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The_Tacomeister t1_j476rw4 wrote

Reply to comment by Bunkerhillbilly 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

Exactly. Why tf the losers trying to bring it back?

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MainelyKahnt t1_j47dl0i wrote

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)

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Squidworth89 t1_j49k55q wrote

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.

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Bunkerhillbilly t1_j47antw wrote

Need to teach it better in school apparently..

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The_Tacomeister t1_j47b1d9 wrote

I'm at Old Town Highschool. The history and JROTC programs make sure we know our state's history, yet we still got yee yee Confederate wannabes. Like guys the McRib has been around longer than the confeferacy

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OmniMegaGiraffe t1_j47ptqz wrote

Old Town High is so weird. Left leaning teachers, but a very strong right wing student base...at least when I was there. Also surprisingly less diverse than Orono. The Indian Island kids mostly go to Orono

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geneticswag t1_j47frz8 wrote

Granparents aren’t here to slap them around for it. Same reason Trump convinced so many boomers to link up alongside literal Nazi’s - their dad’s who fought in the war couldn’t call them out on it. Or at least that’s how I feel.

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