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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.
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If it's not a flag about hate, what is it about? Southern pride/tradition? Pride in what? What did the South do that was so different from the rest of the US at the time of the civil war?
Oh, maybe they meant that it was about "love for slavery". It's a flag of love!
Fascist, racist, uneducated fuck ups.
Not defending it, but I think for them it means pride in their region/area/heritage. And it's not about anything deeper than that. It's like a college sports team for them. Like the rich white fan base for Duke, and UNC being just a couple miles away.
You can be proud of your state/region/etc. without being specifically proud of traitor, enemy state... that lasted what ~4 years? People would rightly be upset if someone few an Al-Qaeda, or ISIS flag, or a Nazi flag, etc. The confederate flag, IMO, is no different. Someone can be from the countries these places operate(d) out of, without supporting, these groups.
And to claim that ~4 years as heritage... that's a bit of a stretch. But also, problematic IMO. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heritage This to me, implies, these people are still actively trying to trade and own human lives.
I think I've read that the Confederate flag specifically was one of the flags of Tennessee, so a bit older.
Anyway, I've never been in the USA.