pokeystaples
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In Houston as well. Did not even NOTICE six flags flew the confederate flag, but I haven't been to a Texas theme park since Astroworld was open.
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Six Flags Over Texas takes down their six flags over Texas
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In Houston as well. Did not even NOTICE six flags flew the confederate flag, but I haven't been to a Texas theme park since Astroworld was open.
Trigonometrize.
Member
That's quite the leap.
Funny enough, Sam Houston didn't actually want to secede from the union.
Why does the New Jersey location have California's flag?
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Didn't know Dr. Oz was Muslim.
Most of my office (also Houston) is Republican. Fortunately most people don't talk about politics most of the time. Also fortunately they seem to mostly be Republicans for economic reasons, not social ones.
TheCochese
Banned
It looks like, without seeing detail on one or two, that they are state flags of where the parks are.
Nah, not that I've seen. Their logo is six different colored triangle flags, or six identically colored flags. The name came from the fact that six flags have historically flown over Texas
Unless there's confederate flags in parks I'm unfamiliar with, I've never seen any actual flag-flag outside the US one. I've seen physical flags over their logo, but they were just solid colored triangles
I'm really glad they're doing this though, I didn't like that the confederacy was a lowkey part of the park
Yeah, that explains a lot. Also makes possibly the first example so far in any of these cases where "but history/tradition" wasn't just a rhetorical deflection. (but still for the best that it's down, especially since the other parks weren't running the original 6 anyway)
Is that really any better? Most Republican economic strategies have major social ramifications.
Ah, that makes sense. Wonder why all of the parks don't default to that.
But what moral decline? What does the confederate flag have to do with morality? I'd keep asking him these questions calmly...
When you go to Thanksgiving and your uncle celebrates the idea of water hoses being turned on BLM protestors, you'll understand that you'll take what you can get when surrounded by Republicans.
I'm confident that if 90% of these people were born outside the right wing media bubble they'd be Democrats.
John Rabbit
Banned
I had no idea thats where the name came from.
brochiller
Member
Just an FYI for the "6 flags over Texas" thing. The Texas state capitol buildings rotunda floor:
Yeah it's more than just a theme park thing. Texas has had quite the history.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I actually disagree with this removal since this is pretty clearly a case of signaling the story of Texas and not just racists being coy about their intentions. There's also no reason why they should remove the other four flags.
I was being mostly tongue in cheek. Their complaints are mostly rooted in a dislike for PC culture and giving in to the easily offended. I don't agree with their assertions, because if you ask me it's these fellas that are easily offended.
Waddle Dee
Member
Is Six Flags even doing okay? I remember seeing ads for them all the time as a kid in the 90's but I never hear people talking about them now.
I've never gone myself. Too much of a wuss to go on those rides.
I've never gone myself. Too much of a wuss to go on those rides.
IM not a native Texan but have been here since I was 6. When I tell friends and family from other parts of the country that students in Texas are required to take a semester in junior high of Texas state history they are shocked. Dont know if it is still required now but it was when I went to school
Yup. Shame I forgot most of it.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Maybe a flag honoring the native americans who lived there for centuries before Europeans raped, pillaged and forced them out. Unsure what flag you could use though.
Yeah, in this case it's actually history.
There's no glorification in in showing the 6 flags did fly over our state and it's appropriate that the US flag flies higher than the rest.
All other monuments though. gtfo
That being said, no one is going to miss them and it's near the bottom of things I care about.
Iorv3th
Member
Me and my wife were talking about this the other day and we didn't think they flew the confederate flag even though it was one of the 6. In any case I don't see how it's offensive in this case.
I think it is. Usually 6th or 7th grade.
When I think of Texas history I think of hank hills dad stealing santa annas leg.
I think it is. Usually 6th or 7th grade.
When I think of Texas history I think of hank hills dad stealing santa annas leg.
Yeah, we Texans definitely get off to our own history. We take Texas History courses in school, which I doubt all other states do, but I could be wrong. Texas actually has a pretty rich history, but many Texans definitely fetishize it way too much.
Battersea Power Station
Member
Edit: not worth saying
Yep. My kid is taking that this year and she's in 7th grade. There's nothing wrong with teaching state history honestly and Texas has been a pretty crazy ride, no pun intended.
This is one of those instances where in the long run, Six Flags can probably get away with flying a confederate flag since it's
A) Not using the flag that every racist windbag uses for obvious reasons
and
B) Acknowledges every single other time Texas has changed hands with an official governing body.
A) Not using the flag that every racist windbag uses for obvious reasons
and
B) Acknowledges every single other time Texas has changed hands with an official governing body.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
Texas definitely isn't the only state that does that. I want to say in 7th grade my social studies class was Missouri history.
Did you tell them about the Texas Pledge of Allegiance?
Raven117
Member
It wasn't the battle flag, just FYI.
That's why few really noticed.
Yup. Hell, I had to look up which one was the Confederate Flag and I live in Texas and have all my life.
And soon you'll never remember. History lost. /s
Texas has a pledge of allegiance? I seriously didnt know that
hydrophilic attack
Member
they should just replace it with this confederate flag
perfect
Yeah, VA has a state history year in elementary school.
A lot of time gets spent on Lee, for obvious reasons. (w/ the general message- "tried to do the right thing, did the wrong thing, learn from his mistakes.")
It did when I was in school. That one and the US pledge every day.
Iorv3th
Member
Well then they could put the mexican flag the same way as well since they lost the state in war too.
Yeah we said it in the morning until like 8th grade or something at my school.
"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible."
They added "under god" in 2007 though.
It's trash tier here in Texas too.
"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible."
I said it every morning as a kid.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I took only two years of schooling in Texas and I'd never heard that.
Difference being that Mexico actually abolished slavery early in its history so the comparison to the Confederate flag is, honestly, disgusting.
And you could do the same to the Spaniard flag considering they lost against Mexico too.
dark_chris
Gold Member
Same. Its just six US flags at the Gurnee location.
Replacing it with a flag to represent the native populations beforehand may not be a bad idea.