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"Do you live in the Midwest?" by self-report (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Confederate flags are in canada and California, it’s just a flag for racists to roleplay with, the confederacy won’t rise again anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It won't "rise again" but the spirit of it absolutely has resurfaced in other forms, and will continue too so long as a significant number of people in this country identify with white supremacy and abject hatred.

The original KKK were effectively the remnants of the Confederate army + new recruits. And it's continued to find new banners in the generations since.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It very much depends on what you mean when you say "the spirit of it," which I think you have to admit, is open to a lot of interpretation.