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“Those who want to take down this flag of Mississippi are the racists. (They) think so little of minorities that they love to give them handouts like affirmative action."
That's what a 19-year-old student said in a 2000 #MSFlag hearing. I interviewed him in 2020. Story coming...
That's what a 19-year-old student said in a 2000 #MSFlag hearing. I interviewed him in 2020. Story coming...
Here's what Patrick said when I replayed the video: “I look like a villain. ... I’m up there and I’m telling people some shadowy group is up there trying to do something to them, & the only way to stop it is to agree with me. That's pretty villainous.” https://www.mississippifreepress.org/4111/i-looked-like-a-villain-why-a-mississippi-flag-defender-changed-his-mind/
You can find Patrick on Twitter @PearlRiverFlow.
His view now: "We're a state that’s 38% black & still fly a flag that’s a middle finger to all of those people. The people who use it...they’re not good people. If they say it’s about heritage, it’s a heritage of running an authoritarian police state to keep people enslaved.”
