Flag protesters descend on midtown Ruidoso - Albuquerque Journal
What it stands for may mean different things for different people, and it often manifests in an emotional connection. Mutually exclusive and gut reactions to the same representation were evident Friday as several protesters, with Deborah Geary in the lead, brought signs and a concerted effort to mid-town Ruidoso to voice their objection to a business flying and... Comments against the protesters clustered around wondering how they had time to do this and perhaps they should get jobs, that the flag had been flying in front of the store all summer and why were people just now complaining, that the protest was... In fact, the protesters were all from Lincoln County, as were some of those willing to talk publically. “If they read their history books, they’d understand what the Confederate flag stands for,” Harris said. Dennis Dunnum, one of the protesters, however, also brought up history. It was meant to protest desegregation,” Dunnum said “It has since become an image to remind Brown people, Red people, Black people and Yellow people to be careful and not to forget that it is White people who are on top. “The flag started out as something honorable, but it was co-opted by evil people to be used along with bed sheets and pointed hats to become a. Source: www.abqjournal.com
