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Billboard Aims Toward at Ole Miss and State Flag Controversy
Our State Flag Foundation’s billboard on HWY 6.
Weeks after the University of Mississippi took down the Mississippi state flag on campus, a group of flag supporters, called Our State Flag Foundation, has put up a billboard directed to Ole Miss.
The billboard is located on HWY 6 between Panola and Lafayette counties. It reads, “Ole Miss, You Take Our Money, You Fly Our Flag. -Taxpayers of Mississippi.”
The foundation’s Facebook post suggests there will be more billboards like the one in this photo.
“We believe as a Mississippi funded university, we should fly the state flag of the State of Mississippi. Ole Miss received over 7 million dollars last year from the State of Mississippi,” the foundation said. “Most, if not all, of the student Senators who voted to remove the state flag receive scholarships, grants or fellowships and student aid from the University of Mississippi and the State of Mississippi. Additionally, the Faculty Senate receive their paychecks from the State of Mississippi as well. They should be supporting the State that offers these funds.”
The foundation has also written a petition aimed at Ole Miss students. The petition is called “Keep the flag of the state of Mississippi flying at the University of Mississippi.”
“In order to live in a free society, the possibility to be offended will occasionally occur. Removing symbols, flags, and monuments will do nothing to change the way people feel in their hearts,” the petition reads. “Ole Miss Students and my fellow Mississippians, rise up and push back on political correctness and support the state flag.”
The petition, on change.org, has a goal to reach 5,000 signatures. So far, it has 2,938.
Our State Flag Foundation recognizes the different talents, honors and awards that Ole Miss students and faculty have received in the foundation’s mission statement and even says they will support the change of the state flag, if the voters of Mississippi decided to do so.
“If at a later date the general population of the State of Mississippi votes by majority to change the State of Mississippi flag, we will support the new flag as well,” the foundation said.
Emily Newton is a staff writer at hottytoddy.com and the editor of Experience Oxford magazine. She is a recent graduate of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at Ole Miss. Emily can be reached at emily.newton@hottytoddy.com.
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ej
November 18, 2015 at 5:24 pm
State university flies the state flag……whatever the voters decide it is….. Seems right.
Jeff smith
November 18, 2015 at 8:44 pm
I’m tired of our society caving into the minority few. America was founded on the majority rules and some how we are allowing the minority change the very moral fabric of America. The majority of Mississippians voted to keep the flag, if and when the flag comes to another vote and if the majority votes to change it then do so but until then this IS OUR FLAG,
ej
November 18, 2015 at 10:53 pm
Congrats to Mississippi state for continuing to display our flag…. Doing what is right while ole miss, once again, caves to the p c mafia
Barry Johnson
November 19, 2015 at 8:49 am
Just change it and be done with it.
TampaRebel
November 19, 2015 at 9:53 am
It’s so sad to see that so many people in my home state never miss an opportunity to live down to the lowest of expectations.
Ole Miss did the right thing and history will validate they’re decision. As much as they may hate it, people with a rebel flag fetish will one day soon be remembered along with the segregationists and Jim Crow supporters.
Hotty Toddy! Go Rebels! Beat LSU!
Jim. Hays
November 19, 2015 at 12:53 pm
No doubt but,Ole Miss is wrong in this debate. They should fly the present state flag, like it or not. If the majority of Mississippians vote at a later date for a different flag,then that should be flown. Ole Miss should abide by what the taxpayers and voters want,not just what a “politically correct” fringe element decides.
Barry Johnson
November 19, 2015 at 1:04 pm
The group behind that billboard seems very disingenuous. They state in the article that they are only concerned about the state flag flying and could even support changing the state flag, but that rhetoric doesn’t match their actions and social media behavior. This group is really just another neo-confederate organization masking itself as something more highbrow.
Come On
November 19, 2015 at 1:51 pm
This is some pitiful journalism. Who is the person speaking on behalf of this “foundation”? Are you just quoting a website? Who are the individuals leading this cause? How much have they spent? Who are their contributors? Are these statements they make regarding student senators receiving state funding or aid even true? Did you check? Let’s step it up a little here.
Harold Williams
November 19, 2015 at 7:38 pm
Yeah, we want that same flag that Dylan Roof was waving (the guy that killed those black people in church). And we want our state to wave the flag used by all those fine white supremacists and Klan groups because they represent our values and heritage. It makes me so proud when I see the Confederate flag at Klan rallies. We want the whole world to know who we are and what we stand for.
brad davison
November 20, 2015 at 7:51 am
Harold Williams, and Barry johnson
Last I checked, The United States is a republic and we vote on issues here.
the PEOPLE of mississipi have VOTED they want our flag to wave proudly over our state.
If you do not like it. You have 1 of 2 choices
either lobby for another vote
Or move to S carolina or chicago Germany, I really dont care where
Anonymous
November 21, 2015 at 1:07 pm
Ole miss has given up the rebels flag, dixie, and colonel rebel so might as well give up the Mississippi state flag to we gave up all our heritage up so we can get thugs like denzel nkemdiche. Let’s go ahead and put a black bear on the Mississippi state flag also
Jonathan Coonrod
December 21, 2015 at 9:50 pm
FACT: Almost every racist group in Americas history has also flown the American flag. How come you hypocritical Dixiephobes dont want to banish that too? It takes greater character and courage to think this issue through to go after the real enemy (the criminal).Instead you weaker minds choose to follow the PC media narrative and are therefore the real slaves in bondage to both theirs and your own ignorance. Nuff said