“BURN A CONFEDERATE FLAG DAY” COULD BE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY, SLRC SAYS

It began as a snickering idea put forth by a blogger known as “Jesus’ General”
( http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/) – a har-de-har-har proposal urging folks to burn Confederate flags at the various Tea Party rallies scheduled for September 12. As is characteristic of many amateur humorists, the good General apparently doesn’t care that his satire is a bit fuzzy – he manages to cram Confederate heritage, the TEA party platform and racism into a single muddled object of his sophomoric jeering. This doesn’t bother his audience a bit – blog comments indicate Jesus’ General is adored by children of all ages. And since the General thoughtfully includes specific instructions for a Confederate flag-burning demonstration, there will inevitably be those who will act on that information.

Let ‘em, says the SLRC. And while their handful of techno-vandals do their thing, what would happen if every single owner of a Confederate flag quietly but prominently displayed it come Sunday? There would be an awful lot of Confederate flags across the landscape. Enough, perhaps, to give pause to the merry pranksters of Jesus’ General, and to others of their persuasion as well.