A group with donations from Tallassee, Alabama is fundraising to install a Confederate flag across from Alabama State University, a predominately black university, the Tallassee Tribune reported Wednesday.
The First Capital Flaggers is halfway to its $3,000 fundraising goal to erect the flagpole, which can range from 30 to 50 feet, the newspaper reported.
An unnamed Montgomery physician donated the property for the flag’s placement. The flag is intended to mark the “first capitol of the Confederacy.”
“We’re hoping everyone can see it. We want people to ask questions, we want them to listen,” Bryan Jones, who is involved with the organizations behind the flag’s placement, told the publication.
Alabama State University officials didn’t provide the publication with comment.
I’d love to be able to surround their flagpole with several others displaying whatever banners would most get under these folks’ skins.
Not enough public urinals nearby?
I’m guessing they’re probably not fans of the rainbow flag.
So what is the over/under of the number of GOP candidates who will speak out in favor of this? Trump is a given since they are his base. Cruz likely too. And the coverage by the mainstream news media? Probably none.
Oh we’ll hear the usual “states rights” dodge, which we all know is a dog whistle wink and nudge to carry on, Johnny Reb.