• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    “Removal of citizens’ right to have (the license plates) is deliberate discrimination by the government and the state of Virginia … only hatred and discrimination by the Commonwealth causes a committee vote to remove them,” Edward Willis, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, told the panel.

    So according to this racist asshole removing the traitor’s flag, which is a genuine symbol of hatred and discrimination from a government license plate IS hatred and discrimination.

    These people are unbelievable.

    • Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      They speak in bad faith. They’re just racists who are too coward to admit that they’re racist and feign outrage to justify being racist.

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      4 months ago

      VA was a red state until very recently. Now it’s like light blue/purple. Still lots of stars and bars being flown down in southwestern VA.

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            They can’t be near people. They quickly get outed as complete cunts. So they flee to the edges where it’s easier to hide.

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            You should see rural Pennsylvania. It is truly wild how less populated areas universally and unanimously decided to be home to the biggest pieces of shit.

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            The Mason-Dixon Line was drawn including Maryland to the south, and defined political divide for centuries. Maryland was considered “southern” until the 60s. It was the first state to become progressive and creep closer to the Union states north of it.

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              yes, that’s my point. maryland was a slave state, but it didn’t secede. so there’s really only one way to interpret those flags, and it ain’t culture or heritage.