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

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

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

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

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

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

Ohhhh, it's the Alabama of the Northeast

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

Jersey was also a union state though