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Long Island fire districts pay $28,000 in fines for displaying Confederate flags (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What the fuck, muh confederate heritage in Long Island?!

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You must not be familiar with how traditionally batshit Long Islanders are

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

I am not. I lived in the southeast for years, though, so it's boggling to see the people behind the 'war of northern aggression' waving Confederate flags

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Long Island is where the trash from the Jersey shore originates. Long Island is littered with racist towns filled with trashy people.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Ohhhh, it's the Alabama of the Northeast

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Jersey was also a union state though

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see anything about how the people responsible for flying a confederate flag were removed from positions of authority, nor that they really learned anything.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 1 day ago

Do tax payers have to pay that? They surely learned a lot.

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

To all my POC, this is an example of how the whites and their institutions can not be trusted. This is why you must band together, create and/or join mutual aid organizations. Band together, even if there are cultural/ethnic/racial devices between us, because the whites will always come for us or stand aside when their brethren do. This is most important now that we're facing the final stages of a fascist takeover. Be united, be prepared, and stay safe.

[–] praxis_jack@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

I hate it here

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I think I saw something about some UPS trucks or FedEx trucks branding confed stickers as well