TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Confederate flags displayed at vendors’ booths at a county fair in Indiana may have raised some eyebrows, considering the controversy about the flag’s perception by some as a symbol of racism and separatism in southern states.

But for many people attending the Vigo County Fair in Terre Haute this week, the presence of the “stars and bars” was met with indifference. Some were unhappy with the fallout from the decision by lawmakers in South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds in Columbia.

One man on Monday afternoon picked up a $10 Confederate flag out of a box, paid for it and gave it to his adult nephew who was standing nearby.

Ronald Brown Jr. said his uncle bought him the flag because he knows Brown likes it.

“I’m completely redneck,” Brown told the Terre Haute (Ind.) Tribune Star. “I’m not racist or nothing. I just like a rebel flag. I wear camouflage. I hunt deer. I drive a big truck. I like redneck things.”

Sales of the controversial flag are increasingly likely to be limited to local shops and smaller online vendors, as major retailers including Amazon, Wal-Mart, Sears, eBay and others announced last month they would no longer sell Confederate flag merchandise.

A West Terre Haute resident, Brown said he plans to hang the flag in his bedroom at home. He said he has a rebel flag license plate on the front of his pickup truck, and it has a heart containing his name and the name of his fiance.

Brown said he is aware of the recent controversy about the flag.

“It sucks, because my favorite TV show was ‘Dukes of Hazzard,’ and it got canceled,” Brown said, referring to TV Land’s decision to pull reruns of the 1970s show off the air in wake of the controversy. The General Lee, a car in the show, displays the Confederate flag on its roof.

When asked if people have expressed concerns to him about his display of the flag, or if people have accused him of being racist, Brown, who is white, said he has heard those concerns.

“It varies, because I’m white, and they think I’m gonna go out there and do something. But I ain’t gonna shoot no one, unless you’re a deer,” Brown said.

The rules of the Vigo County Fair Board do not prohibit the sale or display of Confederate flag by vendors or fairgoers, according to Fair Board President Jennifer Cook. She said that until fair board members discuss the issue and make a decision banning any items, it would be improper to remove the flag from any displays.

“If I tell them to take that down, I’ve crossed the line of what’s appropriate,” Cook said.

The Terre Haute (Ind.) Tribune Star contributed to this story.