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[–] TrismegistusMx 120 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's a confederate monument with a huge coward's flag at mile marker 16 on I-24 in West Kentucky. I hate it and wish somebody would do something about it.

[–] Kbobabob 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh won't someone rid me of this racist sign?

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 45 points 1 year ago

Stochastic altruism.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a fine example of stochastic Shakespeare.

[–] SheeEttin 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think that that quote ever appeared in Shakespeare.

[–] Erasmus 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I-40 going thru NC around I think Morganton but I may be off on my towns there is a giant traitors flag right on the edge of the Interstate. Largest I have ever seen.

Also if you are ever in SC traveling toward the coast near Hilton Head you will get the luxury of seeing these billboards.

[–] slumlordthanatos 17 points 1 year ago

...Sherman didn't burn them enough.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They call it the war of northern aggression. There “ain’t nothing civil about it”.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The South sure was civil after they had their asses kicked. That's about it though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I lived nearby, I'd take care of it myself.

[–] TrismegistusMx 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It being on an interstate, pretty much anybody could be a suspect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not like they have round-the-clock security for these places. It'd be pretty easy to just walk in at night and do the deed.

[–] TrismegistusMx 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could even be a fun team building exercise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn't this be as simple as spraying something inflammable at the cloth and lighting it up? One needs a sprayer, a couple of canisters of gas (maybe diesel is better, though, cause gasoline evaporates too fast, various dangers due to it), and matches.

[–] TrismegistusMx 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The flag is too high to spray with anything other a drone. There are some ugly stupid coward statues at the bottom.

Unrelated, did you know that thermite is nothing more than rust and aluminum powder?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's nuance to that, though generally correct, and you also don't have to make it, I think it's available for purchase.