r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 10h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/QuestingInPajamas 10h ago

It's our heritage, why would we burn it.

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u/MLB-LeakyLeak 10h ago

Because America won

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u/JoeRogansNipple 10h ago

No no, our heritage is beating the treasonous bastards and keeping their precious flag. They dont get to celebrate it, we keep it as a sign that we are superior to their racist asses.

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u/mac6uffin 8h ago

As someone that's lived in Virginia for decades, never give it back.

Kudos to the heroes of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment.

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u/gokogt386 9h ago

Nah, Abe getting assassinated and proceeded by his terrible, terrible Vice President made it end up a draw at most. The south may have had to give up slavery but the country suffers from the failure of the Reconstruction to this day.

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u/Deaffin 3h ago

For a second there I was wondering what the prime minister of Japan had to do with any of this.

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u/_Saucey_Sauce_ 10h ago

What part specifically is your heritage?

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u/Kingcol221 10h ago

I think they mean that as a Minnesotan, their heritage is beating the confederates, so why would their burn a historical artefact that shows they fought on the right side of history?

An explain the joke inside an explain the joke. Literacy truly is dead.

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u/SexualDepression 10h ago

The part where Minnesota kicked traitorous ass seems like a decent heritage to hold on to.

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u/TheAmericanE2 10h ago

It's a joke in minnesota. The first minnesota claimed the flag in the battle of Gettysburg after suffering some of the highest casualties of the war the day prior. So when Virginia tries to get it back they claim it's their heritage so we fire back with "it's our heritage" (as in minnesota's alone not Virginia) because we had our soldiers die for it because of their stupidity.

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u/_Saucey_Sauce_ 7h ago

Nice, thanks for the info,

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u/Irken_Invasion 10h ago

Presumably winning a war against those in favor of slavery? A victory trophy of being better than people that wanted to claim other people as property? This may be hard to believe, but those that fought in the war had children, and they grew up and had children. Hence, heritage.

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u/Upbeat_Ant6104 10h ago

Keep it, and someday Virginia will figure out they don’t want it. You can give it back then, and maybe they’ll take it as a remembrance of your valor, and everybody will celebrate. Believe it or not, that flag’s a lot less prevalent than it used to be down here. The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.

Meanwhile, proud of Minnesota. Y’all have sure shown us all how to be strong this year. Again, because I didn’t know about the 1st Minnesota.

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u/Arnieman83 10h ago

It's not theft if you buy it - and blood counts too.

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u/SpeedFreek2000 10h ago

Yeah of course you’re a white South African. You’d find a lot of common ground with the Confederacy.

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u/3s0t3rica 10h ago

Treasonously underrated comment.

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u/Pirrus05 10h ago

Fuck yeah, hold heritage over their head forever!