7th October 2015, 7:33 AM
I live in Oklahoma. Just to make it clear, Oklahoma wasn't even a state during the Civil War, and as such was neither part of the north or the south at that time (though plenty of fighting happened in that territory).
However, that hasn't stopped a bunch of Oklahoman idiots from flying the flag when Obama came to speak, them claiming "heritage". Yes, the idiocy of heritage claims is so strong that rednecks in states that weren't even PART of the confederacy claim it as part of that state's proud history. (And no, Oklahoma never flew this flag at the capitol in it's history.) I'm not even sure what the end game was here. Why Obama? What's he got to do with this flag?
http://time.com/3960867/obama-confederat...-oklahoma/
I don't even know how to tackle this one. I'm a bit disappointed that Time didn't bother to point out this glaring historical idiocy though.
However, that hasn't stopped a bunch of Oklahoman idiots from flying the flag when Obama came to speak, them claiming "heritage". Yes, the idiocy of heritage claims is so strong that rednecks in states that weren't even PART of the confederacy claim it as part of that state's proud history. (And no, Oklahoma never flew this flag at the capitol in it's history.) I'm not even sure what the end game was here. Why Obama? What's he got to do with this flag?
http://time.com/3960867/obama-confederat...-oklahoma/
I don't even know how to tackle this one. I'm a bit disappointed that Time didn't bother to point out this glaring historical idiocy though.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)