I am seeing more and more rebel flags around town, mostly rigged up on pickup trucks (maybe the time to attach that flag could have been put to better use cleaning the beer cans and trash out of the truck bed, but I digress). Anyway, the whole visual, including the demeanor of the drivers and passengers (not seeing many people who bathe, wear clean clothes, or seem to have any pride in personal appearance drive these vehicles), made me recoil. I am sure I am not the only one on the road who was uncomfortable (OK I snickered first)- if this keeps up and are more prevalent, our main economy might take a hit. Because the majority of people vacationing here aren't coming to SoWal to see this kind of "southern pride". They are here to experience the "southern pride in hospitality" that feeds so many people here, including the dumbasses that don't make that connection as they leave their job at the resort, vacation rental company, or construction job site, flying their southern pride on their trucks. Yeah, that flag is such a money and success magnet....