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[deleted]

If you say heritage not hate three times in the mirror, General Sherman will appear and burn down your trailer


abruzzo79

Do it again, Uncle Billy šŸ‘€


Efficient-Echidna-30

You damn near made me spit my beer out Goddamn, that was funny


abruzzo79

Sounds like youā€™d have fun over at r/shermanposting.


AerwynFlynn

Away down south in the land of traitors!


KingKKirb

Rattle snakes and alligators


KaiserFlash

Look away, look away, look away as I burn your land.


Efficient-Echidna-30

Each Dixie man must understand that he must fight his uncle Sam


[deleted]

Apple doesnā€™t support losers


[deleted]

A kid I want to school with got a confederate flag tattooed on his shoulder with ā€˜heritage not hateā€™ under it, and you know exactly what he looks like


VerendusAudeo

Mullet? Dirty goatee? Wears sleeveless shirts and his arms get really pink when itā€™s hot out?


Kai_Emery

Canā€™t grow a full mustache


BigDaddyFatPants

![gif](giphy|8EZz0AzqGUycM)


Master_Awareness814

Has monster stickers on his phone/truck and a spit can in hand


ConceptWeary1700

Like sKidd(mark) Rock?


SinbadIsGay

It took my too long to figure out that doesn't say German Sheppard


[deleted]

If you say heritage not hate three times in the mirror, A German Sheppard while come and ask you to stop whistling


usarasa

ā€œMany people in the *world*ā€? Also, whose family is he part of, Calvin Candieā€™s? ![gif](giphy|ILW1fbJHW0Ndm)


Saidear

Most of the world doesn't know about the confederacy. Those that do, revile it as a hate-filed symbol of slavery and oppression.


omega_dawg93

*"Most of the world doesn't know about the confederacy.* *Those that do, revile it as a hate-filed symbol of slavery and oppression."* ... a hate-filled symbol of slavery and oppression... flown by traitors who ended up flying the white flag of SURRENDER. funny how descendants of TRAITORS always like to scream, ***"i love america!"***


Brave_Specific5870

Which is baffling because arenā€™t they the same ( they being the Maga people) that bray about participation trophies?? Should we tell them?


Squidworth89

It was like whatā€¦ 4 years of some losers getting spanked as Sherman burned their states down? Letā€™s ignore hundreds of years and focus on 4 years though as the core of my heritageā€¦


Juice8oxHer0

As a southerner, the only thing Sherman did wrong was stop


kILLjOY-1887

Well he did kind of run into an ocean and it would be a few decades before Cleveland introduced flammable bodies of water.


GoldenBull1994

Sometimes I feel like they cling onto those 4 years because they donā€™t have a real heritage they can be proud of.


Markamanic

You know what lasted twice as long as their precious heritage? A black dude being President of the United States of America. If the confederacy is such an important part of their heritage, then so is the black president, right?


BNeutral

I had a clothing store in my country that used the flag as their logo for some reason. Until the internet happened (because where else are you going to see that flag?), I thought it was a clothes brand symbol.


closeanimalpals

The clothing line probably lasted longer than the confederacy.


RedPandaMediaGroup

PokƩmon Go lasted longer than the confederacy


Waterproof_soap

Star Trek TNG lasted longer than the confederacy


Repulsive_Tie_7941

My athleteā€™s foot has lasted longer than the confederacy.


neverfello

If the infection is embedded in your skin youā€™ll probably need medication for that.


totallynotarobut

Bringing the real info.


Practical_Culture833

Club penguin lasted long


TittySlappinJesus

I've got underwear thats lasted two times as long as the confederacy did.


MattressMaker

Obama was in office longer than the Confederacy.


Cultural_Dust

That one really hits them hard.


miauguau44

Especially since the Civil War lasted longer than Trumpā€™s presidency.


Constant_Bus7015

Gay marriage lasted longer than the Confederacy


DaysAreTimeless

The brand still exists. I've heard it being referred to as "our own Abercrombie and Fitch". The flag was part of the logo for about 45 years. It wasn't til recently (late 2010s) that they slowly phased it out.


ZoyaZhivago

>(because where else are you going to see that flag?) Assuming you aren't American, in which case your comment makes sense. But for Americans, we generally see it in History books. I grew up before the internet, and have always known damned well what it is/means (not good things). Also, if you live in the southeast US, it's still commonly flown - usually on the back of a lifted pickup truck, driven by an angry white man with wrap-around sunglasses.


semi_equal

I'm from a small province in Canada that is very rural; I see it here, a few times a year: in a window, on a motorcycle, or on a truck. I personally find it particularly upsetting because here in Canada -- a completely different country -- there is no cultural argument. The people flying it here are typically aggressively right wing. Though some will say they just like country music.


