Greene County, TN: Keep the Confederate Flag Off the Courthouse!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
I do not want to see the Confederate Flag flying anywhere. Put it in a museum or something!
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Dennis Dean Whaley
10 years ago
The Confederate battle Flag known as the Confederate Flag to most people uneducated about the Confederacy belongs in a museum with the correct documentation. Explaining it minimal participation the Revolutionary war.
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Patricia Potts
10 years ago
As the adopted flag of the KKK, why would anyone want this flag anywhere?
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Paul Williams
10 years ago
There is no place for a confederate battle flag in the midst of a Union stronghold. This flag represents human bondage and suffering.
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Tonya Williams
10 years ago
I am against this resolution. The majority of Greene County was Pro Union and flying the flag of the enemy would be nothing short of a slap in the face.
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Eddie Jordan
10 years ago
The rebel rag is nothing more than a symbol of hate!
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Theresa Slemp
10 years ago
I cannot attend the protest due to my work schedule. I do not agree with this proposal due to historical reasons
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Phyllis Ragon
10 years ago
Love not hate
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Tammy G. Neal
10 years ago
Vote no to placing the Confederate Battle Flag on the grounds of the Green County, TN court house.
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Wendy McGaha
10 years ago
Be smart..... If we allow this flag at the courthouse, what will be next?
The Isis flag?
Keep it in your yard and fly it proud!!!
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Brandon Charles Paxton
10 years ago
Why does it need to go up now? Interesting to say the least. Hateful bigotry and ignorant intolerance have no place in modern society.
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Rebecca Garay-Leon
10 years ago
This is the most asinine suggestion I have heard this year, except the proposal that the county defy the SCOTUS and deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, while holding the taxpayers do this county liable for any costs associated with such discrimination.
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Jennifer Skillman
10 years ago
There is absolutely no reason to fly a confederate flag over a public building- only the U.S. Flag and Tennessee State Flag deserve that honor.
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Paul Bruce
10 years ago
The Civil War was a terrible tragedy and it has taken many years for the wounds to be healed. The effort to let this flag fly over government buildings is a thinly veiled effort to appeal to ugly racist politics and has nothing to do with heritage.
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Tim Carmichael
10 years ago
It has no place on a court house that the tax payers pay for.
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Brad Hedge
10 years ago
These people's hatred of American values like equality and freedom is appalling. One would think they would want to hide it, not run it up a flagpole.
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Robin Britton
10 years ago
NO confederate flag at the court house!
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Dawn Patelke
10 years ago
Please. I am white and grew up in Greeneville until I went away to college. I still have family there, and am back in the community often. I was in the Greeneville School system through the painful period of integration starting in my junior high years. 6 years later, Greeneville High School elected a black homecoming queen. Considering the turbulent times of the mid-late 60's, I felt that Greeneville was a pretty fair-minded community, and was proud of that fact. I have always been proud to say I was from Greeneville. This resolution makes me wonder how naive I was. Greeneville has a large black population and many prominent black citizens who are well-respected there, many who I consider friends. How can you not consider the feelings of such a large part of your community, not to mention the white citizens who find the Confederate flag offensive? It does not represent my heritage. Especially because Greeneville and upper East Tennessee was pro-union during the Civil war, what you are trying to do is a travesty against Greeneville's own history and is pandering to a small number of people who want publicity. Shame on you for introducing such a divisive issue when there are far more important considerations in all our lives.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Southerners don't need any more help looking stupid.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Greene County was not sympathetic to the Confederate cause during the Civil War. The Confederate flag has since become a symbol of hate and I do not want to see it displayed in public places.
I do not want to see the Confederate Flag flying anywhere. Put it in a museum or something!
The Confederate battle Flag known as the Confederate Flag to most people uneducated about the Confederacy belongs in a museum with the correct documentation. Explaining it minimal participation the Revolutionary war.
As the adopted flag of the KKK, why would anyone want this flag anywhere?
There is no place for a confederate battle flag in the midst of a Union stronghold. This flag represents human bondage and suffering.
I am against this resolution. The majority of Greene County was Pro Union and flying the flag of the enemy would be nothing short of a slap in the face.
The rebel rag is nothing more than a symbol of hate!
I cannot attend the protest due to my work schedule. I do not agree with this proposal due to historical reasons
Love not hate
Vote no to placing the Confederate Battle Flag on the grounds of the Green County, TN court house.
Be smart..... If we allow this flag at the courthouse, what will be next? The Isis flag? Keep it in your yard and fly it proud!!!
Why does it need to go up now? Interesting to say the least. Hateful bigotry and ignorant intolerance have no place in modern society.
This is the most asinine suggestion I have heard this year, except the proposal that the county defy the SCOTUS and deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, while holding the taxpayers do this county liable for any costs associated with such discrimination.
There is absolutely no reason to fly a confederate flag over a public building- only the U.S. Flag and Tennessee State Flag deserve that honor.
The Civil War was a terrible tragedy and it has taken many years for the wounds to be healed. The effort to let this flag fly over government buildings is a thinly veiled effort to appeal to ugly racist politics and has nothing to do with heritage.
It has no place on a court house that the tax payers pay for.
These people's hatred of American values like equality and freedom is appalling. One would think they would want to hide it, not run it up a flagpole.
NO confederate flag at the court house!
Please. I am white and grew up in Greeneville until I went away to college. I still have family there, and am back in the community often. I was in the Greeneville School system through the painful period of integration starting in my junior high years. 6 years later, Greeneville High School elected a black homecoming queen. Considering the turbulent times of the mid-late 60's, I felt that Greeneville was a pretty fair-minded community, and was proud of that fact. I have always been proud to say I was from Greeneville. This resolution makes me wonder how naive I was. Greeneville has a large black population and many prominent black citizens who are well-respected there, many who I consider friends. How can you not consider the feelings of such a large part of your community, not to mention the white citizens who find the Confederate flag offensive? It does not represent my heritage. Especially because Greeneville and upper East Tennessee was pro-union during the Civil war, what you are trying to do is a travesty against Greeneville's own history and is pandering to a small number of people who want publicity. Shame on you for introducing such a divisive issue when there are far more important considerations in all our lives.
Southerners don't need any more help looking stupid.
Greene County was not sympathetic to the Confederate cause during the Civil War. The Confederate flag has since become a symbol of hate and I do not want to see it displayed in public places.