The cancelling of Confederate Railroad appearances is now getting attention in the political press.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/454768-country-band-loses-second-gig-over-use-of-confederate-flag-imagery
This is my previous posting.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2019/07/confederate-railroad-becoming-train.html#.XTs9Weg2qiM
This is the next post on the Confederate Railroad at a neo-Confederate event supporting "Southern Heritage."
https://newtknight.blogspot.com/2019/07/confederate-railroad-performed-at-neo.html#.XTucu-g2qiM
Breitbart has covered the second lost booking.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/07/25/confederate-railroad-banned-from-second-state-fair-for-name/
It has made Fox News.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-rock-band-confederate-railroad-booted-second-state-fair
It turns out that the members of the band Confederate Railroad don't see anything that they have done wrong. It doesn't occur to them that naming themselves after an insurrection to preserve slavery and white supremacy is wrong.
The significance of this type of coverage such as The Hill is that the political class is now aware. Every politician will realize that the appearance of Confederate Railroad in their area is going to be a political issue.
The coverage in the right wing press is going to mean that a lot of sensationalistic right wing groups will want to get involved to support Confederate Railroad in ways which in the end will not be helpful to the band Confederate Railroad, but will infact damage their image.
I think as cancellations occur over time, the occurance of a Confederate Railroad concert at your event is going to give your event and your locality an unfavorable identity. A put down of a place might be that the place is the type of place that would have a Confederate Railroad concert.
Local chamber of commerces will not want Confederate Railroad at a fair event where their appearance could give the locality an unfavorable image.
At some point, maybe soon, Confederate Railroad is going to be forced to either shut down, change their name, which will greatly annoy their fans, or embrace right wing support. None of these choices are appealing.
These are Facebook postings that I am sure Confederate Railroad doesn't want. The old saying "With friends like these you don't need enemies."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/901544073513517/permalink/904864759848115/
https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/blog/the-land-of-lincoln-bans-confederate-railroad/
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