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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

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

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Originally Posted by crazycoffey

Bullshit

Of COURSE it's bullshit

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-03-2015, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

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

You need to lay off the meth

rtmike · 07-03-2015, 10:48 PM

What a dumbshit...Bubba that is.

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?

Lonewolf Ed · 07-03-2015, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tecumseh

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

Looney is as looney does!

**DaneMcCloud** · 07-03-2015, 11:19 PM

I don't recall ever trolling Chiefsplant but you Crackers are too easy

kcpasco · 07-03-2015, 11:22 PM

I'll gladly let Bubba repaint that car and give him half of what he paid.

Psyko Tek · 07-03-2015, 11:24 PM

so once every instance of this flag is gone there will be no more racism?

I started a thread trying to say the flag wasn't the problem, people got killed, and the solution is getting rid of a symbol?

**TribalElder** · 07-04-2015, 12:07 AM

What a pussy

Lonewolf Ed · 07-04-2015, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Psyko Tek

so once every instance of this flag is gone there will be no more racism?

I started a thread trying to say the flag wasn't the problem, people got killed, and the solution is getting rid of a symbol?

It will make those who are pitching fits feel better and that is the important thing!

ILChief · 07-04-2015, 07:06 AM

He paid for it, he can do whatever he wants to it

Just Passin' By · 07-04-2015, 07:57 AM

What a ****ing idiot.

**jjchieffan** · 07-04-2015, 08:04 AM

What an idiot. It's his car, he can do as he pleases, but to bow to this stupid bullshit is ridiculous.

**Bob Dole** · 07-04-2015, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed

It will make those who are pitching fits feel better and that is the important thing!

Until Tuesday, when they move on to their next target.

Lonewolf Ed · 07-04-2015, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Dole

Until Tuesday, when they move on to their next target.

Bob Dole knows the deal!

07-03-2015, 06:42 PM
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