MainelyKahnt t1_j47dl0i wrote on January 13, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Reply to comment by The_Tacomeister in They failed to recognize the fact that the hero called Joshua chamberlain who turned the tide of the civil war is from the great state of Maine. We haven’t though. by ADHDrulez

The even more hilarious thing is that they are historically wrong when they (even southerners) claim the "heritage" bullshit. The stars and bars was never the flag of the CSA. It was a little used naval jack towards the end of the war that was co-opted by the racist dixie-crats during the jim crow era. So that flag has literally ONLY been used to represent racism in this country (save for being on a ship or two for like a few months before it was replaced with the white flag of surrender)

Squidworth89 t1_j49k55q wrote on January 14, 2023 at 2:46 AM

Stars and bars was their first flag and was flown in battle at the start. Not just a couple boats.

It was found to be too close to Union flags, which birthed the southern cross battle flag everyone recognizes today.