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In reply to the discussion: All yankees move out of the South. [View all]mistertrickster
(7,062 posts)105. I'll bet you live in a state that has the Confederate flag flying above the statehouse.
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Here are the two flags most associated with the Confederate rebellion--the Stars and Bars and the Rebel Battle Flag
Here's Texas's flag, which looks a lot like the Stars and Bars
Here's North Carolina's flag
Here's the new and the old Georgia state flag
1956 Georgia state flag
Alabama state flag (which is virtually identical to Florida's state flag)
Mississippi state flag combines BOTH the Stars and Bars and the Rebel battle flag
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Good thing it's all ancient history from ten generations ago . . . (sarcasm)
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I once told a southerner as we were driving near the Gros Ventres in Wyoming.
Drahthaardogs
Feb 2012
#81
I was agree with the poster. I am a Yankee living in the south. I meant if someone
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#73
I think the border extends west from JAX, then down to Ocala, back up to Tallahassee and ends at PC.
aikoaiko
Feb 2012
#53
Your right about the resentment being below the surface. When I moved to the south I noticed it
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#30
If all the yankees moved back north the south would lose a lot of political clout which I guess
libinnyandia
Feb 2012
#17
Two of the dancers and several others in the video were African-Americans
Art_from_Ark
Feb 2012
#137
When dealing with barbarians and traitors that were hellbent on keeping other human beings as
bluestate10
Feb 2012
#71
Or maybe you should stop the tedious practice of holding people responsible for an entire region
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2012
#104
I'll bet you live in a state that has the Confederate flag flying above the statehouse.
mistertrickster
Feb 2012
#105
I'm just amazed that there are still people who are bitter about...the CIVIL WAR.
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2012
#109
trof, ain't it sad that you had to actually explain such an obviously satirical post?
11 Bravo
Feb 2012
#68
You keep yours, I will keep mine. I love the sound, vibrancy and class of a northern city. nt
bluestate10
Feb 2012
#74
Someone's taking their Civil War Reenactments a little too seriously. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2012
#107