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billh58

(6,655 posts) Fri May 7, 2021, 06:52 PM May 2021

The States that made up the Confederacy: [View all]

Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Confederate_states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Confederacy

Notice any geographical similarities to MAGA, QAnon, and Trump worshipers? Notice any ties to current states that are attempting to disenfranchise voters of color and non-European ethnicity?

The flying of the Confederate flag on January 6, 2021 in our nation's capitol was not a coincidence -- it was by design.

The armed Confederate "militias" who so proudly wear their red MAGA hats are itching for another Civil War, and a return to a racist, misogynistic, bigoted way of life for America.

We can't let them win.

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The States that made up the Confederacy: [View all] billh58 May 2021 OP

Missouri and Kentucky were slave states, but they stayed with the Union during the Civil War. Aristus May 2021 #1

It may be in error billh58 May 2021 #2

I found the following on billh58 May 2021 #5

Ask anyone from Kansas MuseRider May 2021 #9

"Bleeding Kansas" is all but forgotten. And it shouldn't be. TygrBright May 2021 #13

I am not certain MuseRider May 2021 #15

By the skin of their teeth. paleotn May 2021 #8

They had state governments in exile, but neither seceded as you stated. Gore1FL May 2021 #12

They also make up the least vaccinated to date. paleotn May 2021 #3

Not Virginia which is now a Blue State! 😁 Duppers May 2021 #18

VA is an exception. paleotn May 2021 #20

Yep, yep, we are! Duppers May 2021 #21

Agree completely about the rube states listed, but a bunch more have been added -- TX, MT, ND, SD, Hoyt May 2021 #4

I was going to add Ohio has plenty. blueinredohio May 2021 #7

We are a purple country scarytomcat May 2021 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn May 2021 #6

This is distressing Deuxcents May 2021 #10

Wow, I always thought Kentucky wasn't part of the Confederacy liberal_mama May 2021 #11

Lots of non-Confederate states are working to resurrect Jim Crow 2.0 Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #14

Your point is well taken billh58 May 2021 #16

West Virginia wasn't part of the Confederacy, appalachiablue May 2021 #17

They guy who carried that flag in the Capitol was from Delaware. Treefrog May 2021 #19

The problem we face today is that MAGA hats & Confederate flags are displayed in every state... Hekate May 2021 #22

Too true, but billh58 May 2021 #23

Hawai'i is my old home state & I was really shocked when that guy turned up in the news... Hekate May 2021 #27

I found this article about Nick Ochs: billh58 May 2021 #28

Good summary. It is to be hoped he gets his just desserts for 1/6 and has a federal vacation... Hekate May 2021 #30

It wouldn't be another civil war, because the first one is ongoing gulliver May 2021 #24

Yes, and in their minds billh58 May 2021 #25

Their goal is white minority rule like Apartheid South Africa. roamer65 May 2021 #37

Colin Woodard's "American Nations" misanthrope May 2021 #26

Thanks for the billh58 May 2021 #29

More Pennsylvanians Have Been Arrested for Capitol Riots Than Residents of Any Other State dalton99a May 2021 #31

And if you ever travel outside Philadelphia tishaLA May 2021 #32

Thank you for this Dalton! Treefrog May 2021 #34

Regional prejudice billh58 May 2021 #35

I grew up in a southern state. Treefrog May 2021 #36

There's no enjoyment to be had billh58 May 2021 #39

Most Southerners say "Civil War" dalton99a May 2021 #38

Point taken billh58 May 2021 #40