<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3017.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001>I hadn't heard of any association of the flag w/the right,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001>so </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001>I would go for it.  It's less corporate and statist.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001>mbs</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=443385914-27112001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk@lists.panix.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Dennis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> lbo-talk@lists.panix.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Gadsden Flag Racist?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Amid all the flag waving in my neighborhood, I thought about buying the original American flag, the classic Gadsden with coiled snake and "Don't Tread On Me" demand, and hanging it from my front porch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://shop.store.yahoo.com/america-store/gadsdenflag.html">http://shop.store.yahoo.com/america-store/gadsdenflag.html</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But my wife nixed this idea, saying that the flag has racist connotations. Years ago, she worked with Jim Ridgeway on a CD-ROM (and I believe laserdisc) version of "Blood in the Face," which is, as I'm sure most here know, a docu on the far right/neo-fascist groups and militias prepping for race war and the End of Days. Apparently the Gadsden flag is a fav with this crowd, but I always thought they preferred swastikas and the Stars & Stripes with the stars replaced with a cross. I thought that in the wake of the Patriot Act, the message "Don't Tread On Me" would resonate with my neighbors, who would inquire as to why I was hanging this flag. But my beloved thinks this will make us look like Nazis. What do the enlightened here think?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>DP</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>