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Dear white people: is it possible for a flag to symbolize different things?

That is, your symbol of courage, valor, and military service...
hideous roommate
  09/18/16
Sure as long as you admit the confederate flag can symbolize...
Provocative Yarmulke
  09/18/16
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nudist disturbing indirect expression
  09/18/16
You mean like treason?
hideous roommate
  09/18/16
not helping your point here breh
beady-eyed senate rigpig
  09/18/16
I'm all for Southerners who take pride in their traditions a...
hideous roommate
  09/18/16
Stop erasing their experiences.
Stirring dilemma
  09/18/16
The experience being open rebellion?
hideous roommate
  09/18/16
UNTHKEW
Razzle Resort Knife
  09/18/16
still not helping your point breh
beady-eyed senate rigpig
  09/18/16
Not following you. The symbol can mean whatever you'd li...
hideous roommate
  09/18/16
Some things can't be amended friend. It's literally the only...
Hyperventilating black woman sneaky criminal
  09/18/16
possibility one is that a flag means multiple things in that...
beady-eyed senate rigpig
  09/18/16
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Deep duck-like parlor party of the first part
  09/18/16
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Supple narrow-minded pit
  09/18/16
ljl
peach ceo reading party
  09/18/16
That uprising was entirely caused by the North. Don't re...
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
No one can force you to betray your country
Supple narrow-minded pit
  09/18/16
Their "country" was determined to make their priva...
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
Only the very wealthy owned slaves, not exactly a "mora...
Supple narrow-minded pit
  09/18/16
It doesn't matter how many people owned slaves in the contex...
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
"not being loyal to a country they didn't recognize.&qu...
Supple narrow-minded pit
  09/18/16
(George III)
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
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Impressive theatre
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Lascivious shimmering macaca stage
  09/18/16
PWN
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Marvelous Flesh Abode
  09/18/16
ONE | SHOT | KILL
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  09/18/16
An OP is det
Out-of-control University Fat Ankles
  09/18/16
OP was gud keed. Did't du nuffin.
Opaque multi-billionaire
  09/18/16
OP done here
Razzle-dazzle chapel
  09/18/16
Did OP not think this through for 5 seconds
Supple narrow-minded pit
  09/18/16
Put this in the category of first reply killshots
passionate persian
  09/18/16
...
Razzle Resort Knife
  09/18/16
FATAL
Brilliant insecure field
  09/18/16
*OP crumples defenselessly to the most obvious counterpunch ...
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
WORLD STAR
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  09/18/16
Someone please archive this in that oneshotkill thread
Diverse Gay Location
  09/18/16
Done
Orchid Vibrant Mad Cow Disease Legend
  09/18/16
...
Provocative Yarmulke
  08/21/17
(revisionist Photoshopping Confederate flags into '60s pro-C...
bateful mediation gunner
  08/27/17
TAKE THAT OP YOU FUCKING DUMB NIGGER KIKE MONKEY
Mustard Abusive Antidepressant Drug Circlehead
  09/18/16
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Purple site
  09/18/16
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Purple site
  09/12/20
Edit: Fuck libs and Northern scum
Soul-stirring newt
  09/18/16
Yes. For example, in a war, the friendly side will see a fla...
comical coffee pot
  09/18/16
what does being against the confed flag have to do with seei...
jet-lagged nursing home depressive
  08/27/17
Dear Faggot, No. Thank, Thnak
domesticated shrine
  09/18/16
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Provocative Yarmulke
  09/12/20


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Date: September 18th, 2016 7:39 AM
Author: hideous roommate

That is, your symbol of courage, valor, and military service might also be a symbol of shared values, justice, and equality for others? Why is it that the former is the only acceptable interpretation of the Star Spangled Banner/Flag?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434278)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:03 AM
Author: Provocative Yarmulke

Sure as long as you admit the confederate flag can symbolize different things than hate and racism

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434303)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:06 AM
Author: Charcoal Cruel-hearted Casino



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434304)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:07 AM
Author: nudist disturbing indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434308)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:10 AM
Author: hideous roommate

You mean like treason?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434309)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:12 AM
Author: beady-eyed senate rigpig

not helping your point here breh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434312)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:15 AM
Author: hideous roommate

I'm all for Southerners who take pride in their traditions and heritage.

But the Confederate flag was the chosen symbol of an uprising against the US that resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Americans. You can try usurp it to mean Southern pride, but so long as you still call it the Confederate flag it's still treason against America

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434319)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:17 AM
Author: Stirring dilemma

Stop erasing their experiences.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434323)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:18 AM
Author: hideous roommate

The experience being open rebellion?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434328)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:31 AM
Author: Razzle Resort Knife

UNTHKEW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434478)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:17 AM
Author: beady-eyed senate rigpig

still not helping your point breh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434327)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:23 AM
Author: hideous roommate

Not following you.

The symbol can mean whatever you'd like it to, but that doesn't erase it's history.

