The Fediverse Has Already Lasted Longer Than The US Confederacy

Smithsonian National Museum of American History page about the flag of truce.

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WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Considering its decentralized nature, shouldn't it be called the Confediverse?

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 53 pts · 1y

IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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synae@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Instance's rights to what?

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
affiliate@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

thank you for including the link explaining what the final picture is. this was my first time hearing about the flag of truce and it was a nice way to learn about it.

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y

TLDR for those wondering, it's a rag that was used as the white surrender flag at the end of the civil war

8000gnat@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y

god i love that i didn't have to look this up

finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

The first line is supposed to say "I prefer the real confederate flag".

See it's supposed to flow left to right, the subject of the meme is reacting to the flag.

thenextguy@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
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