The blog Palmetto Journal reports:
One of our Greenville readers alerted us to the fact that, while listening to Sean Hannity on WFIS AM (1600) in Fountain Inn, she heard an ad for The Redneck Shop in Laurens (pictured at left.)
The ad featured an announcer, apparently from the radio station, talking about the selection of American flags for sale at the shop with The Star Spangled Banner playing in the background. We have no further information that indicates the ad ran during other time slots but that is not beyond the realm of possibility. One Upstate broadcaster told us that he would not solicit The Redneck Shop for advertising and that the only way he would sell to them would be if they walked in and paid prime rate in advance. It is not known whether WFIS actively solicited this business.
The proprietor of the Redneck Shop, John Howard, is Emperor of the Invisible Empire of the International Knights of the Ku Klux Klan based in Enoree, SC.
This is a third-hand report, but it sounds legit. The links all pan out on the Palmetto Journal site, including one to the store's home page, which features the word "Klan" superimposed over an American Flag. (The selection of American flags appears to be a recent addition to the store, since the ratio of anti-American flags to American flags in photos of the store is at least 500 to 1.) The station shows up on a find-a-station search at Hannity's website (by entering the zipcode 29644). The station apparently doesn't have its own website.
My guess is that Hannity doesn't know about these ads, if they're in fact running. Whether he knows of the mentality of his supporters is another question.
Note: Links to bigots deliberately omitted.
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