Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I won't comment on her views or her right to say them, other than she would make a good subject for a photograph. Hope you either got one or have an arrangement to get one! Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 12:04 PM Subject: [Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: Confederate Flags in Fort Wayne > 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. > > -- > 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 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > 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 >>Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information