Yeah the 50 stars is great symbolism but it means you can't actually draw the flag without a picturehttps://twitter.com/maxmordon/status/769722750739091456 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
@Maxmordon Just merge some states to get it to a manageable number of stars. Do you really need two Dakotas?1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @geek_worlds @arthur_affect
How about the Virginias? They separated due to Civil War, what's their current excuse?
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Replying to @Maxmordon @geek_worlds
the current excuse is that West Virginia is poor as fuck and Virginia doesn't want anything to do with it
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(which was true back then too - it was the poor white folks who saw no benefit in fighting for slavery)
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the reason they didn't remerge right after the war is that the Rebel states temporarily lost their vote in Congress
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they probably should've lost it longer than they did but oh well
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it is on some level deeply ironic that VA proper is now doing so well entirely bc of federal government spending
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all these federal DC commuters coming to live on streets named after Confederate generals
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I visited the spot in Alexandria VA where the 1st civil war casualty happened
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Army officer tried to get a guy to take down his Confederate flag and the guy shot him
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the more things change I guess
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