North Carolina man surrounds home with Confederate flags

[struggle4progress]

POSTED 7:03 AM, JUNE 26, 2015, BY WEB STAFF
UPDATED AT 09:08AM, JUNE 26, 2015

... Edward West, who lives in a predominately African-American neighborhood, now has 150 Confederate flags in his yard, according to WITN. His neighbors told WITN he’s flown a Confederate flag in his yard for several years, but even more flags went up after last week’s killings at a historic black church in Charleston. West said to him the Confederate flag means, “I got my own property and nobody can tell me what to do with it.” The flags cover West’s front and backyard, which are surrounded by “no trespassing” signs and barbed wire ...

http://myfox8.com/2015/06/26/north-carolina-man-surrounds-home-with-confederate-flags/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The useful thing about the Confederate flag is

that it makes it very easy to identify assholes and bigots.

[Historic NY]

6. Just like the yellow flag...

I love it went business display them I just drive by....when asked why I tell them. They are better than the BBB ratings.

[liberal N proud]

2. Advertising bigotry and hate

I see one confederate flag, I avoid the bearers, 150, just makes sure we are not going to come close.

It is a signal t avoid the radical.

[Thinkingabout]

3. This would be a good time to put this a$$hole on ignore, dont give him any air time and look

The other way when you drive by, the flags will soon start fading and he will fad faster if ignored. Some times overlooking trash is the best.

[chillfactor]

4. what a piece of demented, bigoted trash this human piece of waste is...n/t

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. Folks should reach out to his neighbours, maybe set up a GoFundMe site

so they can all get extremely tall privacy fences to block the view of his yard.

[Jamastiene]

7. What a jerk. He lives in a predominantly AA neighborhood and

does something that like? He cannot claim he doesn't hate. He is showing it, loud and clear. Disgusting.

[Joe Chi Minh]

9. It's common for imbecility and wickedness to share the same soul; his is

just an extreme example. Although perhaps not all that extreme in the South.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Oh, geeze. Wouldn't you know it would be some NC racist?

The guy has surrounded himself with hate. He must be a very lonely man.

[jmowreader]

10. The city needs to act, and quickly

Section 710 of the Rocky Mount Municipal Code prohibits barbed wire in any residential area without City Council approval, which he certainly doesn't have. I would cut down the barbed wire, lien him for the cost of its disposal, and see how long the flags stay up.

[armed_and_liberal]

11. Rent a big truck..

Paint a rainbow flag on it and park it in front of his house