This goes into the category of you have to see it to believe it.
A young white guy in Lee County, Fla. who supports President Obama started a group that fused two seemingly opposing images to illustrate that support in a way that some deem inappropriate...but even as a black man who can't stand the sight of the stars and bars I don't have a problem with it. I actually think it's kind of cool.
Here's most of the story from the Miami New Times (http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/...):
Florida's "Rednecks for Obama" Flag Combines "Hope" Poster with Confederate Flag
By Kyle Munzenrieder, Miami New Times, Aug. 10 2012
The site of the picture of America's first black president juxtaposed next to a Confederate Flag may be jarring to some, but 16-year-old Lee County resident Ryan Turner, the founder of the grassroots "Rednecks for Obama" movement (or something) says the use of the images together is meant to show that the President has broad support.
Turner's father died ten years ago from prostate cancer. The disease could have been easily treatable, but the elder Mr. Turner was without health insurance and passed away. Ryan Turner believes Obamacare would prevent such needless deaths in the future.
So he started a "Rednecks for Obama" Facebook page and on the opening of the new Lee County Democrats headquarters he brought a flag which combined Shepard Fairy's famous "Hope" poster with the Confederate flag.
"We're rednecks, but we're not racists," added Ryan, who sees the flag as a symbol of heritage, not hate.
Indeed, leaders of the local Democratic party asked Ryan to take the flag down, but the county's local NAACP chapter didn't seem to mind.
"Not if the intention is positive," James Muwakkil, President of Lee County's NAACP, told the station. "For us to be here in the Deep South, and to see whites embracing an African-American man - we love it."
I'm curious what the Kos community thinks about this. Good thing? Bad thing? Weird? Holla back!