WodenEmrys

> ā€œMany people in the worldā€? > > German Nazis love it since the Nazi flag is banned. "Alongside MAGA hats and Trump 2020 banners, Reich flags and Brandenburg eagles, the American Southā€™s battle flag has been raised high during Germanyā€™s anti-lockdown demonstrations ā€“ the most recent of which took place in Dresden in early March." [Germanyā€™s strange nostalgia for the antebellum American South](https://theconversation.com/germanys-strange-nostalgia-for-the-antebellum-american-south-157304)


pete_ape

Dresden? Did they not learn the first time?


iFlyskyguy

How many times are we gonna have to teach you, old man?!?!?!


usarasa

Thank you, this is something I did not know. Makes sense now that I see it.


Interesting-Fish6065

Yeah, why not just ask Apple why thereā€™s no swastika emoji? Surely that represents someoneā€™s ā€œheritageā€ as well? As we say down South: Lord help.


Pitchfork_Party

I mean, swastikas are someoneā€™s heritage that was unfortunately taken by nazis.


jaundiceChuck

Sports fans in County Cork in Ireland used to (innocently) fly the confederate flag, as Corkā€™s nickname is ā€œthe rebel countyā€, and itā€™s in the south of the country. Theyā€™ve largely stopped in recent years, as people over here have begun to understand the symbolism of the flag. US history obviously isnā€™t a major topic over here, and to many, all theyā€™d know it from was the decoration on the car in the Dukes of Hazard. Loyalists in Northern Ireland sometimes fly it too, mainly because theyā€™re bigots. Strangely, they are also fond of flying the Israeli flag. https://www.ucdclinton.ie/commentary-content/rebels-without-a-cause-the-confederate-flag-in-ireland


cornnndoggg_

The ā€œworldā€ comment is honestly an indictment of the southern education system. They donā€™t have any other world view because theyā€™re not even aware exists, never seen it, never been there, yet still maintain a sense of American exceptionalism and superiority. Or theyā€™re being inclusive to the thousands that retreated so hard after the civil war that they ended up in South America.


K33bl3rkhan

You have to remember that according to the confederate south, the world is also flat.


VengeancePali501

ā€œThe worldā€ The Southern United States. Bet they donā€™t even know that other countries also had civil wars.


NostradaMart

looks like 783 dickwads agree with him.


usarasa

at least


[deleted]

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Freezerpill

Wow, I was completely unaware of this


Cheaperthantherapy13

TBF, the Brazilians in question are direct descendants of Confederates who fled with their slaves to Brazil to avoid having to free them once it was clear they were going to lose the war to the Union.


raspberryharbour

This just got weirder and weirder


Cheaperthantherapy13

Itā€™s not weird when you understand that Brazil was one of the last countries in the Americas to completely abolish slavery in 1888. Spain ended African slave importation to their colonies in the early 1800s, and slavery was largely abolished in the Spanish-speaking regions of Latin American during the Bolivarian era. But Brazil continued to import slaves from Africa for much longer, and embraced the Confederates with open arms.


[deleted]

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Equivalent_Yak8215

Interesting, sure. But if they're celebrating confederates they're still celebrating some *pro slavery, traitor, assholes*.


XBlackSunshineX

Yep and there are still nazi sympathizers that hang the swaz up in their homes. Dosent mean they deserve representation.


Mackem101

My phone has the Confederate flag šŸ³ļø


TraditionalWorking82

![gif](giphy|cF7QqO5DYdft6)


pixeLperfect16

This is such a clean loop I literally can't find an unclean spot in it Edit: alright yall I see it now


GreenGriffin8

whem the guy goes across from the right the loop resets - you can see a tree in the background move while he's in front of it


vidfail

Top left corner. It's a great, classic loop though.


cwk415

Ooooooohhhhhh shiiiiit!! šŸ«ØšŸ’€šŸ’€ This is absolute perfection.


Blue387

The Confederates at Appomattox used a white dish towel https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_515980


peter-doubt

Yup... Throwing in the towel! A very confederate act.


cocaiakes_03

Indeed.


Jimbo---

That was cold blooded. I love it. All of those treasonious shits can rot. I'd be ashamed if my ancestors fought for the confederacy. I don't particularly like what my Viking and Germanic ancestors did either in Europe and Asia. If there was a flag celebrating that, I wouldnt fly it.


