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Feb 23, 2017 10:41 AM
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dArtagnan62
Ooh nice burn!!
AlphaFoxtrotNW
Heres the first one though http://www.wzep1460.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Flag_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America_1861-1863.svg_.png
themuttonisniceandlean
Texas will not fly it officially or allow it on any government sponsored items like license plates, unlike other southern states.
smittywjmj
This is my thoughts on it. Governments shouldn't fly it, it doesn't make sense to. But people can do what they want.
Squossifrage
Don't be too hard on them. They may not have won, but they did get second place.
ThomasThundersword
Second place, in a two nation race....
themuttonisniceandlean
As a Texan, I'm glad we lost. Slavery was abhorrent.
MooseTraxxx
tippyojay
Too Soon! -Texas
levish
Banjo strumming intensifies
SecretAgentSuperBooger
https://media.giphy.com/media/kAq6HQVQmK5WM/giphy.gif
WayTooNewb
Actually there should be a strip down the far side which would be nearly impossible to notice if the flag isn't a waving.That's why they(1/2
WayTooNewb
(2/2) adopted the flag of rebellion as the confederate flag.
supraman2turbo
But that's the French flag
rezpawner
Tbh, that other one didn't change much. It represented losers back then, and losers in the present.
frosty147
The flag that everyone always references is actually the Confederate Battle Flag. The national flag was this http://imgur.com/xLcDcDX
OfMiceAndMenus
HAHA, "national"...implying the confederacy was ever a legitimate nation deserving a flag.
copperdomebodhi
So it's not the flag of folks who loved slavery more than America, it's only the battle flag of folks who loved slavery more than America.
frosty147
Slave owners were landed aristocrats. Poor people who never owned slaves did most of the dying.
Attaroo
Always do. But they were dying to spread slavery for the rich, even if they weren't smart enough to know it.
DaedaIus
Shh, you're interrupting the two minutes of hate.
BangBangLuckyLuke
"But the Springfield Brigade was too brave to accept the surrender"
livinglife9009
And also lying flat in a glass display in a museum.
hpeterson
Stop it USA, they're already dead!
coloradostoneman
the problem is they still can't remember that they lost.
ErwIndk
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/jericho/images/4/44/Flag_of_the_Allied_States.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20090520042823
KingGranticus
Hmm? What flag is this?
GodOfTheUnderWorldHades
Why are you holding up Frances flag? Or Italy's? I could never tell the difference
NickBlight
As a New Englander http://imgur.com/z1LLJmZ
nephastar
This is our french flag. Learn history pls
icer22x
Actually this isn't the historically accurate confederate flag. This is just a white flag.
IDidntKnowWhattoMakeMyUsernameSoIMadeThis
It's also interesting how the confederate flag was barely a standardized thing across the states, & it changed numerous times
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
It was the va battle flag
SaltyInternetPirate
I heard their first flags were too similar to the Union flag and both sides genuinely confused them from a distance.
smittywjmj
Correct, it was similar to the Betsy Ross flag, only with three stripes. From a distance, very similar.
PlantainSuperNova
The one we're used to seeing was brought back by racists as a direct response to the civil rights movement.
DaedaIus
The battle flag of northern Virginia represented rebellion and dissatisfaction with the government well before the civil rights movement.
AnnaMayBelle
This is my response to people who feel we need our confederate flag as a symbol of the south, but not as a racist symbol. The problem is(1/?
AnnaMayBelle
that it IS a racist symbol now. Blame the KKK, not "liberals" or "revisionists". This is not the first time this has happened. (2/3)
AnnaMayBelle
The internet had to give up Pepe because of neo-Nazis, well the south needs to give up the confederate flag, and blame the KKK for it. (3/3)
OldManTaylor
Oooooooh fucking burn! Good shit @op
CairoLen
Some asshole down the street from é me has a confederate flag in his window. I live in Canada.
CPolofVancouver
That doesn't even make sense. Slaves fled here.
CairoLen
I know, right? But tell the asshole down the street.
cleverbeans
Surprisingly Canada has white trash rednecks just like the US. They're almost all in Alberta but they're real.
sticknureye
oH, LOOK AT ME! I am helping..
Zellacat
And look at who is helped.
1833YatYas
OH SNAP!! I'm a southerner and that burn cut deep. Take your well deserved upvote.
KingGranticus
Why were you downvoted?
1833YatYas
I have no idea.
Attaroo
Other Southerners still pissy about the civil war.
DaedaIus
As a Canadian I apply it to your entire country.
valkrez
As a southerner, I grew up with the flag symbolizing rebellion and The South. That was about as deep as it got.
Attaroo
Why did the South rebel again? It wasn't states rights, they loved using the federal government to enforce slavery.
valkrez
Yeah. It was their lifestyle and economy, and the representation issue made southern states feel manipulated by other states.
Attaroo
So slavery, slavery, and something that wasn't a problem. Indeed they were overrepresented due to the 3/5ths rule.
themuttonisniceandlean
I grew up in CA and that was my thought as well, honestly, just the South and rebellion.
captainikag
Rebellion against the civil rights movement is pretty racist actually.
valkrez
Ok
missing7
Same. I grew up seeing the flag everywhere. No one ever cited racism as their reason for flying it.
DaedaIus
Media needed something to demonize, or people might go outside instead of providing ad revenue.
missing7
Downvoted for sharing my experience? K.
