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I see this everywhere. Hidden or transparent monochrome American black flags on large trucks or 4-Runners. Usually speeding or driving aggressively on the highway.

I found this:

The black and white American flag originated during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. It was created as an opposing symbol to the white flag, which symbolizes surrender. Confederate army soldiers flew the black flag to demonstrate they would not give in or surrender to the enemy. It showed that they would rather be killed than taken in as prisoner.

And this:

Sometimes soldiers show respect for their country by using the black version on their vehicles

My question is for the people doing this. What message are you trying to send? Are you openly telling your coworkers and neighbors that you are still supporting the South in a war that ended long ago? Are you low key showing your support for Trump? Are you ex military showing support for your country? I ask because at least for me, the message is unclear.

  • adroit balloon@lemmy.mlEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    so, your argument is they’re not racist, they’re just stupid?

    lmao

    sorry, internet rando who keeps defending racist traitors has a lot less credibility than the deputy director of the FL ACLU.

    • Throwaway@lemm.ee
      27·
      1 year ago

      More like there’s better things to worry about than the psuedo-history of a cool symbol. Can’t spend your life worrying about what randoms might think, because there will always be someone upset.

      Also I did some googling. Nothing came up for the American monochrome “no quarter” flag. What did come up was old pirate flags. I honestly think he just made it up for the article.

      Edit: heres the wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_quarter

      Super side track, what do you think of Tampa Bay Buccaneer fans? Pittsburg Pirates fans? The Pirate Bay torrent site? Disney, who produced the Pirates of the Carribean?

      • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
        82·
        1 year ago

        you sure seem upset about what people here think about this racist flag you seem so eager to defend. why don’t you practice what you preach?

          • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
            81·
            1 year ago

            no that’s you cherry-picking your sources.

            got this fun meme from another comment!

            • Throwaway@lemm.ee
              27·
              1 year ago

              Its literally the wikipedia article for no-quarter flags. What more do you want?

              • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
                82·
                1 year ago

                Its literally the wikipedia article for no-quarter flags.

                a wikipedia article that doesn’t even mention the flag under discussion, lmao.

                What more do you want?

                what I want is less of you defending racism and racist symbols, but I think that’s asking too much from you.

                  • bauhaus@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    82·
                    1 year ago

                    you’re welcome to keep defending racism and racist symbols while claiming that. I’m sure other racists will believe you.

                • Throwaway@lemm.ee
                  27·
                  1 year ago

                  Also, he called it a no-quarter flag, said it’s racist because it’s a no-quarter flag. And then I showed the wikipedia article for no-quarter flags, and nothing on that page shows a monochrome american flag. And when shown you were wrong, you claimed wikipedia is cherry picking. this is a waste of time.