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inwiththenew

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2. I know it's rhetorical but one group is proud of its history and the other isn't

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:34 PM

Aug 2017

If you think about the South was never defeated in spirit. Germany most definitely was. In fact I'd argue with the revival in the 20th Century that they were as proud as ever.

I mean the 20th century was full of Confederate battle flag images. Dukes of Hazard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Petty, among other pop culture things as well not to mention the college mascots.

Don't misconstrue this post as a defense of this. I was merely pointing out my observation.

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