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 3 months agoI 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.
PizzaMane@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca 3 months 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.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I have never heard it called the stars and bars. Not saying you are wrong, just never heard anyone call it that.