Home and Auto Bubba Watson Will Paint Over Confederate Flag on ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ General Lee

Deberg_1990 · 07-03-2015, 06:42 PM

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Bubba Watson considers his orange 1969 Dodge Charger a trophy, a symbol of his success on the PGA Tour. Before he won his first Tour event, much less the first of his two Masters green jackets, Watson exacted a promise from his wife, Angie, that he could buy the car featured in the 1970s television show “The Dukes of Hazzard.”

Two years after his first tour victory, Watson acquired his dream set of wheels, known as the General Lee, for $110,000 at the 2012 Barrett-Jackson automobile auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. At the time that Watson bid on it, his wife expressed concern over the Confederate flag painted on the car’s roof. Watson said he told her, “It’s not about the Confederate flag, it’s about the show and what it stands for.”

Three years later, Watson could no longer ignore what the flag stands for in the minds and hearts of some people. In response to the wave of opposition to the Confederate flag that has swept across the country since the racially charged June 17 attack that left nine people dead at a church in Charleston, S.C., Watson said he had decided this week to paint over the flag on the General Lee’s roof. He said Friday that he would have the American flag painted in its place.

“Obviously I love the show,” said Watson, who owns the “Dukes of Hazzard” DVD collection. “But the flag is offensive to some people. There’s been enough buzz. I thought it was the right gesture for me to do.”

Watson’s decision came after the cable network TV Land removed “The Dukes of Hazzard” from its rotation and after Warner Bros. decided to stop licensing merchandise from the show.

“I’m still a fan of the show,” Watson said after his second round at the Greenbrier Classic. “There was no racism in the show that I can remember.”

He added, “Obviously, the flag is the controversy, not the TV show.”

Watson said he had driven the car home from the auction after he bought it. But since moving from Scottsdale to Orlando, Fla., Watson said, he has kept the car in the garage to avoid controversy.

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“Once people start putting hatred on it, I don’t want to be involved in that,” Watson said. “So it hasn’t gone out of my garage.”

By painting the American flag on the car’s roof, Watson said he hoped to replace a symbol that was divisive with one that stood for unity.

“I don’t stand for hatred,” he said. “I think we’re all created equal.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/04/sp...-car.html?_r=1

Prison Bitch · 07-03-2015, 06:48 PM

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Eleazar · 07-03-2015, 06:50 PM

Big news, thread worthy

POND_OF_RED · 07-03-2015, 06:50 PM

Gotta be tough convincing people you're not racist when your name is Bubba and you drive the General Lee. Good PR move on his part

Lonewolf Ed · 07-03-2015, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED

Gotta be tough convincing people you're not racist when your name is Bubba and you drive the General Lee. Good PR move on his part

Especially since they ran over so many black folks on the Dukes of Hazzard! This whole deal is just ridiculous. The Civil War was not solely about slavery. If Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin earlier, it wouldn't have been an issue since that machine would have made slaves obsolete. There were some racists up north, too. Now Louis Farrakan wants the American flag banned. That is no surprise, though.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-03-2015, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

Especially since they ran over so many black folks on the Dukes of Hazzard! This whole deal is just ridiculous. The Civil War was not solely about slavery. If Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin earlier, it wouldn't have been an issue since that machine would have made slaves obsolete. There were some racists up north, too. Now Louis Farrakan wants the American flag banned. That is no surprise, though.

Cities in Germany have the Nazi flag flying next to their national flag, too

tecumseh · 07-03-2015, 07:25 PM

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Cities in Germany have the Nazi flag flying next to their national flag, too

That's an interesting tidbit.

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-03-2015, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tecumseh

That's an interesting tidbit.

It's a complete lie. It was sarcasm.

crazycoffey · 07-03-2015, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Cities in Germany have the Nazi flag flying next to their national flag, too

Bullshit

Prison Bitch · 07-03-2015, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

Bullshit

Don't worry, he won't post proof. Nazi symbols are expressly banned in Germany: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strafgesetzbuch_§_86a

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-03-2015, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

Bullshit

Of COURSE it's bullshit

Lonewolf Ed · 07-03-2015, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Cities in Germany have the Nazi flag flying next to their national flag, too

What does that have to do with the Confederate flag?

POND_OF_RED · 07-03-2015, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

Especially since they ran over so many black folks on the Dukes of Hazzard! This whole deal is just ridiculous. The Civil War was not solely about slavery. If Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin earlier, it wouldn't have been an issue since that machine would have made slaves obsolete. There were some racists up north, too. Now Louis Farrakan wants the American flag banned. That is no surprise, though.

The General Lee is fine. Leave it as it is. It's a part of cinematic history. I do think the majority of people who wear confederate flag clothing around are uninformed racists though. The civil war wasn't all about race, but it's definitely the main thing that's remembered in history. It'd be like a German walking around proudly with a nazi flag claiming they just really supported their economic agenda. You know what you're doing when you wear that stuff around.

tecumseh · 07-03-2015, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

Especially since they ran over so many black folks on the Dukes of Hazzard! This whole deal is just ridiculous. The Civil War was not solely about slavery. If Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin earlier, it wouldn't have been an issue since that machine would have made slaves obsolete. There were some racists up north, too. Now Louis Farrakan wants the American flag banned. That is no surprise, though.

Ol' Louie really focuses his energy on improving his constituents lives.

Lonewolf Ed · 07-03-2015, 11:03 PM

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Ol' Louie really focuses his energy on improving his constituents lives.

Looney is as looney does!

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