Comment on California city bans non-government flags, angering LGBTQ groups

• Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was talking about the battle flag. I specifically referred to it by it’s nickname.

  You didn’t indicate that you were not talking about the battle flag, in response to my statement about the battle flag. Why not? Poor communication skills or just trolling? To say that the battle flag is not an actual flag is misleading and untruthful.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have never heard it called the stars and bars. Not saying you are wrong, just never heard anyone call it that.

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  • PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To say that the battle flag is not an actual flag is misleading and untruthful.

    It’s an easy misdirect away from the actual problem. So yeah, it is absolutely misleading and untruthful.

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    • Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It was a misunderstanding, not everybody knows everything. In fact, I was the wrong one, having heard the battle flag referred to as the " stars and bars" but in fact that was the name of the original flag with the 7 stars in a circle on a blue field in the upper left, with 1 white and 2 red stripes on the right. I have heard several people say shit like “salute the stars and bars!” when referring to the familiar battle flag. So til.

      Still, I have seen the original Confederate flag around, but never on a government building. I have also seen the Bonnie blue flag here and there. It makes me wonder how racist and backwards you have to be to put such a symbol on the side of your barn.

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• BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s because that’s where most of the population is.

  Once you get into the red states things get waaaaaay more sparse. Most of it is desert.

  Thank god land doesn’t vote.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Huh? Red states are deserts? The coast is a desert? I am not sure your statement makes any sense at all.

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    • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s pretty easy.

      The cities you named are the most populous in the state.

      The rest of the state is largely desert, rural, and where you see a lot of the confederate flags and similar sentiment among the population.

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Read what you said again old sport. It was barely English.

        The state isn’t as blue as you think. It’s a common misconception from people who don’t live here.

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