Ever wanted to see the Confederate flag flown in the most Northern part of the continent possible? cool, go to Dryden Ontario.
Fuuuuuck, that’s next-level stupid. I remember some stupid redneck I had the displeasure of knowing had one hanging up in his room in Pennsylvania. I asked him if he knew he was born and also now living ABOVE the Mason-Dixon line and WTF is that flag even hanging up there for?
Dude stared at me like a dog trying to comprehend calculus. Mumbled something about “heritage”. I asked what that could even mean since he was born in York, PA.
But FFS, flying that traitorous flag of losers up in Canada? What. The. Actual. Fuck.
This was back in the early 90s. I’m assuming now that Republicans like Pedonald and Nick Fuentes are now going mask-off with their fascism, and creating a permission structure for assholes, wingers are probably upping the ante to show how “edgy” they are. Back then flying a Confederate flag north of the Mason-Dixon line was just a way of signaling what a dickhead you are w/o just putting up a swastika outright, because it had deniability, at least to other assholes and the rather clueless (“heritage”, lol).
But now, I would not be surprised if a few dickheads are putting up a few swastikas now because the flag of Southern losers is probably quite basic bitch stuff.
In the Netherlands, I’m assuming flying that flag was much the same kind of reverse-virtue signaling. I know parts of Europe also (used to?) ban Nazi things, so I’m assuming this was a way of not violating the law, while still showing what a tool you are.
Fuuuuuck, that’s next-level stupid. I remember some stupid redneck I had the displeasure of knowing had one hanging up in his room in Pennsylvania. I asked him if he knew he was born and also now living ABOVE the Mason-Dixon line and WTF is that flag even hanging up there for?
Dude stared at me like a dog trying to comprehend calculus. Mumbled something about “heritage”. I asked what that could even mean since he was born in York, PA.
But FFS, flying that traitorous flag of losers up in Canada? What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Saw it walking in a small town in the Netherlands, once. Disconcerting.
you’ll find that brain rot anywhere Murdoch’s disease reaches
This was back in the early 90s. I’m assuming now that Republicans like Pedonald and Nick Fuentes are now going mask-off with their fascism, and creating a permission structure for assholes, wingers are probably upping the ante to show how “edgy” they are. Back then flying a Confederate flag north of the Mason-Dixon line was just a way of signaling what a dickhead you are w/o just putting up a swastika outright, because it had deniability, at least to other assholes and the rather clueless (“heritage”, lol).
But now, I would not be surprised if a few dickheads are putting up a few swastikas now because the flag of Southern losers is probably quite basic bitch stuff.
In the Netherlands, I’m assuming flying that flag was much the same kind of reverse-virtue signaling. I know parts of Europe also (used to?) ban Nazi things, so I’m assuming this was a way of not violating the law, while still showing what a tool you are.