News @lemmy.world Lee Duna @lemmy.nz 1y ago

Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flag

www.bbc.com Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flag

Members of Glasgow’s Grand Ole Opry country music club narrowly voted to ban the controversial emblem.

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Today I learned there was a Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow, which seems very odd.
- Also that they had a Confederate flag folding ceremony until October of this year. In Glasgow. And that the ban only BARELY passed on a 48-50 vote. AND the president of the committee resigned over the ban.
  
  There desperately needs to be a Netflix documentary about this whole thing
  
  You’re not wrong but I would prefer a quality documentary over a Netflix “documentary”.
  
  Agreed! But this is the kind of over the top, what the fuck kind of random story that Netflix is known for
  
  The Confederate flag had been the centrepiece of a flag-folding ceremony held at the end of each night at the venue.
  
  Every night, in the UK, they folded the flag of a long gone country.
  
  Edit: The end of the article has an explanation for why, so at least there is A reason. I am still amazed.
  
  Maybe it's like in Sweden and Finland where the Confederate flag was seen as a rebel and rock symbol.
  
  Maybe they need a documentary about the civil war over there. Or is slavery that popular in Scotland?
- Wait…. I assumed this was some hick town named after Glasgow, but, you know, in the US. (I just checked there is a Glasgow, Kentucky. Americans are really uncreative when it comes to naming things.)
  
  Somebody… make it make sense….
  
  The em.. South will.. em.. rise again?
  
  Americans are really uncreative when it comes to naming things.
  
  True. A lot of the namers came from other countries and wanted a slice of home.
  
  That does not excuse the cardinal direction naming of towns. (West town name, North town name, etc.)
  
  relevant Mitchell and Webb
  
  not as relevant firefly
  
  Yours made me chuckle… here’s a week attempt to do the same :)
  
  There is also a Glasgow in Virginia, a small town. Probably named that because of Scottish immigrants. And it's the sort of place early country music would have came from.
- We had friends visit from Australia when I was a teenager, and I found out the dad was a huge country music fan. Then I found out Australia has a massive country music scene.
  
  For years I had no idea Keith Urban was Australian, until I heard him talk one time.
  
  Related to Karl Urban? (He's a kiwi though)
  
  Haven't seen any mention of it, but Keith Urban was born in New Zealand so maybe? Urban is a pretty common surname.
  
  I'm American and I love Slim Dusty!
- Oh, this is the Glasgow? I assumed it was Glasgow, Tennessee or something.
- They’ve loved American country music in Glasgow for generations; it’s one of those local peculiarities.
  
  Appalachia (mountain range down the East coast of USA) is where much country music came from, and in the early days was largely settled by Scots and Irishmen.

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