NeerjaTripathi
Love it. Next stop "Don't Mess With Texas." Or what? Alamo. Civil War. I am waiting for the Win story.
GravitationalTimeDialation
First of all, texas was the only southern state that didn't get overrun by the union, and the alamo only had about 200 soldiers while1/
GravitationalTimeDialation
Mexico had over 6,000, real devastating loss
EpitomeofMediocre
I have bad news for you buddy, the Texans won in the Texas Revolution.
DaedaIus
I'm not even an American and I know Texas was a country.
Nykidemus
"Dont mess with Texas" is actually an anti-littering slogan. It's on signs all over the place down here.
themuttonisniceandlean
The Alamo was a different war, Mexico v. Texas independence. Texas was a country for 10 years before it was finally accepted as a state.
smittywjmj
9 years. 1836-1845. President Tyler began the process of admitting Texas as one of his last acts as president. Tyler, TX is named for him.
themuttonisniceandlean
I rounded up. Oh OK, fine, I was wrong.
smittywjmj
I thought you might have, I just wanted to clarify for anyone else reading.
Satanslittlechariotsoffailedpotential
Sherman did nothing wrong.
Heratickle
He was a monster.
Satanslittlechariotsoffailedpotential
The South started a war. He evacuated cities before he burned them. I don't know how much kinder he could've been honestly.
Heratickle
He burned everyone's homes, shelter, food, clothing & crops. This goes beyond military actions into inhumane treatment of women & children.
Satanslittlechariotsoffailedpotential
First, you're applying modern ethics to a period in which they did not yet exist which is unfair. Secondly, even by the standards of the 1/?
Satanslittlechariotsoffailedpotential
time, Sherman was being remarkably restrained. Just look at Europe or East Asia at teh time to see how rebellions were usually put down 2/?
BiteMyShinyMetalTopComment
Wow, a white flag joke that isn't about France. First time I've seen one.
aleister94
There actually was a version of the Confederate flag that was mostly white, and yes it caused several miscommunications
Derellius
Pretty sure I saw this exact comment last time this exact image was posted...
GravitationalTimeDialation
Thats because you get downvoted to hell if you do
haroldmann
Germany used this one at least twice
neoprod
idk why you were downvoted
haroldmann
Yeah it's not like it's historical fact or something, ah well. Can't win them all
neoprod
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sandyman23
They must have given up...
SlavBro
Love how everyone shits on france hey guys remember when they saved our asses during the revolutionary war?
themuttonisniceandlean
And have been on the side of the US for every.single.war. we've ever been in except French & Indian war only because we were still British.
mysteryroach
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT ABOUT FRANCE, THEN
Attaroo
My wife is from Canada. She went down to Atlanta and they had a big presentation on the Civil War. She asked who won.
HaramBe4any1else
So who won?
jesuschristincarnateasada
For some reason just the idea of this interaction taking place tickles my heart.
Ohhhlookaunicorneatingasamurai
This was the top comment last time.
Jonesy343
I do believe that's the point my friend, reposts bring resold comments
Hetuni
This was a reply last time
HeatLegend
this is sparta
whenlifegivesyouherpes
I looked at the replies for this responsev
Dadoocan
Fun fact: There were some cases during the civil war that the Union thought the Confederates were surrenderi but they weren't p1 of ?
Dadoocan
There wasn't a more you know jif in my arsenal.
Dadoocan
There was confusion due to the state flag of the attacking confederates. Will applied sauce if interested.
GalaxyTrashPanda
Hit me with that soy sauce
likifucrieverytim
Like when the taliban use a white flag with Arabic writing on it but can't find/make that so they just use a white flag.
DickGraysonNightwing
Fuck me up with some sweet n sour
CoBr2
. . . For sauce
OurLordAndSaviourHarambe
Hit me with the hot ssssssaaaauuccceeeeeee
YouMealyMouthedCrotchPheasant
I believe "shots fired" is the relevant term here. Fired from a Springfield 1861, .58 cal, single shot just to be historically accurate.
rrlyrae
that's why it's called the "war of southern aggression."
Snooj
I wouldn't dare say this joke in the South. They're still a little torn up about it.
IreallyMGur
I find it so weird that the side that won doesn't have any celebrations every year compared to the side that lost. Also, South shot first 1
IreallyMGur
yet it was caused by 'Northern aggression' lol. Plus other revisionism about the cause despite slavery being mentioned in most seceding 2
IAmJuanSanchezVillalobosRamirez
The relocation was also, technically, the invasion of a foreign nation, so there's the aggression.
IAmJuanSanchezVillalobosRamirez
To be fair, SC had seceded 6 days earlier when Anderson relocated the 1st artillery companies E &C to Sumter on his own initiative. And 1
IAmJuanSanchezVillalobosRamirez
2 refused numerous pleas for peaceful surrender of the fort that would have been a threat to the harbor that no nation would have tolerated
IreallyMGur
States' declarations + the Cornerstone speech by the Confederate VP: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
Denial runs strong, especially when it lets them blame others for their problems.
SaltyInternetPirate
Some say "only 1% of people owned slaves" as a defense, but that just means the peasants went to war so the rich can keep their slaves.
Attaroo
In some states, 20-30% of the households held slaves. In MS, 40% of the population were slaves.
SaltyInternetPirate
So, they're lying on top of their bullshit defense? Bastards
washyourhandsplease
Yea it's because southern social order had the poor not wanting to be equals to the slaves