This season it's a Beetlejuice musical.

I think it's easy to forget the the mind and the body really don't deteriorate at proportional rates. It's easy to assume a confused old person might also be physically frail or whatever, but I assure you it doesn't always go hand in hand like that.

Even if I hadn't heard someone else shocked and surprised this guy did that, I'd be more than willing to buy the confused old man explanation

I'm very glad that it was just a misunderstanding, but it's a little sus that OP hasn't clarified what his dad thought the flag was

Holy shit, what an idiotic take. Just sit down, son.

Thanks for the fact check from USA Today. They also told me COVID certainly didn’t come from a lab

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That was me, I live on his street and talked to him. He maintains a parking lot across the street and he was out there working on it when I saw and approached him.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/19/fact-check-misleading-claim-blm-co-founders-real-estate/7241450002/

On or off mushrooms?

OP, thank you for the follow up. I believe in evidence based science, and now that I am more informed, it's okay. I'll be blasting Skynryd tonight. RIP Gary

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Was there any merit to the person that said they spoke to this guy and he was saying racist / bigoted things? There are people also claiming your father was threatening to shoot people? Is this just random people on Reddit telling lies?

Just wait until you find out how many people have actually died as a direct result of that flag and what it represents. Many of whom were targeted for the mortal sin of being born with the wrong skin color.

No one should have to be hurt over flying a flag, but fly a confederate flag that high and that proudly in any other context other than OP's fathers and you're sending one hell of a message to your neighbors about many, many atrocious ideals.

80 years old in possession of a Confederate flag and consciously hung it up somehow has no idea? Press x to doubt.

Definitely possible!

I hear you, I really do. I don’t work exclusively with senior citizens and all my grandparents are long gone. I’m in my mid thirties and I’ve never met another senior citizen in New England who flies the confederate flag.

Good on you for speaking up, and good on your father for receiving the explanation in good faith and acting accordingly and with respect for those it harms. The world could do with many, many more people like your father!

edit: Alright jesus fuck you guys message received lmao. Sorry for having an ounce of faith in yet another story of a boomer not knowing any better before this thread turned cynical.

People wanted this guy to get physically hurt/killed....for a flag.

> Why would anyone fly a flag without knowing it’s meaning?

Well, if you're not American, you might think, "It's red and white and blue -- just the the 'regular' flag. Must be OK!"

(Not defending, just guessing at Grampy's frame of mind.)

If I think black peoples’ lives matter then I’m supporting money laundering?

Nice try, bozo. 🤡

I think you’re thinking of Brazil nuts

>Enough time to feel like most folks in their 80s aren’t getting on a step ladder for a cause they don’t understand at all.

So not much at all then. That's what I'm getting here.

Good news all around.

Thanks for the info

Thanks for the update. It can be hard to deal with that population. My grandmother only knew one name for a certain type of nut in English and no one told her it was offensive until I was maybe 8. (I still don’t know the proper name for them. She was so horrified she stopped buying them.)

Good for your father for burning the treason flag. Hope you’re both doing well.