Yeah antisemitism is not a deep rooted ideology in the United States, at least not to the extent it is in Europe. It exists and has existed certainly, but not nearly like Europe
Honestly, sort of an aside, but the designer of the flag explained in a letter once, that the reason he chose the X-shape (a saltire) for the flag, instead of the “normal” upright cross as found in the South Carolina secession flag that inspired the Confederate flag… Was specifically to avoid potential objections from “the Jews & many Protestant sects” over the use of a religious symbol. And that’ll just never not be funny to me? “Yeah I’m designing a flag for a settler-colonial state whose sole purpose is to preserve the reprehensible, moribund institution of keeping our fellow human beings as chattel, but like… I’m not an antisemite, OK?”
Oh, and by the way, in that same letter, William Porcher Miles wrote that the Confederate flag’s saltire represented “strength and progress” because the word saltire comes from the Latin for “I leap” — which, again, I can’t help but find ridiculously ironic, to characterize an entity whose sole purpose was to prevent progress as “progressive”.
Yeah antisemitism is not a deep rooted ideology in the United States, at least not to the extent it is in Europe. It exists and has existed certainly, but not nearly like Europe
Honestly, sort of an aside, but the designer of the
flag explained in a letter once, that the reason he chose the X-shape (a saltire) for the flag, instead of the “normal” upright cross as found in the South Carolina secession flag that inspired the Confederate flag… Was specifically to avoid potential objections from “the Jews & many Protestant sects” over the use of a religious symbol. And that’ll just never not be funny to me? “Yeah I’m designing a flag for a settler-colonial state whose sole purpose is to preserve the reprehensible, moribund institution of keeping our fellow human beings as chattel, but like… I’m not an antisemite, OK?”
Professional racists have standards, you wouldn’t get it
Oh, and by the way, in that same letter, William Porcher Miles wrote that the Confederate flag’s saltire represented “strength and progress” because the word saltire comes from the Latin for “I leap” — which, again, I can’t help but find ridiculously ironic, to characterize an entity whose sole purpose was to prevent progress as “progressive”.
Real “Break only one law at a time” vibes. Can’t be racist against everyone, one at a time!
sounds kinda woke
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