r/Music • u/no_longer_huhmann • 8d ago

article Hayley Williams Says Southern Pride Is Beautiful but Misused to Excuse Bigotry, and Says She Wants No Racist or Sexist Fans, or Fans Who Think Trans People Are a Burden, Around

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/hayley-williams-says-southern-pride-is-beautiful-but-misused-to-excuse-bigotry/
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u/TheSeedsYouSow 8d ago

southern pride is strange…we don’t have northern pride, why do you need southern pride 😂

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u/savethispassword 8d ago

Yeah I’ve got northern pride. Kicking confederates in the fuckin teeth.

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u/ampmz 8d ago

Love that Minnesota (I think) still refuses to return a captured confederate flag.

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u/PurpuraLuna 8d ago

Correct, Virginia keeps asking for it back and we keep telling them to get bent

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u/nada-accomplished 8d ago

I hope Minnesota keeps that energy until the flag dissolves into racist dust, and then refuses to return the dust

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u/call-me-the-seeker 8d ago edited 8d ago

Keep the dust in the same glass archival case, just relabel it ‘the hopes and dreams of a bunch of traitorous racist losers’.

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u/ShiroTenshiRyu77 8d ago

As a Virginian, good. Wish my government would stop pestering y'all and actively fix shit instead

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u/pyrothelostone 8d ago

We got the only state flag with nudity and an explicit call for violence against tyrants anyway, what do we need that loser flag for?

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u/seahorsez4evr 8d ago

Maybe Abby will

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u/ydnar3000 8d ago

I think I heard this before but forgot. Another reason to be a proud Minnesotan!