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FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E.
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    Ohio checking in…why do we have confederate flags in northern Ohio? Hell the only thing seperating us from Canada is a god damn lake!!! How much more north can you get???

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      How much more north can you get???

      I seem to recall that you guys and Michigan had a “war” over that exact question…

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        Oh yeah…we lost. We got stuck with toledo…

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          And we got the beautiful, mineral-rich upper peninsula. Pretty good trade in the end!

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      Nova Scotia here, even we’ve got ‘em.

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      I went to Ohio to visit family as a teen in the 90s and it was normal. I went again as an adult and suddenly everyone I wasn’t related to had a southern accent and was very…banjo duel…

      WTF happened to you Ohio?!

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        Heroin.

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      Alaska?

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        Touche

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      It’s the same across all the Midwest - Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas… I don’t even think the Dakotas were states during the Civil War, but there’s the loser-traitor flag all over across the upper Midwest.

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      Idahoan checking in here. Yeah, Confederate flags were a constant sight throughout my time living there (born and raised, just emigrated at 25yo)

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