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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22347419

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22347413

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Surrender_flag_of_the_Civil_War_by_Matthew_Bisanz.JPG

Yes, it's a flag of surrender. And also a literal dishtowel. They used what they had, which wasn't much, apparently, lmao

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[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

in fairness taking a white flag to war is gonna get called out as expecting to lose, so of all the things you'd expect them to have that wouldn't be it

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

You don't need to play devil's advocate for traitorous slavers.