Nobody is trying to rewrite the history of the American flag by seperating its imagery from military service. There're trying to amend it to mean a country worth fighting for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434334)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:26 AM
Author: Hyperventilating black woman sneaky criminal

Some things can't be amended friend. It's literally the only thing that ties our country of misfits together.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434337)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:33 AM
Author: beady-eyed senate rigpig

possibility one is that a flag means multiple things in that it means different things to different people

so to a vet it could mean military, etc. and to a hoodrat it could mean oppression

so to kaepernick it means oppression, and not honoring veterans or however else a vet might see it. fine. so the confederate flag can represent southern pride to the southerner, the other associations notwithstanding.

possibility two is that a flag represents multiple things to everyone and some people choose to respond to particular associations or prioritize some associations over others.

so kaepernick prioritizes the oppression view. fine. southerners can prioritize the southern pride view of the confederate flag.

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you're not giving equal treatment here if you say that we have to respond to the confederate flag in one particular way because of one of its particular associations, but don’t give the us flag the same treatment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434346)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:22 AM
Author: Deep duck-like parlor party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434459)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:24 AM
Author: Supple narrow-minded pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434465)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:19 AM
Author: peach ceo reading party

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434329)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:42 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

That uprising was entirely caused by the North.

Don't rewrite history and claim all the sudden that you're the non-violent one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434522)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:59 AM
Author: Supple narrow-minded pit

No one can force you to betray your country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434603)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 10:23 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

Their "country" was determined to make their private property (most of a person's net worth, in some cases) instantly worthless, and they correctly deduced its actors were on a moral crusade instead of reaching a practical political and compensatory solution like literally every other country who dealt with the slavery issue.

But tell me against about the moral high ground of burning every home in the South to the ground, Yankee scum.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434687)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 10:25 AM
Author: Supple narrow-minded pit

Only the very wealthy owned slaves, not exactly a "moral" issue that benefited the impoverished men who actually fought in the war.

The South is luckily that they weren't roundly massacred after the war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434699)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 11:26 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

It doesn't matter how many people owned slaves in the context of who could have avoided a war. It matters that there were plenty of alternate paths for the arrogant Yankees to take and they didn't take them. Plain and simple. And when you essentially endorse them being massacred, you prove you didn't give a shit about anything involved except for sticking it to people you called "treasonous" for not being loyal to a country they didn't recognize.

No wonder the fucking North keeps shoving its shit policies down the South's throat today; it's all they ever knew.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434979)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 11:29 AM
Author: Supple narrow-minded pit

"not being loyal to a country they didn't recognize."

See, that's the thing. You cant just choose to not recognize your government. I'd love to stop paying taxes, but I'd go to jail

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434997)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 11:51 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

(George III)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31435108)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:16 AM
Author: Impressive theatre



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434322)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:17 AM
Author: slippery brass sanctuary legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434324)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:37 AM
Author: Lascivious shimmering macaca stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434357)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:47 AM
Author: cordovan startled office

PWN

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434376)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:48 AM
Author: Marvelous Flesh Abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434382)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:49 AM
Author: Orchid Vibrant Mad Cow Disease Legend

ONE | SHOT | KILL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434388)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 8:49 AM
Author: Out-of-control University Fat Ankles

An OP is det

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434389)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:10 AM
Author: Opaque multi-billionaire

OP was gud keed. Did't du nuffin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434438)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:15 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle chapel

OP done here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434443)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:23 AM
Author: Supple narrow-minded pit

Did OP not think this through for 5 seconds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434462)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:29 AM
Author: passionate persian

Put this in the category of first reply killshots

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434472)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:30 AM
Author: Razzle Resort Knife



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434476)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:32 AM
Author: Brilliant insecure field

FATAL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434480)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:49 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

*OP crumples defenselessly to the most obvious counterpunch imaginable*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434567)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:50 AM
Author: vermilion striped hyena coldplay fan

WORLD STAR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434572)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:53 AM
Author: Diverse Gay Location

Someone please archive this in that oneshotkill thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434584)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:59 AM
Author: Orchid Vibrant Mad Cow Disease Legend

Done

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434608)



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Date: August 21st, 2017 9:03 PM
Author: Provocative Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#34041089)



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Date: August 27th, 2017 5:16 PM
Author: bateful mediation gunner

(revisionist Photoshopping Confederate flags into '60s pro-Civil Rights anti-Segregation rallies)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#34079725)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 11:32 AM
Author: Mustard Abusive Antidepressant Drug Circlehead

TAKE THAT OP YOU FUCKING DUMB NIGGER KIKE MONKEY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31435015)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 5:17 PM
Author: Purple site



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31437414)



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Date: September 12th, 2020 1:31 AM
Author: Purple site



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#40907636)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:39 AM
Author: Soul-stirring newt

Edit: Fuck libs and Northern scum

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434505)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 9:54 AM
Author: comical coffee pot

Yes. For example, in a war, the friendly side will see a flag as a symbol of one's own side, while the enemy will see the it as a symbol of the enemy's side.

That's why it's a little troubling that libs all seem to see America as the enemy, and cheer it's downfall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31434586)



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Date: August 27th, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: jet-lagged nursing home depressive

what does being against the confed flag have to do with seeing America as the enemy?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#34079735)



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Date: September 18th, 2016 11:30 AM
Author: domesticated shrine

Dear Faggot,

No.

Thank,

Thnak

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#31435003)



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Date: September 12th, 2020 1:24 AM
Author: Provocative Yarmulke



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3355523&forum_id=2#40907631)