{"id":83611,"date":"2026-10-06T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=83611"},"modified":"2026-10-06T23:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T03:38:56","slug":"what-kind-of-confederate-racist-crap-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/06\/what-kind-of-confederate-racist-crap-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"What kind of Confederate racist crap is this?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the <strong>National Organization for Women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What kind of Confederate racist crap is this?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cbcbc2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"528\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/834059579_1063253906499499_9077886022611156738_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83612 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cbcbc2; aspect-ratio:1.5966612566658938;width:414px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/834059579_1063253906499499_9077886022611156738_n.webp 843w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/834059579_1063253906499499_9077886022611156738_n-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/834059579_1063253906499499_9077886022611156738_n-768x481.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida has a new drivers license motto &#8220;let us alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, DeSantis changed the highway signs greeting visitors driving in from Georgia. The new sign reads, &#8220;Welcome to the Free State of Florida.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Let Us Alone&#8221; is also the motto of the Florida State Guard, reactivated by DeSantis in 2023. (The civilian volunteer force of up to 200 members, explicitly under DeSantis&#8217; command and outside federal control). The flag has been spotted at the State Capitol as part of the America 250 decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes from a motto emblazoned on the first flag of the new state of Florida, unfurled for the first time at Gov. Moseley&#8217;s inauguration in 1845. Not everyone agreed to it at the time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FFloridaMemory.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgVicmlkETE1TnZaM0JINk1tWFFlMTJ0c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtotfRQwYH2F1LiV7IE99WDvFDzQwcqIvmXDh5d2vcDu7aE6I8jS_eAa1JBo_aem_hlcaMUtU4WoS10GfuSxxvg&amp;h=AUAVFlVmczxFooYv37BKt852dBEc7CqQDxIOjjpJyxVUAawkZQehOsZskB79ZNV28siCtXeQATXSnO5gk05P_4c4MxT2I7SKDOdjZBeU11bMIkG9wfbLH99Ad_gV_ow8G941jJ8l6L3YW_GcEbSmNjdVbMesITGB&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AUDYsQ5q5WqscQybQizhuPvaBZl-XhOL5E_qu83VBp0ZNTnMQkWgc71gJpn3DM9b3bK-XgyxdY-5kZFoOKpyVUtnSfqjg8-9GJcvUwn0YGjQnpG5gT4UjpXlEk-1tVo3U4A8XW_VxjwZEVCXB5PRPm5wby-ubAtT83XCMcwElZKqvUutRRt2PsyChCDBB82V7nMgMJ44KkcA6W2VHFNidXTWfVixyarqAqn-w9DlW9hn\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FloridaMemory.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida House of Representatives passed a joint resolution adopting the flag as is, but the Senate objected to the motto, which was a defiant message of Florida&#8217;s antifederalist, pro-states&#8217; , pro-slavery rights stand. It wasn&#8217;t until December that year that a Senate resolution finally accepted it, but because the two houses approved it with different types of resolutions, the flag was never officially adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/racismisapublichealthcrisis?__cft__[0]=AZhWWrpGT1Id0wpzZbJ6LwJeewVtEzsc_rbg5hVFmhp82_xIscF52PJV-Y9J4ZkblNkSwmJ7VoGbzPkckjnmP0qVYd8BcMLm7JQ0dMAgRQf5DwiQZbQtVH_HL1Regic6uIV7G-B1JKccj8I669f_XWzcEttnuuHrMz7TDr3BgFXsQFl6sQs0rfO4xDQPrt0zt7K-X0St1JcS6Q&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#RacismIsAPublicHealthCrisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/slaverybyanothername?__cft__[0]=AZhWWrpGT1Id0wpzZbJ6LwJeewVtEzsc_rbg5hVFmhp82_xIscF52PJV-Y9J4ZkblNkSwmJ7VoGbzPkckjnmP0qVYd8BcMLm7JQ0dMAgRQf5DwiQZbQtVH_HL1Regic6uIV7G-B1JKccj8I669f_XWzcEttnuuHrMz7TDr3BgFXsQFl6sQs0rfO4xDQPrt0zt7K-X0St1JcS6Q&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#SlaveryByAnotherName<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/nowleecofl?__cft__[0]=AZhWWrpGT1Id0wpzZbJ6LwJeewVtEzsc_rbg5hVFmhp82_xIscF52PJV-Y9J4ZkblNkSwmJ7VoGbzPkckjnmP0qVYd8BcMLm7JQ0dMAgRQf5DwiQZbQtVH_HL1Regic6uIV7G-B1JKccj8I669f_XWzcEttnuuHrMz7TDr3BgFXsQFl6sQs0rfO4xDQPrt0zt7K-X0St1JcS6Q&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#NOWLeeCoFL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the National Organization for Women What kind of Confederate racist crap is this? 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