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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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  1. No bigotry. The Union, or at least the part of the Union WE support, fought AGAINST that shite. We are anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, and in general anti-bigot here, even if not all the lads in Union blue uniforms were.

  2. No Confederate sympathizing. Anti-democratic racist slaver traitors don't deserve shit.

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[–] rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

2nd place is 1st loser

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

There is context here that i am lacking

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Weirdest moment I ever saw one was on the front grill of a logging truck in the middle of nowhere in far northern Quebec where no one spoke any English.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hes confused but he got the racist spirit

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

We human beings are such bizarre creatures

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not technically the last flag of the Confederacy.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

They should fly their last flag with pride

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

As noted on the Stainless Banner, the icon is General Lee's battle standard. The "muh hairy-tidge" group is idealizing the general who is leading the charge for racism.

[–] NaibofTabr 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Damn this one's been slapped by the JPEG stick.

Legends say there was legible text in there somewhere, once upon a time.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Stars and bars would make more sense. Can almost appreciate it.

Then they went full racist.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, as far as I'm concerned, they all get the business end of a Gatling gun.

If you're gonna rebel against the USA, at least do it for decent reasons

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah definitely. But at least that first flag pretended to be legit

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Stainless Banner being about white supremacy seems debatable. That explanation struck me as something made up by a contemporary, but after the fact.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

The flag is also known as the Stainless Banner, and the matter of the person behind its design remains a point of contention. On April 23, 1863, the Savannah Morning News editor William Tappan Thompson, with assistance from William Ross Postell, a Confederate blockade runner, published an editorial championing a design featuring the battle flag on a white background he referred to later as "The White Man's Flag", a name which never caught on.[6] In explaining the white background of his design, Thompson wrote, "As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause."

April 23 is before the adoption of the new flag, so at the very least, it was not after the fact.