Georgia clothing company releases Betsy Ross flag T-shirt amid Nike controversy

[mystery-ak]

by: Gregory Raucoules
Posted: Jul 3, 2019 / 10:59 AM EDT   / Updated: Jul 3, 2019 / 10:59 AM EDT   

(Courtesy: Nine Line Apparel)

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – After Nike pulled a Fourth of July shoe featuring Betsy Ross’ flag for the 13 American colonies, Nine Line Apparel, a Georgia, veteran-owned company, has released a T-shirt highlighting the flag.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Air Max 1 sneakers were nixed when former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick told Nike he and others believe the flag is offensive due to its connections to slavery.

In recent years, the flag has been appropriated by far-right groups to represent a time when slavery was legal in the United States.

But Nine Line disagrees, saying the flag “in no way, shape or form alludes to slavery yet is a direct representation of freedom fought and earned by early Americans.”

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https://www.wate.com/news/georgia-clothing-company-releases-betsy-ross-flag-t-shirt-amid-nike-controversy/

[Free Vulcan]

Good for them.

Flip the bird and put a knife in the eye of leftists at every opportunity.

[Bigun]

I'll bet sales are brisk!