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TexasTowelie

(121,999 posts)
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 05:37 AM Aug 2017

Florida man proud of his enormous Confederate flag, says he's not racist [View all]

Marion Lambert is unapologetic about the abundance of Confederate flags that surround him.

A faded pillow with the flag's print sits on the porch chair of his quirky urban farm in south Tampa, an area known more for craft beers and gluten free brunch. He's got a sticker with the red and blue battle flag and the words "I ain't coming down" affixed near the shopworn light switch in the building that holds his farm's free-range eggs. And in his barn, there's a cloth flag near a sign that says, "COW COUNTRY watch your step."

But the flag he's proudest of sits about 17 miles away, at the corners of Interstates 4 and 75.

It's the centerpiece of the Confederate Memorial Park, a small sliver of privately owned land.

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-florida-man-proud-of-his-enormous-confederate-flag-says-he-s-not-racist-20170818-story.html

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