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You can’t do the “the confederates were democrats!!!!!!!!!” talking point if you fly it to this day
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Anonymous 13h

Most people who fly it aren’t regular conservatives but poor rural folks who genuinely think it’s their southern heritage

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

Completely disagree, I’ve lived my entire life in the heart of the south and the people flying that flag know exactly what it stands for and they fly it for exactly that reason

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

Me too, I live in sc and near me are the poorest areas, most of them say “it’s our heritage” I also see African Americans who claim they accept it because the South is where black culture originated

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

The “it’s just heritage” argument came from the first KKK revival and was used to deliberately obfuscate the racist origins of the Confederacy and that flag, it’s plausible deniability more than any legitimate care for history or heritage

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13h

Not quite, “it’s just heritage” argument of the KKK was about flying the blood cross flag, the confederate flag is also in and of itself racist, however many people genuinely just think it represents the South as a whole, since a new flag for the South hasn’t been made

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