[Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: Confederate Flags in Fort Wayne

[chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)]

Yes. Two reasons, actually. Her family is from the south, though she was
born in Fort Wayne (and she is in her 50s). Southerners are often looked
down upon as culturally backward racists, which is one of the reasons many
cling to the Confederate flag. Its away of thumbing their noses at middle
class notherners.

She did mention that she bought it after the media began whipping up the
big campaign to eliminate the confederate flag everywhere. She said she
believed in free speech, including the right to say things that some
people dislike. This woman was a redneck, but she was very articulate and
knowledgeable about history. That?s unusually for anyone in Fort Wayne,
and is especially so among poorer people like her.

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On 7/27/15, 6:20 AM, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry"
<lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
imra at iol.ie> wrote:

>Interesting Chris, especially as Indiana remained part of the Union. In
>the 
>hour you spent talking to the woman, did she say why they, or the bar
>owners, were flying the traitors' flag?
>
>Douglas
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
>To: <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 9:48 AM
>Subject: [Leica] Confederate Flags in Fort Wayne
>
>
>Last week, one of my photos of a man with a giant American flag on his
>front
>porch brought out mention of the Confederate flag in the discussion. I
>don?t
>see Confederate flags often in Fort Wayne. Yesterday, however, I found
>TWO,
>right across the street from each other.
>
>I was on my way to photograph something else in the neighborhood, when I
>spotted this flag behind a house:
>http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2180
>
>I spent an hour or so talking to the woman who owns the house and her
>boyfriend. She told me that if I was interested in the Confederate flag, I
>should go into the bar across the street, the Hitch-In-Post Tavern. She
>walked over with me and introduced me to the manager, and I photographed
>their flag.
>http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=2181
>
>Interestingly, neither was a plain Confederate flag; both had things
>written
>on them!
>
>-- 
>Chris Crawford
>Fine Art Photography
>Fort Wayne, Indiana
>260-437-8990
>
>http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>
>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
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>
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