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View Nevada Eagle's Profile Nevada Eagle Flag Carson City, Nevada 09 Jul 14 2.24am Send a Private Message to Nevada Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Nevada Eagle as a friend

LOL! Little too much PC going on here.

 


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View Lombardos barber's Profile Lombardos barber Flag 09 Jul 14 7.18am Send a Private Message to Lombardos barber Add Lombardos barber as a friend

I'm far from PC; but I wonder how any of our black or mixed race players would feel seeing that flag being flown amongst our supporters.

It is, above all else, a symbol of those who went to war whilst protecting their right to own slaves. Black slaves for those who don't read much.

If Itzak Zohar were still at the club (glad he's not, terrible player!), would it be a fair one to fly a Swastika?

The appalling treatment of blacks in the US largely stemmed from those whose loyalty was to the confederate flag.

 

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The confederate flag in discussion was just one of many flag used in the US civil war at the time, but the one most famous/ infamous.
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I wonder if the same people who take offence to the confederate flag will also calling for all EU flags to be removed from public display due to it's close resemblance to the confederate 'Navy Jack' flag?

I've always had a soft spot for the confederate flag, probably due to Daisy Duke & my taste in rockabilly music, design wise it certainly stands out as well. Slavery ended a long time ago & many flags (especially our own country's flag) has the stink of oppression still on it yet is somehow seemed more acceptable...

 

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View MikeT's Profile MikeT Flag Burlington (Toronto Area) 09 Jul 14 7.17pm Send a Private Message to MikeT Add MikeT as a friend

Let's try this one more time. No, it's very much not just being PC. Palace are no longer seen just two or three times a year on dodgy internet streams by a few South London ex-pats. Conservatively, there were probably a million plus North American viewers watching the Palace v Man City game (NBC had 900,000 for the preceding Liverpool v Chelsea game. Add in at least another 250,000 in Canada).

The display of the Confederate flag is still a highly controversial and divisive issue in North America and seeing it on a banner at Palace prompted immediate unfavourable reactions.

In a final, probably vain, hope that people might yet be able to look beyond their little piece of England and understand that the club now has a world-wide presence, look at the upcoming US tour.

The last stop on Palace's US tour is the Richmond Kickers. Richmond, Virginia currently has several controversies involving the display of the flag. A group called the Virginia Flaggers has erected a huge Confederate flag close to an Interstate highway North of Richmond. This immediately prompted major complaints that it was promoting racism and slavery: [Link]

"The flag stirs strong emotions in Richmond, where African-Americans, are the majority. The city, the former capital of the Confederacy, was the site of the nation's second largest slave market".
"For a lot of Virginians and a lot of Americans, it has a negative connotation," said McClellan, who is also a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. "It has been used by hate groups to promote their beliefs in white supremacy"".

There is also a similar flag controversy related to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, discussed in this blog from a Richmond resident heavily into Civil War history: [Link]

"As a Civil War buff, I struggle with this issue of the Confederate flag. When I've heard about Confederate flags flying over city hall buildings or government buildings in the past, it always seemed like a no-brainer to me that the flag shouldn’t be there."

"Of course, it’s not that simple. Any person living in the South knows the context of the Confederate flag has changed over the past 150 years. The flag has been perverted over the years and sadly, is recognized more today as a symbol of backwards thinking, racism, and hate. Are there people who fly the flag out of respect for their Southern heritage and eschew its other meanings? Absolutely. In our society, however, it’s a difficult thing to wave a flag and expect people to parse your specific meaning."

The club has a achieved an amazing amount of positive response in the US and Canada for both the performance on the field and the amazing support in the stands. Thus the US summer tour. I don't want to continue to have to defend my club against completely undeserved accusations of being racist from friends, neighbours, and the supporters of other clubs. It's absolutely not who we are. I want to just discuss football.

For the love of sanity, why would anyone want this controversy associated with our club for the sake of a bit of bloody-mindedness?


Edited by MikeT (09 Jul 2014 7.18pm)

Edited by MikeT (09 Jul 2014 7.20pm)

 

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Quote MikeT at 09 Jul 2014 7.17pm

Let's try this one more time. No, it's very much not just being PC. Palace are no longer seen just two or three times a year on dodgy internet streams by a few South London ex-pats. Conservatively, there were probably a million plus North American viewers watching the Palace v Man City game (NBC had 900,000 for the preceding Liverpool v Chelsea game. Add in at least another 250,000 in Canada).

