A Virginia man says he would rather go to jail than give up his specialty Confederate flag, according to news reports.
"I have a great-great-great grandfather who fought and died with the 5th Georgia Infantry. And his four brothers all died with him in the name of that flag," Kevin Collier told WVEC. "I will go to jail before I change those tags."
Virginia is requiring owners of Confederate-flag plates to obtain new ones without that symbol, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
The DMV sent 1,600 new plates to those with the Confederate plates, but only 187 have returned the old plates, WAVY TV reports. Some who didn't want the new ones sent them back, writing "no thank you," the department said. Gee, just working out swell...........:)
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You darn tootin.....
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteTo mirror an old cigarette commercial "They would rather fight than switch"
ReplyDeleteI remember that.
DeleteTareytons. They're still around but not commonly sold in stores anymore. Internet and specialty shops only.
DeleteVaguely remember the name. Thanks.
DeleteAll of those affected should start a complaint campaign against some other Virginia
ReplyDelete"group" plate that is offensive to them. Flood the office with complaints against oh I
don't know, maybe "choice" or "diversity" plates if Virginia has those. CH
Really.
DeleteWhat would they do if everybody pushed back like this? Time for the South to rise again and show the rest of the country we are fed up with bureaucrats making rules and policy without voter consent.
ReplyDeleteA Carpetbagger as governor in 2015. Just amazing.
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