Bubba Watson will paint over the flag on his General Lee
Bubba Watson is just a good ol’ boy. Never meanin’ no harm. So the PGA Tour player decided this week to paint over the Confederate flag on the General Lee, the car featured in the 1970s TV show, “The Dukes of Hazzard,” that Watson purchased for $110,000 at a 2012 auction.
“Obviously I love the show,” the two-time Masters champion said. “But the flag is offensive to some people. There’s been enough buzz. I thought it was the right gesture for me to do.”
In response to the wave of opposition to the Confederate flag that has swept across the country since the racially charged June 17 attack that left nine people dead at a church in Charleston, S.C., Watson said Friday that he’ll have the American flag painted in its place.
“I don’t stand for hatred,” he said. “I think we’re all created equal.”
