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ihavebigboobiezz t1_jbbafsx wrote

I have a feeling this isn’t real because what elderly man chooses to undergo the physical labor of putting up a flag when he doesn’t even know the meaning of the flag?

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thehillshaveI t1_jbbbzbd wrote

also buying the flag. he didn't walk into a shop on atwells and walk out with that.

judging by the size and location of that building i would guess that most of it is rented out, and someone in this family realized a housing discrimination claim would be ruinous.

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Silentjosh37 t1_jbc7urc wrote

Exactly, not like you can just pick up a Confederate flag at stop and shop while you are picking up your groceries. Its not a thing you can accidentally buy or even order through Amazon. You have to go to some pretty specific stores to "accidentally" stumble upon one. There were a bunch of stores that sold flags like that and others of that ilk that said something along the lines of like "Let's Go Brandon", which I think is a reference to the dog from Punky Brewster, but I digress, that had gone out of business sometime last year, though they might still be lurking out there. The Venn diagram of the people that frequent that store and racists is almost a virtual circle.

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thehillshaveI t1_jbc9xbx wrote

yeah, beyond going to amazon idk where i could lay my hands on the racist traitor flag right now. never accidentally stumbled across one.

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Silentjosh37 t1_jbcau7a wrote

Yeah its not like you go to Jo-Ann fabrics, and start flipping through the novelty flags like, Easter Bunny with eggs, New England Pats, Spring has Sprung, racist dogwhistle, St Patricks shamrock... etc

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Silentjosh37 t1_jbbzx1m wrote

I have a feeling you a very well right. This person just happened to see the post about their racist father doing racist shit outside of his house and decides to create a reddit account just to "explain" dad isn't racist just confused. You would have to be living under a rock for his whole life for that to be the case, and the fact that they are now flying "Old Glory" upside down, which is another go to of the "totally not racist" crowd.

Day old account with no post history and hasn't responded to a single post on here. Or they have with their alt account "defendin pops" and that everyone should just lay off.

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Soggy_Background_162 t1_jbc75rn wrote

Does anyone actually know what flag was put up “unknowingly?” This all sounds very deliberate

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Silentjosh37 t1_jbc8e5w wrote

There was video of it posted yesterday, doesn't seem like an accidental confederate flag raising.

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Silvedl t1_jbc8hf8 wrote

It was the confederate flag, I believe.

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