To be fair, there was a long time when the Confederate Battle Flag appeared to have been given a new meaning, one that was more about regional pride than, y'know, the time that particular region decided to secede from its host nation out of the fear that they could abolish slavery (which, ironically, only ended up happening because that act triggered the only conditions where the Union could even do so). And that time only really ended less than a decade ago when it became abundantly clear that those same racist and white supermacist sentiments that inspired that insurrection were alive, well, and strong enough to lead to mass shootings and flipping elections.
Granted, a lot of people still saw the uglier meaning behind that symbol, but until fairly recently, you could still argue in good faith that you just saw it as a symbol of the part of America you called home, or even just a sign that you liked Lynyrd Skynyrd enough to buy some of their merch back when they still plastered that flag all over everything. Yes, I fell into that last category when I bought one of their T-shirts about a decade ago. No, I don't wear it anymore for obvious reasons, both moral and, frankly, practical. And with everything that's happened since 2015, those days are gone. Everyone on the mainstream has abandoned that symbol. Skynyrd doesn't even use it anymore (the official shop only has the American flag plastered on everything, although it looks like third-party sites like Rockabilia still have some of the old merch). Now it's just the far-right and the blatant racists using it, and as long as they're going to base their identities on keeping a good-sized portion of the population down, they can fucking have it. It may be theoretically possible to give it a new meaning, but not now. Not when one of the US' two major parties has all but officially embraced white supremacy.
That said, besides the racist connotations, why the fuck are protesters in Canada even bothering with it?
Granted, a lot of people still saw the uglier meaning behind that symbol, but until fairly recently, you could still argue in good faith that you just saw it as a symbol of the part of America you called home, or even just a sign that you liked Lynyrd Skynyrd enough to buy some of their merch back when they still plastered that flag all over everything. Yes, I fell into that last category when I bought one of their T-shirts about a decade ago. No, I don't wear it anymore for obvious reasons, both moral and, frankly, practical. And with everything that's happened since 2015, those days are gone. Everyone on the mainstream has abandoned that symbol. Skynyrd doesn't even use it anymore (the official shop only has the American flag plastered on everything, although it looks like third-party sites like Rockabilia still have some of the old merch). Now it's just the far-right and the blatant racists using it, and as long as they're going to base their identities on keeping a good-sized portion of the population down, they can fucking have it. It may be theoretically possible to give it a new meaning, but not now. Not when one of the US' two major parties has all but officially embraced white supremacy.
That said, besides the racist connotations, why the fuck are protesters in Canada even bothering with it?
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