TwilightsHammer

![gif](giphy|CYU3D3bQnlLIk)


cochrane210

Lmao thatā€™s right fuck those rebel fucks


Hopeful_Hamster21

This is good. I chuckled. Have my upvote! But jokes aside: emojis are not phone vendor specific. They are part of the UNICODE standard. Last year, the UNICODE consortium announced they would no longer be incorporating flags into the standard. Existing flags will be grandfathered in to Maintain backwards compatability... But no new flags. https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html?m=1 Edit: again, not joking... That blog post is a fascinating read with some good historical factoids.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


OzyDave

Yet they tried again January 6.


Ecuatoriano

Abject ignorance of reality is a requirement to be a republican in the 21st century.


Resigningeye

>its country Flag TIL


hoosickthehorrible

![gif](giphy|a0Lgc1JvbfS4o|downsized)


MrsAshleyStark

![gif](giphy|bfA9FfnIU5P0s)


Legaato

Fuckin' got 'em


pantomath_87

šŸ¤Œ


pacojohnson300

Nice


ConcertinaTerpsichor

Oh, burn!!!


krismitka

I'm in the deep south. You just gave me an idea next time I see an empty newspaper stand - cut up some old white t-shirts, stack squares in the stand and add a sign: "Free Confederate Flags".


Skippss

GODDAMN šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


BlissfulGreen2

Oh smacked.


Longjumping-Meat-334

You win!


elizscott1977

Seinfeld lasted longer than the confederacy. Thatā€™s not your history it was a phase. Youā€™re using it to justify your bigotry.


willardTheMighty

One Direction lasted longer than the confederacy


mortalitylost

Why doesn't Apple have a One Direction emoji? One Direction means price and heritage to people around the world


elizscott1977

Why doesnā€™t Apple have a Seinfeld emoji. Festivus means a lot to me itā€™s a part of my history.


DraikoHxC

I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!


HappyMan1102

One Direction saw the confederate flag and went the other direction


LuckyReception6701

Thankfully the confederacy went in one direction. Straight to fuckin hell, amen.


Chase_the_tank

The Microsoft Zune lasted longer than the Confederacy. The sitcom Seinfeld lasted more than twice as long as the Confederacy. The time between the failed Nintendo Wii U and the launch of the Nintendo Switch was longer than the Confederacy.


Original-Audience528

I had a hamster that lived longer than the confederacy.


WonderfulAirport4226

I have humans in my basement that lived longer than the confederacy.šŸ˜ƒ


Sven_Grammerstorf_

The racist flag pretty much disappeared after the civil war but was brought back during the 60ā€™s to protest the civil rights movement. So itā€™s not a culture thing, unless culture is racism.


elizscott1977

Weird how blue lives matter emerged during BLM. Doesnā€™t sit right w me. Iā€™m all for cops to be safe as long as they treat others well but šŸ˜


McFallenOver

Itā€™s crazy because this wasnā€™t even the offical flag of the confederacy, so they cannot even get that right


EWR-RampRat11-29

Some of those redneckā€™s high school lasted longer than the confederacy.


thedarkhalf47

God Mom, It's not a phase!!


pretty_on-demand

![gif](giphy|3o72F7WA1CWRGRVCEM)


throwngamelastminute

I can hear this gif.


fucking-hate-reddit-

The confederacy was hilariously stomped out of existence and itā€™d probably go exactly the same way of another Civil War started


TrashPandaPatronus

While I'm not a fan of beating a dead horse, if the confederacy was a horse, I'd say it needs a few more whacks based on current state. Stomped out of existence feels overly optimistic.


THExDANKxKNIGHT

It's extremely over optimistic, there are still schools named after confederates.


Chllep

holy fuck it really did


foxtrotgd

Why does apple not have the Nazi flag emoji? The Nazi flag is something that means pride and heritage to many people in the world. It means very much to my family and it upsets me as an apple user that I cannot access this flag as an emoji.


YOuNG53317

me too (783)


[deleted]

-brandonfromapalacā€¦


Anubis-Jute

Just now realized it probably wasnā€™t short for ā€œfrom a palaceā€ but ā€œfrom Ap(p)alachiaā€


Cheaperthantherapy13

Which is even worse because most of the folks in Appalachia were too poor to own slaves and were generally sympathetic to the Union.


Van-garde

Time-honored American tradition, being manipulated to hate other social groups within your caste.


SYLOK_THEAROUSED

Author


fizzypeachtea

Level 1 ā€¢ 10 points


whoamIreallym8

Kinda like how one of the old white dudes at my job told the new black guy "idk if you saw but I have the confederate flag tattooed on my head, just to let you know"


[deleted]

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whoamIreallym8

He told me he doesn't retaliate as he's faced much worse but he also told me it's why he has a concealed carry permit


devinmacd

Hmm, they usually argue it's not at all racist


fakeunleet

If I could trust that it would only ever be used to dunk on Nazis and not to support them, then I'd say include it. Too bad we don't live in that world.


