Yik Yak icon
Join communities on Yik Yak Download
insane when i see confederate flags in upstate new york. girl we are basically in canada take that shit down
upvote 509 downvote

default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

those ppl are so corny. larping the flag of pro slavery losers who lost a war that they weren't even apart of

upvote 100 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

I live in Hawaii and I saw one outside of someone’s house, like bro what are we doing.

upvote 79 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

My Pennsylvania Dutch family talking about some “southern pride”….baby we’ve never even been to the south 😭😭

upvote 60 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Losers flag

upvote 17 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Nick Fuentes of all people thinks having confederate flags is stupid lol His reason is different than the common opinion, but he thinks they’re stupid no less 😂

upvote 12 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

I’m from the south and like NOBODY should fly those because they’re just racist but northerners don’t even have an excuse…

upvote 12 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

My pet peeve is when they call it the “rebel flag” holy larp

upvote 12 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Far from home

upvote 7 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

I think the flag has evolved into a southern pride symbol from what it was. A prof was explaining how objects and symbols evolve in their meanings and such- I was only paying slight attention, he had other examples but I do t remember them. Not saying it’s right or wrong just what he tried explaining. I shoulda paid more attention in that class and others 🤣

upvote 6 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

LMFAO

upvote 5 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

What part of upstate u seeing this?? Bc I don’t see that in Albany area

upvote 5 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Literally not Canada but yes still what the fuck

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Keep it up!

upvote -2 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #5 10w

Mind you the Confederates would’ve called them carpet baggers and burned their farm to the ground.

upvote 45 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

INSANE work omg

upvote 35 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #7 10w

Lmao what’s his reason?

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #9 10w

The confederacy was fighting to keep African Americans in the country, Lincoln wanted to send them to Liberia (voluntarily, not forced repatriation). When Johnson became president, he obviously was sympathetic to the south so he wanted them to remain to be sharecroppers. Had Lincoln remained president for four or even eight more years, there could be a lot less African Americans in the country now had Lincoln’s plan been successful… and that would make Nick Fuentes happy.

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #7 10w

Oh 😀 yikes ok

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #6 10w

unfortunately not good enough when they were never part of the south or confederation and SO many of them didn’t even live or have family from there first

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #9 10w

There was also the proposed resettlement colony of Linconia in Central America

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #6 10w

The Virginia museum of history and culture in Richmond has some good displays about this. Basically that “southern pride” was a deliberate effort by the Daughters of the Confederacy to glorify their racist bs

upvote 8 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #7 10w

Like Mexico or central U.S.?

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Deleted 10w

Comment Deleted

upvote 0 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Lmao not them downvoting you but not actually giving a why. People are so clueless these days about history. Ofc the confederacy was terrible. But generalizing the entire population is stupid

upvote 11 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #16 10w

i’ve seen in broome county area and further upset from albany like closer to fredonia

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

i'm a southerner and kind their comment funny so idk

upvote 7 downvote
default user profile icon
Deleted 10w

Comment Deleted

upvote 0 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Not Amish but we do live around Amish country

upvote 6 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

the non natives that move to hawaii tend to be that kind of people. along with the tourists. anyone with any sense knows to not visit or move to hawaii if you’re not native or don’t have native family

upvote 6 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #9 10w

Modern Panama

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #19 10w

Keep the non-natives out. Racist much?

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #19 10w

Racist

upvote 8 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #18 10w

Again they’re downvoting me for telling people history. Like objective truth history. OP and all the people agreeing are saying every southerner was a racist and wanted to burn every northern town down. Most women, children and even a plurality of men didn’t. The top 3% owned slaves, were there racists? Absolutely but it wasn’t a majority. A good chunk fought simply to keep their land and defend their home. Those people should not be lumped in with the traitors POS elites

upvote 4 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #14 10w

Just as bad as the people flying the flags. Hypocrisy knows no bounds.

upvote 0 downvote
default user profile icon
Deleted 10w

Comment Deleted

upvote 0 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #14 10w

Glad you know ball like me

upvote 3 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #14 10w

I think this is still misleading. The South still voted overwhelmingly against Lincoln’s election. There were unionist strongholds in the South, particularly in the Appalachian footholds where slave owning was rare. But the southern elite had convinced a lot of poor southerners that emancipation of slaves was a threat to their very lives. They held up what happened in Haiti and said “this will happen to you if the slaves are freed”

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #11 10w

“A fear mongering state government brainwashed its people of something. It’s the people’s fault for letting the elite do that to them. That’s what you sound like

upvote 5 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

The confederate isn’t necessarily a sign of racism. It’s usually a sign of pride in stubborn ignorance.

upvote 6 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #21 10w

tell me again why the confederacy seceded from the union?

upvote -2 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

“Tell me why the elites of the confederacy succeeded” Stop generalizing the entire population

upvote 6 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #14 10w

If someone is taught racism by their society does that make them not racist? People don’t just decide to be evil. Racism is a socially transmitted phenomenon which someone can be acculturated into or acculturated out of.

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Confederates aren’t the entire southern population tho and during that war, people did resort to burning farms. Carpet baggers were hated for decades after so their joke isn’t far fetched lol it’s historically based you just didn’t like it. There were free states in the south that didn’t need to side with racists to defend their land

upvote 8 downvote