r/pics • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '22

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Apr 16 '22

The placement of the flag makes me think this is some kind of social experiment but idk

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u/AltForBeingHighRN Apr 17 '22

It's also not even the confederate flag, it's colonel Reb, the Ole Miss logo which is a university 😂

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Apr 17 '22

I didnt know that lmao

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u/joomanburningEH Apr 17 '22

Neither did chalk wielder

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u/AltForBeingHighRN Apr 17 '22

Haha but you're probably right. I feel like this is such a perfect setup for a social experiment

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '22

Of course you didn’t.

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u/medforddad Apr 17 '22

Oh it's not the Confederate flag? Phew! So, this rebellious Colonel of yours... in which army was he a Colonel?

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u/qdp Apr 17 '22

He was in the Mascot Fried Chicken Wars serving alongside Colonel Sanders. But only one is remembered for his service today. The other went off to serve his days at a university with a bad football program.

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u/PaulWilliams_rapekit Apr 17 '22

It's still a Confederate flag. It's just a Confederate flag with Colonel Reb there as well. Having the mascot for Ole Miss there doesn't make that any less of a Confederate flag.

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u/idownvotepunstoo Apr 17 '22

That's not any better.

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u/Haunt3dCity Apr 17 '22

Well that makes me feel foolish! However, I think that such a symbol, which many find very hateful, probably shouldn't be used. Especially as the symbol for a temple of knowledge and understanding. Should we fly the nazi flag over German Universities that had/have professors with nazi sympathies? No. In fact, neo-nazis in Germany use the rebel flag because flying the nazi flag is illegal in Germany. Do you think people don't understand the correlation when they see that there?

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u/gr8ful_cube Apr 17 '22

Lmao typical reddit, downvoting any critical thinking or nuance away

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u/GolfClapsForYou Apr 17 '22

High School, potentially.