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  • REallyN [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    The tints of the different colors could be a bit better I feel, but overall I like it.

    Do the number of stars represent anything?

    Also what was the Mississippi flag before 2001?

      • Amorphous [any]
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        4 years ago

        wtf happened in 1906 to make them decide to disconnect the confederate flag from the rest of the flag

        the fact that it originally connected and was specifically changed to look like a compilation of clip art is utterly baffling

        • coolfuzzylemur [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          The reason may be that some versions of the battle flag had a white border

          Four decades after the war, the United Confederate Veterans imposed a uniformity that did not exist during the war, officially designating the blue cross on a square-shaped red field with a white border as the Confederate Battle Flag.

          https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/the-confederate-flag.html

          Four decades would line up with 1906

          • Amorphous [any]
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            4 years ago

            some versions of the battle flag had a white border

            Ohhhh, that makes sense. It's a border around the recognizable confederate flag bit, not an extension of the white stripe. It's still hideous, but at least that makes sense.

            New question, what the fuck were they thinking? Just look at figure 3 in your link. It's like a website that doesn't know how to format your picture correctly lmao

            • coolfuzzylemur [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              Lol, yeah, that one looks pretty bad. As I understand it, the white flag with emblem in top left is a naval ensign or something. Could be confused with a white flag of retreat if the wind wasn't blowing, so they put the red bar on the right edge

              See some examples here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_ensign