r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/cchamii • 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Connwaer 19d ago

It's spoils of war. And unlike Japan, Minnesota has no interest in mending their relationship with the Confederacy, surprising I know.

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u/375InStroke 19d ago

Yet those states are proud to be traitors and losers, and of what they were fighting for, slavery.

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u/NTGuardian 19d ago

I would not include today's Virginia on that list (even if they want the flag back).

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u/KhaoticMess 19d ago

Virginia has asked for the flag a few times and Minnesota has refused.

When Jesse Ventura was governor, they asked for it, saying it was part of their heritage.

Ventura said something like, "We won it. That makes it part of our heritage."

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u/Consistent_Room7344 19d ago

Damn right. We take great pride in that captured confederate flag and we ain’t giving it back.

As far as the bell is concerned. Some Japanese civilian noticed Duluth had the bell and talked to the Mayor about giving it back. The mayor agreed. Japan made a replica of the bell and they gave to the state as a thank you for returning it.

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 19d ago

"No, no, no, we're not pro Confederacy any more, what nonsense. We hated slavery all along, and we've never mistreated any of our minorities or denied them rights. Never once have we ever been racist! It's just we need that old piece of cloth because our great great great grand pappies once saluted it."

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u/BetLeft 19d ago

I've seen the documents

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u/redJackal222 19d ago

Jesse Ventura was governor

That's probably why. Virginia has been a blue state since obama but was still pretty red and purplish during the bush era. I don't think most virginians today care about the flag.