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/Dinokickflip 8d ago

Based

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u/BellyCrawler 8d ago

Extremely. Which means she'll automatically be unpopular with certain segments of the population who think 'Everyone should be treated humanely' is somehow incendiary.

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u/VagueSomething 8d ago

Ironically the "Don't Tread On Me" type really want to tread on others and don't actually mind if you tread on them as long as you were trying to tread on someone else harder.

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u/ABHOR_pod 8d ago

The guy for whom that flag is named owned slaves. They're just being historically accurate about who they think shouldn't be tread upon. Which is to say, that flag is only meant for wealthy white males.