fly the flag because they are racists. That's all. Even if they have concocted a pretty little story about heritage and bullshit, when someone flys the confederate flag, they are racist.

vprnet So they are against civil rights and POC

vprnet Maintain the balance of terror

vprnet A bunch of racists is all they are.

vprnet Need a proofreader?

vprnet There's no rationale for being 'intimidated' by BLM. The 'intimidation' is rooted in their ignorance of what and why BLM is. Much of such ignorance is willful.👇

vprnet These are the same people who post 'Lincoln was a Republican' memes.

vprnet THE CONFEDERATE FLAG TO ME IS LIKE THE SWASTIKA: TO SOME ITS A HATE SYMBOL BUT TO OTHERS IT HERITAGE. IN ANCIENT TIMES THE HINDUS USED THE SWATZTIKA AS THEIR SYMBOL BEFORE THE OM, THEN NAZIS STOLD IT & BACK THEN JUST LIKE TODAY NOT EVERY ON IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARE RACIST.

vprnet So, they're saying that they were bigots back then & nothing has changed.

vprnet Vermont is the whitest state in the Union. I use to live there. Old pasty face folks who like their own company. Why BLM intimidates them has more to do with inbreeding than us. These folks are lost in the genetic pool of damaged mutations, none of which has advanced their souls!

vprnet I guess black folks are 'intimidating' these white New Englanders by asking to be treated as equals?

vprnet What exactly is “intimidating” about saying that the lives of Black people matter

vprnet Make it a crime to fly a flag of treason and traitors. The punishment should be foreiting their right to vote for 2 presidential election cycles.

vprnet Vermont. Added to the list of states that don't get my travel dollars. Plus I won't tolerate fools, anymore, 'cause life is too short already.

vprnet Openly racist, immoral, nd just plain stupid.

vprnet BLM: “my life has value” Racist: “I find that intimidating” (Waves confederate flag) “Your life doesn’t matter; I am the good guy in my f*cked head”

vprnet so you’re just gonna hand them the mic and let them use you to spread their racist bullshit? this is journalism?

vprnet Some racists want to say it loud and proud.

vprnet When equality feels like oppression, you need to check your privilege.

vprnet Imagine being intimidated by the notion that black lives matter.

vprnet At least New England Confederate flag fliers are honest that they just want to be racist instead of bullshitting about heritage.

vprnet Black Lives Matter doesn't have a monopoly on caring about minorites, and people are allowed to criticize the VERY questionable Organization

vprnet Showing their opposition to human rights by displaying a symbol of hate isn't the edgy move they think it is. It's just normal racism.

vprnet You hurt me, I'll hurt you back. Lot of people end of hurt that way.

vprnet By saying their lives matter they’re intimidating you?

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