Michigan senator apologizes for wearing face mask that looks like Confederate flag

[GMDino]

It is SO weird that these Republicans keep "accidentally" wearing things tied to the Confederacy.

SO weird.



https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/25/dale-zorn-apology-confederate-flag-mask/3025930001/

Quote:A Michigan senator has apologized for wearing a face mask that appeared to depict the Confederate flag during a Senate vote at the state Capitol on Friday. 


State Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida. (Photo: Handout photo)

Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida, previously denied that the face covering — a red mask with blue stripes and white stars — was the Confederate flag, telling WLNS-TV 6 that his wife made the face covering and told him the mask was more similar to the Kentucky or Tennessee flag. 
In a statement released Saturday, Zorn said he was sorry for his "choice of pattern" on the face mask. 


“I did not intend to offend anyone; however, I realize that I did, and for that I am sorry. Those who know me best know that I do not support the things this pattern represents. My actions were an error in judgment for which there are no excuses and I will learn from this episode," he said in the statement.

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I’m sorry for my choice of pattern on the face mask I wore yesterday on the Senate floor. I did not intend to offend anyone; however, I realize that I did, and for that I am sorry. Those who know me best know that I do not support the things this pattern represents.

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Zorn on Friday told WLNS he told his wife the mask would probably "raise some eyebrows."


"It was not a Confederate flag," he said. "I think even if it was a Confederate flag, you know, we should be talking about teaching our national history in schools. And that’s part of our national history, and it’s something we can’t just throw away because it is part of our history. And if we want to make sure that the atrocities that happened during that time doesn’t happen again, we should be teaching it. Our kids should know what that flag stands for.”

When asked by a reporter what the flag stands for, Zorn replied, "the Confederacy." 


Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint, retweeted the WLNS article and said he was "at a loss for words."


" ... I’m just really disappointed to see him make a choice that is deeply hurtful to so many people. When he was called out for it, he didn’t seem to even understand or acknowledge what the problem was," Ananich said.

Amber McCann, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, said Shirkey "would not support or encourage any senator to display an insensitive symbol on the Senate floor."


"Senator Zorn removed the item when the concern was raised and has made clear that was not his intent and apologized," McCann said.


Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, said the Confederate flag should never be worn, "especially by an elected official."


"It dishonors our fellow Michiganders. It dishonors the battle flags in our rotunda. It dishonors our state," he said in a tweet Friday.
The Senate on Friday voted to create an oversight committee to examine how Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has handled the coronavirus crisis and also approved bills limiting power from the governor's office during times of "public crisis." 

[Dill]

(04-26-2020, 07:13 PM)GMDino Wrote: It is SO weird that these Republicans keep "accidentally" wearing things tied to the Confederacy.

SO weird.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/25/dale-zorn-apology-confederate-flag-mask/3025930001/

And so Dino is revealed to be just another liberal twisting facts to fit his agenda.

It was NOT a confederate flag but, as Zorn clearly explained, a flag "of the Confederacy."

Plus it was only a "pattern."

Nothing wrong with wearing patterns of what you don't represent--prominently, and in venues which frame them symbolically.

Stand your ground, Senator Zorn! We all know what the media mob was up to.

We see this every week when ordinary Americans flaunt "patterns" the media mob doesn't like.

Iowa homeowner says his swastikas, Confederate flags aren't racist
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/iowa-homeowner-says-his-swastikas-confederate-flags-arent-racist



Iowa Man Blames Ignorance For Outrage Over Swastika Painting He Put Opposite School: 'People Don't Know What Their History Is'

https://www.newsweek.com/swastika-des-moines-school-anti-semitism-1476687

"They turn things into different things. It could be religious if you know what a swastika is," he said, apparently referring to its status as a symbol in some Indian religions.

Stark told the network he is not bigoted "in the slightest," and did not support the Nazis, adding that his grandfather had fought during World War II.

Few people know that an angled swastika centering a black cross on a red field could be exactly the symbol used by Hindu and Jain religions.

[Benton]

Some local Republicans just got a Confederate flag put up on a veterans memorial at our courthouse. It's always weird when you talk to one and they say "you know, were not racist, Republicans freed the slaves" then several months later they (as elected officials) justify raising a Confederate flag because "it's about our heritage".