Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoGrand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flagwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down18
arrow-up1354arrow-down1external-linkGrand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flagwww.bbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down18·7 months agoSure, let’s just completely treat the South like we are the districts from Hunger Games. This is some bullshit.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down3·7 months agothis isn’t about the south, it’s about treason. this is the flag of a nation that never existed.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s a flag of a bunch of losers. Why would anyone want to fly the flag of some traitorous losers?
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoit’s because they’re racist, and the long for a return to the days of open, de jure racism. they believe treating anyone other than cishet white christians as fully human is a violation of god’s intended order for the world. they’re monsters.
minus-squareArxCyberwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoSo, losers! Explains a lot, really.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·7 months agoAnd for many of us who grew up before Dylann Roof sparked the bans… that flag just meant “of the South” Nothing more or less, by demonizing it it looks like you’re demonizing us and demanding you thank us for it.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoyou can be wrong about whatever you choose to be wrong about, but that’s the flag of racist traitors. always has been, always will be.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoNo you labeled it that to scapegoat a people for ongoing racial issues.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agono, it became a racist traitor flag when racists flew it during their failed attempt at treason
minus-squareCatTrickery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·7 months agoFun fact: the Confederacy lasted about as long as Google Stadia.
minus-squareCatTrickery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoThe toilet was also only invented the year that it collapsed so please enjoy your hole on the ground
Sure, let’s just completely treat the South like we are the districts from Hunger Games. This is some bullshit.
this isn’t about the south, it’s about treason. this is the flag of a nation that never existed.
It’s a flag of a bunch of losers. Why would anyone want to fly the flag of some traitorous losers?
it’s because they’re racist, and the long for a return to the days of open, de jure racism. they believe treating anyone other than cishet white christians as fully human is a violation of god’s intended order for the world. they’re monsters.
So, losers! Explains a lot, really.
And for many of us who grew up before Dylann Roof sparked the bans… that flag just meant “of the South”
Nothing more or less, by demonizing it it looks like you’re demonizing us and demanding you thank us for it.
you can be wrong about whatever you choose to be wrong about, but that’s the flag of racist traitors. always has been, always will be.
No you labeled it that to scapegoat a people for ongoing racial issues.
no, it became a racist traitor flag when racists flew it during their failed attempt at treason
Fun fact: the Confederacy lasted about as long as Google Stadia.
Stool cory bro
The toilet was also only invented the year that it collapsed so please enjoy your hole on the ground