Fox News' morning show Fox and Friends aired a segment on the morning of Tuesday 15th August regarding the criticism that Donald Trump has received for his response to the violence and murder that took place in Charlottesville over the weekend.
Star Parker, President of the Centre for Urban Renewal and Education, appeared as a guest during this segment, where she compared white-nationalists and the Confederate flag to the LGBT+ community and the rainbow Pride flag.
'What's really interesting with an incredible irony here is that the same people who are demanding that the Confederate flag comes down are the same people that are insisting that the rainbow flag goes up.' She said during the interview.
'These two flags represent the exact same thing, that certain groups are not welcome here.'
Whilst she does seem to be acknowledging that the Confederate flag is a symbol of racism, a symbol that makes members of the African American community feel unwelcome and unsafe, the rainbow flag has never been used in the same context. The rainbow flag is not used to tell straight people that they are not welcome, nor does it represent the oppression of straight people.
Parker went on to complain about the criticism that Donald Trump has faced from the left, particularly from Democratic leader Nanci Pelosi.
'If Pelosi wants to say that we're going to start shutting down First Amendment rights of a certain group of people, then what happens the next time that the homosexuals want to walk through an American city and protest, counter-protesters come out?'
She also went on to say, 'e pluribus unum, many become one, not the multiculturalism and diversity that they keep promoting. There is a cultural war, and it is escalating.'
Parker also congratulated Trump on his comments following the events at Charlottesville, claiming that there was nothing wrong with his statements.
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Ms. Parker!?!? Baby girl, you need to rethink this BS position that you have pulled out of some dark place. Your equating of the 2 flags is patently incorrect. They stand for 2 VASTLY different thought processes. Further, the Rainbow Flag never had hateful, violent underpinnings supported by racial subjugation. I suggest that you research the Rainbow Flag and its creator, the late Gilbert Baker...
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