Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down3·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-down5·1 year agoNo you labeled it that to scapegoat a people for ongoing racial issues.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agono, it became a racist traitor flag when racists flew it during their failed attempt at treason
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