GM to continue sponsorship of Kid Rock's summer tour despite use of Confederate flag

[DigitalDrifter]

Very surprised they didn't kneel before the Taliban left.

GM to keep sponsoring Kid Rock concerts, discuss flag issue

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Tuesday it'll continue its sponsorship of Kid Rock's summer concert tour, despite a request by a Detroit activist group that the automaker cut financial ties with the musician if he displays the Confederate flag onstage.


Members of the National Action Network and Detroit chapter president, the Rev. Charles Williams II, will meet Thursday with representatives from GM's Chevrolet brand. The two sides have been in discussions recently over Kid Rock, who has been criticized in the past for displaying the rebel battle flag during performances.

"We need to let some open and constructive dialogue occur as a first step, and we'll go from there" GM spokesman Patrick Morrissey said.

It's not clear whether Kid Rock still displays the flag during his concerts, though Morrissey noted: "The only flag on stage during the Chevy-sponsored summer concert tour is the American flag, and to our knowledge, Kid Rock has not used the Confederate flag on stage for several years."

The Associated Press left messages Tuesday seeking comment from Kid Rock, who was born Robert Ritchie and lives in suburban Detroit.

The Confederate flag spurred protests following last month's massacre of nine black worshippers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The white man charged in the slayings had posed with the flag in photos that were posted online before the attack that police say was motivated by racial hatred. Lawmakers in South Carolina voted to remove the flag from outside the Statehouse, and it was taken down last week.

National Action Network members protested last week outside a Detroit museum housing a Kid Rock exhibit.

GM to Keep Sponsoring Kid Rock Concerts Discuss Flag Issue - ABC News

 

[koshergrl]

Screw the totalitarians.

 

[Stephanie]

they'd be a FOOL if they didn't

but there have been plenty of those lately. like Macys and Trump. I heard the people had a protest where they cut up their Macy credit cards. serves them right

but leave it to ABC to make this some headline story. they just have to keep stirring the shit pot

 

[Vigilante]

I presume GM saw what happened to Macy's when a company GIVES INTO A HANDFUL OF ANARCHISTS LEFTISTS that tries to appear to be a larger segment of society....after 30,000 Macy Credit cards were sent back to Macy's (That HAS TO HURT their bottom line) bigger fish have seen what can happen to them.

 

[Katzndogz]

The manufactured furor has gotten so ridiculous, it is just dying out. Ghoulishly digging up graves and sandblasting mountains was a line no one wanted to cross.

 

[Vigilante]