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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by catalogia on Thursday July 02, 2020 @04:19PM (#23717565)
> Have you never been to rural NY? The Confederate flag flies all over the place there

Many times, and I can earnestly say I've never seen that. Nor in rural Pennsylvania for that matter, which I would otherwise characterize as slightly less sophisticated than NY. Are there racists in that region? Certainly. But I can't recall ever seeing somebody in those states flying the confederate flag.

I'm sure it's happened before, I'm sure you can find me local news reporting on instances of it. But it's definitely not a common sight.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by xzel on Thursday July 02, 2020 @05:01PM (#23718032)
Counter anecdote: I’ve spent 20 years around PA and I’ve seen it plenty of times throughout the state. Just recently I saw a set of half confederate half American flags near the Water Gap, which was new for me. It’s uncommon in most of PA but it’s pretty common to see handful of Confederate bumper stickers on a drive across the state.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by freehunter on Thursday July 02, 2020 @06:54PM (#23719026)
I'm from Michigan, the state that gave the Union General Custer and when asked to give one regiment actually supplied seven regiments of men to fight against the CSA. And the Confederate battle flag flies everywhere around the state. It's an absolute travesty of history and it's downright embarrassing.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by tptacek on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:02AM (#23720903)
I've seen it in New York, in Pennsylvania, and, memorably, once in northern Ohio, while doing a canvass --- one I wish I'd seen before I knocked on the door and got chased off the property.
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by timsally on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:56AM (#23721136)
Canvasing in Ohio is a blast. I did it once and the field office was based out of a recently shuttered gambling den. Getting yelled at on someone's front porch is unfiltered democracy!
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by tptacek on Friday July 03, 2020 @01:32AM (#23721288)
It was unfiltered, all right.
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