Pritzker calls Confederate flag ‘symbol of
murder, of kidnapping, of rape’ after
concert cancellation
Chicago Sun-Times,
by
Tina Sfondeles
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
7/10/2019 5:23:01 PM
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday was put on the spot as to who is more offensive: Snoop Dogg, or the country rock band Confederate Railroad.
He did not choose Snoop.
A day after the Pritzker administration defended its decision to bar Confederate Railroad from performing at the downstate DuQoin State Fair, the Democratic governor called the Confederate flag “a symbol of murder, of kidnapping, of rape.”(Snip)The rapper’s latest album, “Make America Crip Again,” features Snoop Dogg standing over a corpse with a toe-tag that reads “Trump.” That comparison was brought up by state Rep. Terri Bryant, R-Murphsyboro.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 7/10/2019 5:26:33 PM (No. 119898)
Democrats just can't stop stealing good symbols and trying to use them for their own.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bamapreacher 7/10/2019 5:30:24 PM (No. 119902)
I don't know what the statistics are but I'm sure the amount of rapes and murders at least is quite disproportionately high among a certain group that was crazily freed by Lincoln with nowhere to go, and they ain't Confederate sympathizers.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/10/2019 5:37:30 PM (No. 119907)
If democrats were capable of embarrassment there would be a whole lot of wailing and sorrow being witnessed but all they have to do is claim they "misspoke" or can't remember and all is well. They once loved the Confederacy, the KKK and segregation but the history books must have been mistaken. One of these days you will be able to travel through West Virginia and not see one Robert Byrd sign.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
qr4j 7/10/2019 5:37:35 PM (No. 119908)
And what does the flag of the City of Chicago symbolize? Given the number of murders that occur there each year, not to mention shootings that do not result in death, it sounds to me that the Chicago flag and the Confederate flag are pretty close in symbolism if I were to follow Pritzker's logic.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Grackle 7/10/2019 5:48:11 PM (No. 119918)
Granted, this is a total non sequitur, but in the band's publicity photo included with the article, the guy third from the right is totally photoshopped in.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 7/10/2019 5:54:59 PM (No. 119923)
"tens of millions", I don't think so. According to the Census Bureau there we, at it's peak, around four million slaves here. I am not condoning this by any means, however, democrats seem to over state numbers when they think it will help them. By the way Governor, your party was responsible for all of the misery that slavery caused and the war that was necessary to stop it. I find the party name democrat offensive for this very reason.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 7/10/2019 5:56:59 PM (No. 119925)
It's the governor's job to decide which music group plays at a concert in a very rural part of the state? You'd think he would have more important things to do when IL is practically bankrupt and enduring massive tax hikes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
AltaD 7/10/2019 5:57:45 PM (No. 119928)
I skimmed through the DuQuoin State Fair's Facebook page and if the people posting on that page really are from that area, I think the fair will be pretty empty on the night Confederate Railroad was scheduled to play.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
FormerDem 7/10/2019 5:58:21 PM (No. 119930)
The Democratic Party is the party of bloody murder.
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Has anyone checked into Pritzker's ancestors for slave owners or any connections with the South?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Newtsche 7/10/2019 6:46:30 PM (No. 119987)
Brave Gov. Prickster goes out on a limb.
No worry, he knew in advance it was a very substantial limb, no risk involved.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
DVC 7/10/2019 8:38:28 PM (No. 120060)
Pritzker is an ahistoric, lying fool.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
msjena 7/10/2019 8:46:31 PM (No. 120065)
DuQuoin is in far southern Illinois,closer to Tennessee than Chicago. I doubt if Pritzker’s relatives have any southern connection. His ancestors are European Jews.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/10/2019 9:07:45 PM (No. 120074)
I am NOT ashamed of our nation's history. Not in the least... until Obama cheated his way into the Presidency.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 7/10/2019 9:32:48 PM (No. 120097)
The rapes and murders he refers to would have been HIS party, terrorizing the newly freed slaves under the guise of the Klan. Which they created by the way. The Cofederate Battle Flag is a great symbol, but the Democrats and their racist terrorism since before the Civil 'War are not.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 7/11/2019 1:07:16 PM (No. 120675)
I will say without hesitation that slavery was an abomination. If not for the importation and subsequent breeding of slaves this country would be 100% better off. We would need only half the prisons and half the law enforcement assets, judges, cops, etc. we have now not to mention welfare and it's attendant freebies like SNAP and subsidized housing. We would also log only half the murders we currently suffer. As the saying goes, we should have picked the cotton ourselves.
This will cause a large financial loss to the fair and businesses. I smell a lawsuit against Gov. Prick in the works.
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