The display of the Confederate flag is still a highly controversial and divisive issue in North America and seeing it on a banner at Palace prompted immediate unfavourable reactions.

In a final, probably vain, hope that people might yet be able to look beyond their little piece of England and understand that the club now has a world-wide presence, look at the upcoming US tour.

The last stop on Palace's US tour is the Richmond Kickers. Richmond, Virginia currently has several controversies involving the display of the flag. A group called the Virginia Flaggers has erected a huge Confederate flag close to an Interstate highway North of Richmond. This immediately prompted major complaints that it was promoting racism and slavery: [Link]

"The flag stirs strong emotions in Richmond, where African-Americans, are the majority. The city, the former capital of the Confederacy, was the site of the nation's second largest slave market".
"For a lot of Virginians and a lot of Americans, it has a negative connotation," said McClellan, who is also a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. "It has been used by hate groups to promote their beliefs in white supremacy"".

There is also a similar flag controversy related to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, discussed in this blog from a Richmond resident heavily into Civil War history: [Link]

"As a Civil War buff, I struggle with this issue of the Confederate flag. When I've heard about Confederate flags flying over city hall buildings or government buildings in the past, it always seemed like a no-brainer to me that the flag shouldn’t be there."

"Of course, it’s not that simple. Any person living in the South knows the context of the Confederate flag has changed over the past 150 years. The flag has been perverted over the years and sadly, is recognized more today as a symbol of backwards thinking, racism, and hate. Are there people who fly the flag out of respect for their Southern heritage and eschew its other meanings? Absolutely. In our society, however, it’s a difficult thing to wave a flag and expect people to parse your specific meaning."

The club has a achieved an amazing amount of positive response in the US and Canada for both the performance on the field and the amazing support in the stands. Thus the US summer tour. I don't want to continue to have to defend my club against completely undeserved accusations of being racist from friends, neighbours, and the supporters of other clubs. It's absolutely not who we are. I want to just discuss football.

For the love of sanity, why would anyone want this controversy associated with our club for the sake of a bit of bloody-mindedness?


Edited by MikeT (09 Jul 2014 7.18pm)

Edited by MikeT (09 Jul 2014 7.20pm)

I agree with you. I lived in SC for three years and then MA for six years. I am very familiar with the bad symbolism of the flag myself. I think some of the fans will learn to live with the needs of being a club watched globally rather than one that is constrained to South London.

 

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Right then, I think that could be the final word on the matter. Forgive them for they knew not what they were doing. But tell them not to do it again, please.

 

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View Nevada Eagle's Profile Nevada Eagle Flag Carson City, Nevada 10 Jul 14 6.17am Send a Private Message to Nevada Eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Nevada Eagle as a friend

This really doesn't matter. What matters is Obama is trying to take away my guns.

 


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Quote Nevada Eagle at 10 Jul 2014 6.17am

This really doesn't matter. What matters is Obama is trying to take away my guns.


What a wind up. When some people are serious in their concern for how Palace are perceived by the World in general, it's nice to read a little flippant humour. Let's hope black people who play or support Palace see it the same way, and so the parents of those school children shot dead by Americans happy with their free to own guns.

 

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Can someone remind me why we care what Americans think?

 


All good. Nothing bad.

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Quote turbohorsebox at 11 Jul 2014 12.04pm

Can someone remind me why we care what Americans think?

Because the money Americans use to buy kits can fund transfer fees for new players.

Man United, City, Liverpool and Arsenal all sell more kits in North American than they do in England.

 


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Well I will continue to display the Southern Cross along with the St George Cross and Union Jack. If people interpret this as a sign I am a racist then I'm afraid that is their problem not mine. Unfortunately narrow minded people will always make stupid assumptions.

 


Stay out the way of the Southern thing.

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View Happiness Stan's Profile Happiness Stan Flag Itchycoo Park 12 Jul 14 9.43am Send a Private Message to Happiness Stan Add Happiness Stan as a friend

Bin it and get a Tibetan one innit. Red and blue and looks great. Tho doubtless some people would start s***ting the bed about affecting shirt sales in china

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