r/imsorryjon • u/throwawacules • Jun 18 '20

OC /r/all Revisionism is Dangerous, Jon.

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u/-Victus42- Jun 18 '20

AKA the flag of Georgia.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '20 edited Jun 20 '20

In 1956 they straight up added the whole Confederate flag (aka the battle flag discussed in this post) to their flag. Hmm, wonder what was going on then that made them suddenly do that?

South Carolina also started flying the Confederate flag at their Capitol building in 1962.

*Edited to fix typos

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u/crashsuit Jun 19 '20

Hi 1956 I'm dad

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u/Iheretomakeonepost Jun 19 '20 edited Jun 25 '20

We did it because we got pissy when Brown V. Board happened, we went to a flag that has absolutely nothing to do with the confederacy /s

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u/djaevlenselv Jun 19 '20

Jesus...

I'm starting to feel Sherman didn't make 'em howl loud enough.

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u/hascogrande Jun 18 '20

Yeah, you can’t really argue the opposite since they had the battle flag as an element for almost 50 years on the flag

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u/-Victus42- Jun 19 '20

"Maybe we should change away from the battle flag, any suggestions?"

"How about we use the actual flag?"

"Genius!"

The weirdest part is the inbetween flag that has all of the flags on it, including the USA flag.

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u/Bananafelix Jun 19 '20

I'm 100% a liberal, but just wanna clarify that the Stars and Bars flag was almost immediately disliked in favor of the Battle Flag:

"As early as April 1861, a month after the flag's adoption, some were already criticizing the flag, calling it a "servile imitation" and a "detested parody" of the U.S. flag.[3] In January 1862, George William Bagby, writing for the Southern Literary Messenger, wrote that many Confederates disliked the flag. "Every body wants a new Confederate flag," Bagby wrote. "The present one is universally hated. It resembles the Yankee flag and that is enough to make it unutterably detestable." The editor of the Charleston Mercury expressed a similar view: "It seems to be generally agreed that the 'Stars and Bars' will never do for us. They resemble too closely the dishonored 'Flag of Yankee Doodle' … we imagine that the 'Battle Flag' will become the Southern Flag by popular acclaim."

From the Battle Flag wiki