Miller slams Six Flags for removing Confederate banners
FORT WORTH — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, to put it mildly, is not happy about Six Flags Over Texas removing the Confederate flag and four others from several of its amusement parks.
Calling the decision “a sad day for Texas and all of America,” Miller said in a statement released Monday that he was disappointed to see the company “succumb to this scourge of race baiting, liberal activism.”
On Friday, Grand Prairiebased Six Flags Entertainment decided to remove the Confederate states flag along with four representing Spain, France, Mexico and the Republic of Texas from Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, as well as parks in San Antonio and Georgia. While the company operates 20 parks, those are the only three that flew all six flags representing the nations that have governed Texas.
The company reversed its 56-year-old policy after critical reports on TMZ, Fox News and others following the violence in Charlottesville, Va., around the proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee.
Miller, known for his white cowboy hat and outspoken conservative beliefs, issued a fiveparagraph statement.
“Since 1961, the Six Flags Over Texas theme park has honored the Lone Star State by making these historic banners an integral core of the park’s identity and appeal. By virtue of this decision by park management to lower these important symbols of Texas history, the company is implying that one should look upon them with shame and dismay,” Miller said.