That would be cutting into private sector companies that sell that sort of thing, but only the government sells license plates. See what I mean, now?
The people of the state of Texas can do as they please with personal symbols that represent whatever they wish them to. It is a different thing entirely to request the state government to officially sanction placement of symbols that are points of such contention in the public at large.
Whether you think the confederate flag represents slavery or not, there are many people in the public at large that do. Since there is not prohibition to displaying the confederate flag publicly, do it on your own property in your own way, and do not involve your state governement in sanctioning use of the symbol.
BTW, no one is ethnically confederate, so having the flag of another country on a license, so long as it represents ethnic affiliation and not political affiliation, is fine with me.
Why should someone be able to put that political view on a license plate, but not others? Heck, don't you think "Obama 2012" plates would make some revenue somewhere?
If you want to express your political views, buy a bumper sticker. License plates aren't the place.
Why do you keep saying "political view?" What is political about the confederate battle flag as a lic plate? You think the people want it to offend Obama? :lol:
It is a political view. It basically says you support the ideas of the Confederacy. You're entitled to that point of view, but it's not incumbent upon the State to help you express that.
Why though is a person not entitled to something else? Texas, for example since that is the state we're talking about, used to be part of Mexico, and many people there are of Mexican descent. Why can't somebody get the Mexican flag on their plates? Or the flag of the Spanish Empire? Or even the flag of the United States? A few years ago here in Minnesota, people wanted to have "Pro-Life" license plates. Why not "Pro-Choice," or "Pro-Union?"
If you like it, buy a bumper sticker or paint the stars and bars on the roof of you car a la The Dukes of Hazard.
The British Flag isn't dead.
We also need to take into consideration all the former Confederate soldiers who served in the United States military. We owe them something for all their service.
In our Republic it certainly is. We didn't destroy the British Empire true, but we did destroy the Confederacy.
There's not many of those left, eh? I guess we don't have to owe much.
It is a political view. It basically says you support the ideas of the Confederacy. You're entitled to that point of view, but it's not incumbent upon the State to help you express that.
Why though is a person not entitled to something else? Texas, for example since that is the state we're talking about, used to be part of Mexico, and many people there are of Mexican descent. Why can't somebody get the Mexican flag on their plates? Or the flag of the Spanish Empire? Or even the flag of the United States? A few years ago here in Minnesota, people wanted to have "Pro-Life" license plates. Why not "Pro-Choice," or "Pro-Union?"
If you like it, buy a bumper sticker or paint the stars and bars on the roof of you car a la The Dukes of Hazard.
So, after American service members have passed away, we just forget about them?
So, after American service members have passed away, we just forget about them?
How about state issued truck nuts?
The people of the state of Texas can do as they please with personal symbols that represent whatever they wish them to. It is a different thing entirely to request the state government to officially sanction placement of symbols that are points of such contention in the public at large.
Whether you think the confederate flag represents slavery or not, there are many people in the public at large that do. Since there is not prohibition to displaying the confederate flag publicly, do it on your own property in your own way, and do not involve your state governement in sanctioning use of the symbol.
BTW, no one is ethnically confederate, so having the flag of another country on a license, so long as it represents ethnic affiliation and not political affiliation, is fine with me.
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