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Indiana_Charter t1_iu5gue1 wrote

Most US state flags involve blue and red, but this map suggests that southern states are more likely to have more red, while northern states are more likely to have more blue.

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Khanahar t1_iu6lfar wrote

That’s the aesthetic legacy of the confederacy, I’m afraid.

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_OriamRiniDadelos_ t1_iu7lngm wrote

And it’s not even a tradition left over from the war. A bunch of those southern states only added confederate symbols decades after the war, when they where cracking down on freedom. “Lost cause” movement I think it’s called

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MulesAreSoHalfAss t1_iu7mgj1 wrote

I don't want to well actually....

but actually most of the northern states are the ugly crest on a blue background and have little to no red

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comatose-buddha t1_iu8biq0 wrote

I’m not from the US, but do listen to the blues quite a bit…doesn’t that have more of a southern origin?

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Bwustin t1_iu8mk2g wrote

Hahaha this made my day bro. What the comment is originally referring to is blue states or “left wing/progressive” while red states are “right wing/conservative”. And most southern states are conservative while most northern states are progressive or liberal. The blues music refers to something else entirely but is from the south, you are correct.

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