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Why aren’t confederacy and nazism seen as treason?
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Anonymous 6w

Because those two groups in the States produce the textbooks and control a lot of the media atp and don’t want you thinking critically

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Anonymous 6w

for confederacy at least I think it was bc reconstruction would have been basically impossible if we went “everyone involved in this or who believed in it is a traitor”

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Anonymous 6w

They typically are

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

I’ve never seen anyone get in legal trouble for having confederate flags or nazi symbols

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

It’s crazy how years ago that would’ve been just another conspiracy theory

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Yeah, you could own the flag of a country that we are currently at war with but could also argue that it is an expression of your freedom of speech (which it is).

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

What I meant by "they typically are" is that most people agree it's a treasonous ideology to the values of the United States. You're not literally committing treason by supporting them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

Reconstruction ended too soon

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