Stagecoach Festival Bans Confederate Flag Displays in Camping Areas
in the southern California desert is officially asking attendees to secede from any love they might have for the Confederate flag or any other “divisive symbols.”an addition to Goldenvoice’s Stagecoach website this year, on the General Resort Rules page that provides guidelines for those in the overnight camping areas. It reads: “No divisive symbols, including, without limitation, Confederate flags and racially disparaging or other inappropriate imagery/public displays.
Confederate imagery among fans has been a point of contention at the festival in the past, with some seeing the flag as a harmless symbol of Southern pride — even this many thousand miles away from the South — while others see it as a dog whistle for racism or an emblem of insurrection against the government.
But in the camping areas, it has remained common to see Confederate flags. Other flags that might be considered divisive, from “Don’t tread on me” banners to Trump flags, have also appeared, and some attendees in the mostly Democratic state have expressed distress over what they consider provocative or exclusionary messages.
Stagecoach is hardly alone in taking a stand on the flag among gatherings that are known to cater to audiences that feel an affinity with the South. In 2020, NASCAR banned Confederate flags from its racetracks, a move that was not undertaken without some strong dissent.
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