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Why fly the confederate flag?
submitted 3 years ago by lord_quas from self.AskSaidIt
I'm asking a serious question here. For those who fly it or support it's usage, what do southern values represent that simply flying the American flag won't? I'm not from America, and I have very rudimentary knowledge about the south.
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[–]noice 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
Yeah it bothers me quite a bit when people talk shit about poor white southerners. I think the fact that it's an acceptable thing to do is what irks me the most.
[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
The first state to legalize slavery was Massachusetts, lol
[–]magnora7 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago* (0 children)
Usually people who get off on irritating and confusing others. Rarely are they flying it because they have some sort of coherent ideology behind it, in my experience. 95% of the time it's purely a "suck it libs!" attitude, which is a destructive attitude by which to live one's life, purely to spite others out of hurt
[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun - 3 years ago (3 children)
why dont u mind ur own fucking business,
stop worrying about some fucking flag, its just some fucking flag, go on about your business, no flag aint gonna u , u faggot
[–]lord_quas[S] 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (1 child)
Well, it was just a question. I was hoping to get responses that would explain to me what southern culture is, and if it is notably distinct from the rest of the country.
[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
now i want to know too
[–]StBlops2cel_is_Lord 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
based
[–]StillLessons 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
For a musical reference, try "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by The Band. It's a good start to understanding the pride the south had as a unique culture. Over the 50 years since that song, the unique identity in the south has been largely demographically diluted, but there are still pockets.
Freedom of expression.
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