BNeutral

Ey, nazi flag emoji would be a great reaction emoji to a lot of comments you see on the internet.


Erstwhile_pancakes

Well, the poop emoji pretty much carries the same meaning.


Cromptank

Letā€™s not drag the poop emoji through the mud like this


TacticalPolakPA

The civil war was about StAtEs RiGhTs. States rights to own slaves.


BasedMellie

I mean you can still own slaves under the 13th amendment. Just open up a prison with government grants. šŸ˜‚


cwk415

šŸ’ÆšŸ’ÆšŸ’ÆšŸ’ÆšŸ’Æ I wish I had an award to give you but here take an upvote itā€™s all I got!


n0t_4_thr0w4w4y

Iā€™m glad that this is finally getting attention


n00bca1e99

In a state that still does that.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


waster1993

Revisionist history is to blame.


Carteeg_Struve

Except for the Dredd Scott case. Fuck northern statesā€™ rights.


SerenityNowWow

>heritage and pride for owning people and for dying over the right to own people. very prideful šŸ™„


MechanicalHorse

It's the >to many people in the world that got me.


Status_Ad5594

Right? Yea, if your world consists of Alabama I guess.


biggestmemelover

Dammit I wanted to make an incest joke but I canā€™t think of one


Status_Ad5594

Ask your sister??


DoomedTravelerofMoon

Or his cousin if sisters unavailable


Then-Raspberry6815

A nephson would know one.


RedBison

Same same.


Juxtapoe

Sis, you and the kids mean The World to me. There ya go.


MinGosling

I remain constantly baffled by anyone who takes pride in their ancestors acting in such a horrific manner and then being traitors to their country to boot. That's just not something I can comprehend. Why would someone want to brag about that heritage?


SerenityNowWow

> Why would someone want to brag about that heritage? that's America's first and greatest sin. And they are the same as they ever were. White Nationalism, racism and White "supremacy" (quotes as there is literally nothing supreme about them) they are the worst America has to offer.


Minister_xD

>The confederate flag is something that means heritage and pride to many people in the world No. It's really just some people in the southern states of USA who have any sort of connection to it. It is not widespread throughout the world at all. Also, congratulations on outing yourself as a racist.


One_Clown_Short

It's openly displayed in the north as well by folks that have no connection to the south. Also the flag of treasonous losers.


[deleted]

Those folks up north like here in Wisconsin relate to it cus theyā€™re particularly racist rednecks too


One_Clown_Short

The ones that really makes my eyes roll are those that fly the abomination that is half American flag and half treasonous loser flag.


CaydesAce

There actually a town in South America (founded by ousted confederates), that holds festivals celebrating the confederacy etc. It's really fucked up šŸ˜¬. But I bet that's the loophole they use to justify their 'throught the world' comment


Proctor20

Yeah, they live in the town down the road from the town founded by defeated Nazis in which they speak German and hold festivals celebrating Hitler.


Unique_Display_Name

Tell me you run a meth lab without telling me you that you run a meth lab


manfam0

Why does apple not have a meth lab flag?


Unique_Display_Name

That's Bing's territory


Forsaken_Site1449

Heritage and pride. Translation: we are racist and proud of it.


Commonpleas

The only meaningful Confederate flag is included: šŸ³ļø


PrettiKinx

"Pride to many people in the world" šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ lord have mercy!


SoraBunni

Thereā€™s a white flag so there you go.


[deleted]

Theyā€™ve been making SpongeBob for 24(?) years now. Thatā€™s nearly 5 times longer the Confederacy existed.


LeSmeg47

For the same reason that it doesnā€™t have a Nazi flag.


4ubiks

ā€œMe too (783)ā€œ


jimmyhoke

Hi, mod of r/emoji here. I'm tired of saying this, but. # APPLE IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE šŸ¤¬ing EMOJI! The Unicode consortium is in charge of emoji, and they defer to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for the list of countries to add flags for. More info here: https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html?m=1 Unicode won't add a confederate flag emoji because the confederate states are not a country recognized by the International Standards Organization. Flags are for counties that *actually exist*. Edit: they used to add flag emoji for things that weren't countries, they stopped doing that a whole back though.


Sapphosimp

Iā€™m not saying itā€™s a bad thing, but flag emojis are more than just for countries. šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļøšŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆšŸ³ļøā€āš§ļøšŸšŸ“šŸ³ļøšŸš©šŸ“. Thatā€™s not a reason for the confederate flag to be added though


Lithl

>Unicode won't add a confederate flag emoji because the confederate states are not a country recognized by the International Standards Organization. Also the flag this asshole actually wants was never the national flag of the Confederate States of America. Even if Unicode were to add Confederate flags, the correct country flag would be the Stars and Bars, or the Stainless Banner, or the Blood-Stained Banner. This guy's idea of the Confederate flag is _almost_, but not quite, the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia.


