Timeline for What are the arguments against abolishing the Confederate flag?
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| Jul 23, 2020 at 12:09 | comment | added | gktscrk | Yeah, Ulster's probably close'ish. What I meant though was that it is essentially a supra-national (if states were nations...) movement while all of the European ones are intra-national (except in the very few cases where the same national group has been split into several countries). It's similar, but the problems here are more regional. Not sure that makes for a huge difference, but even in cases of the same national group being split between different countries, it's more common to see them want their own independent states rather than a joint one. Semantics on my part really... | |
| Jul 23, 2020 at 11:48 | comment | added | Brian Z | @gktscrk I think the aspect of a strong regional sub-national cultural identity has clear parallels in Europe. But I suppose you're right that the Neo-Confederate movement is pretty historically specific.Closest thing I can think of is maybe Ulster Loyalism. | |
| Jul 23, 2020 at 5:07 | comment | added | gktscrk | I think the question is very important, and you've put down a pretty good answer to get to the gist of the 'why'. Also, though in your discussion you said that this was similar to movements in Europe, then it really isn't and that's what makes it more complicated to understand for non-Americans (speaking from my own point-of-view) so something like this is valuable. | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 15:13 | history | edited | Brian Z | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2020 at 14:40 | comment | added | Brian Z | @Ertai87 Took a lot of discussion to get here but I'm glad it's been productive :) | |
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| Jul 22, 2020 at 14:32 | comment | added | Ertai87 | I'll have to do some reading of those related links but this is the type of answer I'm looking for! Thanks for the info! | |
| Jul 22, 2020 at 13:59 | history | edited | Brian Z | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2020 at 13:48 | history | answered | Brian Z | CC BY-SA 4.0 |