Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoGrand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flagwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down17
arrow-up1357arrow-down1external-linkGrand Ole Opry in Glasgow votes to ban use of Confederate flagwww.bbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·9 months agoAnd for many of us who grew up before Dylann Roof sparked the bans… that flag just meant “of the South” Nothing more or less, by demonizing it it looks like you’re demonizing us and demanding you thank us for it.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoyou can be wrong about whatever you choose to be wrong about, but that’s the flag of racist traitors. always has been, always will be.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 months agoNo you labeled it that to scapegoat a people for ongoing racial issues.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agono, it became a racist traitor flag when racists flew it during their failed attempt at treason
And for many of us who grew up before Dylann Roof sparked the bans… that flag just meant “of the South”
Nothing more or less, by demonizing it it looks like you’re demonizing us and demanding you thank us for it.
you can be wrong about whatever you choose to be wrong about, but that’s the flag of racist traitors. always has been, always will be.
No you labeled it that to scapegoat a people for ongoing racial issues.
no, it became a racist traitor flag when racists flew it during their failed attempt at treason