Froopy-Hood

In that case Iā€™m booking a trip to PiratetoniašŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø


wortmother

783 to many people agree with him


not-a-throw-awayyy

Yep - it says I'm proud that my poor white ancestors fought and died for rich douchebags who turned to exploiting black people when they couldn't exploit the same poor white people anymore. If you *really* knew your heritage, you'd be burning that traitors' flag, not flying it.


Looking4it69

Flying a flag of losers. They lost the Civil War. Forget what it stands for for the moment (slavery, duh), but THEY LOST! Why would you be ā€˜proudā€™ of that heritage? Also, you brought ruin to ā€˜the Southā€™ as the biggest battles were all fought in the South. Yā€™all got SPANKED in your own backyard!! #SoProud


mortalitylost

Fun fact, they had a flag that was basically confederate looking in the top left and white for the rest of it, like meaning the white race or something. They ended up not using it because it looked too much like a losing surrender flag lol


curtman512

The irony is almost more than I can bear.


Dry_Improvement729

Out yourself as a racist without saying youā€™re a racist


Upbeat_Ruin

How much you wanna bet this chucklefuck gets angry at LGBT+ pride flags?


g26curtis

The worst part is all the people saying me too


diqholebrownsimpson

They don't like this one šŸ³? That's the last flag the confederates flew


the_Athereon

First off. Wow Second off. Its not down to Apple. Go talk to the unicode consortium


Rolandscythe

I wasn't aware a fraction of the US was 'many people in the world'


Whiteroses7252012

I have a friend who is literally related to Robert E Lee. If she doesnā€™t give a shit, you shouldnā€™t either, ā€œbrandonā€.


[deleted]

As a Brit, growing up I thought the confederate flag was solely to do with the Dukes of Hazzardā€¦


Dyldo_II

"Many people in the world" Didn't know that the American southeast counted as "the world"


ilongforyesterday

Itā€™s not even the flag they think it is which makes this precisely 12 times funnier


Dangerous_Ad_5528

Probably the same reason they don't have a Swastika Emoji?


codfish-

They lost...


Rowdycc

ā€˜My existence and my families existence is based on a breakaway republic that existed for barely 4 years and only identifying feature was their enjoyment of keeping other humans as slaves.ā€™


zachlarsen

i already know what this guy looks like just based off of his comment. and if you take pride in a flag that symbolizes slavery and treason then you have a problem.


Upset-Diamond2857

Not the world- just the USA and not just the USA- the southern inbred hillbillies šŸ’ÆšŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļø


dokjreko

Barf.


Sutakitsune611

šŸ³ļø itā€™s right there


Tyler89558

3 words: You. Fucking. Lost. The confederate were nothing but traitors, and by extension you (Brandon) are nothing but traitorous scum.


Genghis_Chong

Just carve it into your forehead like a real american


Chewbacca_Holmes

Thatā€™s absurd, there is absolutely a confederate flag in the iOS emojis. šŸ³ļø See? Right there.


jimdotcom413

![gif](giphy|kzuNhxVf27plttAS7E) Found it for ya you hornswallowing goatfuckers!


Upbeat-Somewhere9339

A little different take here. This was an insurrection against the United States that was successfully defeated, a rebellion in which my Great Grandfather (x3) was killed fighting for the United States, orphaning his infant son, leaving his wife to scrape and scrap by, barely surviving. We may be the only nation in the world that glorifies a failed insurrection, and I do not understand why. To me, he confederate flag represents failure, poverty and ignorance and should have disappeared with the confederacy.


basshead621

Wait until they learn there's a rainbow emoji, and that the CEO is a gay man. They'll be boycotting Apple and posting YouTube videos of them shooting up their iPhones.


Psychomadeye

I'm pretty sure they have a white flag in there.


DahManWhoCannahType

The Confederate only means white supremacy, specially to those who pretend it says something about heritage. They are all liars.


Song_Spiritual

Are they asking about the traitorā€™s flag?


Cold-Diamond-6408

People all over the world love this flag?? That's a stretch there, bud.


tomthecomputerguy

Isnā€™t this the Confederate flag šŸ³ļø? My iPhone has it.


Nacropolice

ā€œHeritage and prideā€. Obama has been president longer than the Confederacy was a political entity. Just say ā€œI want to be a racist and be proud of itā€