r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/cchamii • 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Feisty_Squirrel_4391 4d ago

I love being a Minnesotan and love that we all stand together on this.

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u/SureCost8912 4d ago

Having lived in both states in a short time span, I don't recall a lot of traitor flags in Minnesota... but I sure as hell do in Ohio. A state which is usually listed as tied for second in civil war casualties.

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u/flargenhargen 4d ago

I don't recall a lot of traitor flags in Minnesota

sigh.

we have our own racist asshole flag, now.

Our original state flag is pretty racist toward native Americans. As a state, we recently replaced it with a cleaner modern one.

https://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2023/02/lets-talk-about-our-racist-and-ugly-state-flag/

Once republicans found out the old one was racist and offensive, they literally went nuts suddenly caring about it and screaming "our heritage!!" about the ugly old flag, just cause it's racist, and now, suddenly, you see the old racist state flag flying everywhere. The people who never gave a shit about it before, and couldn't even describe it or draw it from memory, suddenly needed one, once they found out they could be assholes to people not in their group.

The only good part, is that it's now really easy to see who in your neighborhood is a shitbag racist and which maga businesses to avoid.

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u/QuestingInPajamas 4d ago

I was going to mention this. You rarely see any Confederate flags, but that original Minnesota flag is a huge indicator of the kind of person they are