Bubba: 'Right gesture' to remove Confederate flag from General Lee

An image of the General Lee from an Arizona car show in 2008. Watson purchased the vehicle in 2012. (Getty Images)Bubba Watson further explained on Friday his reasoning to remove the Confederate flag image from the roof of his General Lee car.

Watson, who purchased the original “Dukes of Hazzard” TV show vehicle in 2012, tweeted this Thursday evening: "All men ARE created equal, I believe that so I will be painting the American flag over the roof of the General Lee."

Friday he expounded.

“It was a great show, I loved the show, still a fan of the show,” Watson said at The Greenbrier Classic. “There was no racism in the show that I can remember. Me and my dad, me and my family used to watch it.…