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Dormill and Stiura wrote:

I just read that over. Oh boy that was fun.

My bet, by "Protestant" he means Southern Baptist. In other words the most racist, sexist, homophobic piles of trash that have tainted the name Christ.

Amen

Tanaeria wrote:

One way to confuse them is to get one hundred people to perform a haka dance in front of them. Of course they would say your muslim terrorists...

Pfft. They wouldn’t even see that if they heard the team name first.

Edit: Well even then, the chances of them even knowing what the Haka is would more imply that the dancers are performing some kind of curse on the audience. Little better than assuming terrorism.

Balnik wrote:

Balnik flag best flag

atnaia: i thought your favorite flag was the nazi flag

Vancouvia wrote:

atnaia: i thought your favorite flag was the nazi flag

That's a close... 4th place.

My top 5 are
1Columbia
2Alberta
3Tsarist Russia
4Third Reich
5Boxer flag

Balnik wrote:

That's a close... 4th place.

My top 5 are
1Columbia
2Alberta
3Tsarist Russia
4Third Reich
5Boxer flag

alberta flag i made on powerpoint in third grade

Nights edge wrote:

There's a notable correlation between a lack of education and worldly knowledge and being a fundie Baptist in the Bible Belt. I'd be floored if anywhere close to a double digit percentage of them even heard of, much less knew what a Haka dance is.

Which is very unfortunate. For supposedly the best nation on earth their education system is rather appalling the more south you are.

Nights edge wrote:

There's a notable correlation between a lack of education and worldly knowledge and being a fundie Baptist in the Bible Belt. I'd be floored if anywhere close to a double digit percentage of them even heard of, much less knew what a Haka dance is.

Yeah, those ignorant hicks. Stereotyping people and thinking they're so much better than everybody else.

Tanaeria wrote:

Which is very unfortunate. For supposedly the best nation on earth their education system is rather appalling the more south you are.

Oh shut it. The notion that the south doesn't have good schools is complete bullsh*t. There are good schools and bad schools in every state. Some of the best primary and secondary school districts in the country are in the south, as are many of the country's top universities. If you don't have actual evidence to go on don't make insulting blanket statements about other countries. That just puts you in the 'ignorant' category.

Menna shuli wrote:

Yup, because I'm the asshole in this scenario. Cool.

Yeah man, stop being such a Debbie downer

Miklania wrote:

I don't fly a confederate flag or anything like that. I barely have an accent. But I've spent most of my life in one part of the south or the other. Self-righteous hypocrites and foreigners that don't know what they're talking about, who insult the entire region and everyone in it, piss me off. Frankly the endless bashing and name calling is what has caused so many people to vote for crass populists like Trump.

Having also lived most of my life down South, the only thing I like is Texas, and I more often say it’s distinct from the remainder of the South.

Aside that, the deeper into the former Confederacy you go the worse things on average get.

Ainslie wrote:

I think i get what the Confederate movement is about, but why do people still fly the flag so many years later in the South?

Because “muh Heritage”

Ainslie wrote:

What exactly about "muh heritage" makes them turn to the confederate flag and not the US one - or is there something about having both of them?

The people who fly the Confederate flag (doesn’t matter if it’s the proper one or not) believe that the Confederate States of America should be restored, that the Civil War was a war of the North invading the South, and that the Confederacy was destined to lose the war yet they fought for their “State Rights” nonetheless.

Ainslie wrote:

I think i get what the Confederate movement is about, but why do people still fly the flag so many years later in the South?

A variety of reasons. You can probably find a few assholes that are still salty about the results of the war, there are several people that think it's a non-offensive symbol of the region, most have co-opted it as a symbol of modern politics, some (including most of the previous category) just use it trigger people they don't like, and for another handful, it's just part of the uniform.

Dormill and Stiura wrote:

Having also lived most of my life down South, the only thing I like is Texas, and I more often say it’s distinct from the remainder of the South.

Aside that, the deeper into the former Confederacy you go the worse things on average get.

There are a few rough patches, mostly in the old cotton regions. To the hypocrites I point out the "rough patches" that are Chicago, Detroit, LA, etc. There are no more assholes in the south than anywhere else in the country.

Dormill and Stiura wrote:

The people who fly the Confederate flag (doesn’t matter if it’s the proper one or not) believe that the Confederate States of America should be restored, that the Civil War was a war of the North invading the South, and that the Confederacy was destined to lose the war yet they fought for their “State Rights” nonetheless.

The "Lost Cause" narrative. Typically in other parts of the country they lean on the equally fallacious "Abolition" narrative.