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[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 135 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (47 children)

Illinoisan here, Pennsylvania and Idaho need to get their heads checked. I wouldn’t consider anything west of Kansas or east of Ohio(being generous there) as Midwest. Also just about anything south of the Missouri Compromise Line is a southern state, the Midwest is not the home of traitors.

Edit: correct mason Dixon to Missouri compromise

[–] cave@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Wait until you see the Confederate flags in PA. Ya know, where the battle of Gettysburg happened. Very much not a southern state. It's wild seeing this shit in my neighborhood.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So much not a southern state that its bottom border is literally the Mason-Dixon line. Some people are, indeed, whack.

I have seen Confederate battle flags flying on trucks and houses in and around Gettysburg, no less. I get the impression that people are not doing this for historical reenactment purposes...

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago

It's the racism. That's why.

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