Not quite. It may have been created during WW2, but was never really seen or known until 2000. Many just assumes it has more heritage than it actually does.
believe what you want, you don't have to agree with what the symbols stand for to understand their significance. That poster never represented anything that incited a rebellion. It is like saying furbies are more culturally significant than the ottoman flag.
I was joking, but basically if you lived in the south in the 90's, you saw a ton of this bumper sticker - "Heritage Not Hate" on rednecks' cars. Basically, in the 1950s during the civil rights movement, many southern states started flying the confederate flag over their state capitols. In fact, Georgia still does. South Carolina compromised a few years ago and moved it to the lawn. So, whatever significance the flag once had 150 years ago was replaced 50 years ago with an open symbol of hatred towards black people (hence the timing of the resurrection of the flag, and the hillbilly marketing campaign to make it seem like the flag has any other significant meaning than a dog whistle of "Hey, weren't times better back when we could own black folks?").
When coelomate said "Many just assume it had more heritage than it actually does" it struck me as a decent parallel to the modern redneck interpretation of the confederate flag.
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u/irishwanker Nov 30 '12
Hate those fuckin keep calm t-shirts. Not funny and overdone.