The Betsy Ross flag: Has
it become a symbol of hate?
Oregonian [Portland OR],
by
Julie Evensen
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
7/2/2019 11:07:05 PM
Nike came under fire on Tuesday after the company stopped selling a Fourth of July shoe that featured the so-called ‘Betsy Ross flag.’ Concerns about the flag’s adoption by extremist groups came to light, prompting the company to announce plans to stop selling the shoe. In response, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tweeted that he would block any financial incentives for Nike, which recently announced plans to open a factory in Arizona. The factory was expected to provide around 500 jobs. (Tweet) Amidst the controversy, though, is confusion. The ‘Betsy Ross flag’ is an early version of the American flag
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 7/2/2019 11:11:24 PM (No. 112466)
No, damn you all.
These leftists are all haters and of course, they falsely accuse us of what they are actually doing.
Horrible, anti-American, hateful, nasty, violent people.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vesicant 7/2/2019 11:12:18 PM (No. 112467)
Ok, let's talk about the Democratic party's history of supporting and enabling racism. Will all the dhimmicrats then go away?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/2/2019 11:24:54 PM (No. 112486)
If it is, then so is the 50 star flag. Keep it up, lefties. Nice to see your hatred for America out of the closet.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 7/2/2019 11:39:12 PM (No. 112498)
Loved Kaepernick when he was QB against my Ravens; he was a gazelle on the field, getting out of tough plays. Thankfully, Super Bowl had only 4 quarters... one more and they might have won.
Now, not so much. Muslim GF has corrupted his Worldview. Sad for his parents.
Even though numerous family members are in sports, I will NEVER buy any more Nike gear. PERIOD.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 7/2/2019 11:55:23 PM (No. 112504)
Good God what is wrong with these people?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
PChristopher 7/3/2019 12:00:06 AM (No. 112507)
The Nike logo is certainly becoming a symbol of hate.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jalo1951 7/3/2019 12:05:02 AM (No. 112512)
Will someone tell the nimrod, Kaepernick, that men all over the world have held slaves. These people were living in the society of their time. Some good and lots of bad. Societies change and adopt new positions. I imagine that 200 years from now something we now do might offend but it is not up to future generations to wipe away our history, good or bad Oh, and Kaepernick, African blacks held slaves for their own use and also sold them to the Europeans. And the Native American Indians would take people from other tribes and make them their slaves. So get a grip and educate yourselves. We cannot judge the past by the present. It is what it is. Warts and all. Lastly, may I suggest you buy a little island somewhere and live alone in blissful peace never to be offended again. But leave the rest of us alone. Nike, you blew it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
planetgeo 7/3/2019 12:09:45 AM (No. 112515)
Make no mistake. These people are maneuvering to eventually make the current USA flag a symbol of racism and oppression, with the intent of making its display totally banned. Possibly even replaced as our national flag.
If they do, it's time for a real civil war. We will NOT back down one inch on this. They better be ready to die if they try this.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
my2sense 7/3/2019 12:46:56 AM (No. 112528)
While I do have some reservations about how respectful it is to put any American flag on shoes,the notion that anything that happened prior to the end of the Civil War is automatically tained by the fact that slavery was going on is pretty mushy-headed. Embarrassing that Nike keeps caving into this on-going temper tantrum by a player who couldn't handle that he isn't the center of attention at all times.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/3/2019 1:07:18 AM (No. 112541)
Liberalism is a mental disorder and the chief symptom is hypersensitivity to nitwits who whine about "being offended." Grow up whiners and deal with our history... ALL of it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Peeps 7/3/2019 1:22:54 AM (No. 112553)
Nike hates us normal people.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
coyote 7/3/2019 1:29:54 AM (No. 112555)
Was Betsy Ross a slave holder, which is the current reason to air-brush persons out of history books? No, she was a Quaker, a religious sect that was abolitionist. Quakers led the opposition to slavery in both England and the US, and our two countries were the first to end slavery on a near hemispheric scope for he first time in history.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rama41 7/3/2019 4:04:33 AM (No. 112589)
Who knew or cared if some nut jobs were using the flag for their own purposes? This makes no more sense than demonizing the OK sign.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
envirodude 7/3/2019 7:19:57 AM (No. 112665)
Laughing at the day the KKK starts displaying a rainbow pride flag.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/3/2019 11:25:54 AM (No. 112945)
The leftist and liberal Democrats have become political experts at turning any inanimate object or person who they don’t like into “symbols of hate”. Once you recognize that fact it becomes very easy to turn off that radical politically based radical agenda.
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Leftist are already preaching to us about the evils of the original flag. What if the KKK starts using the rainbow flag???