It’s anti-Southern Bigot Awareness Month: Lib-idiots Freak Out Over Gov’t Net Icon
(It’s that special time of year when all the white, whimp, pander pimps, northern haters and black nationalists crawl out of there burrows in an attempt to see their shadow. Today’s installment illustrates a special kind of Stooopid. It seems some idiot noticed that the flag icon on US government websites only had nine stars. It’s not like you could even fit 50 stars in an image that small, but these geniuses immediately jumped to the most ‘sinister’ conclusion they could dream up. Since the CSA flag once had only nine stars, IT HAD TO BE A PRO-CONFEDERATE TRUMP CONSPIRACY. Come on, even Snopes got this one right! – DD)
“A dog whistle to an old confederate flag” – Netizens debate after noticing a 9-star American flag being spotted on major US government websites
The American flag has 50 stars representing the country’s 50 states. However, since February 3, the internet has discovered that major U.S. federal government websites such as the State Department, Department of Defence, FBI, CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services were displaying a flag with only nine stars.
For those unaware, a 9-star American flag seemingly refers to Confederate First National Flag/ Confederate Battle Flag/ Stars and Bars Flag which, as the name suggests, was used by the Confederacy during and after the American Civil War.
In other words, it is a post-Civil War re-union UCV flag dating back to 1900-1920 in which the nine stars symbolize the first nine states to secede from the Union before the start of the Civil War, as per historicalamericana.com.
In the wake of this, netizens are debating the meaning of the 9-star flag on federal government websites.
For instance, Reddit user @CyanCazador commented on @r/NoStupidQuestions page by writing:
“Mm hmm, it’s not like the iPhone has already solved this problem. I’ve heard people say that it’s likely a dog whistle to an old confederate flag…
(When you’re looking for shtupid, anti-Southern Bigots are a target-rich environment -DD)