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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Virginia House votes to end Confederate tax breaks, license plates

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Virginia House votes to end Confederate tax breaks, license plates

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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The United Daughters of the Confederacy’s headquarters on Arthur Ashe Boulevard is currently assessed at $4,766,000, which would mean its real estate tax would be $57,192.
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    Authorized in 1999? What in the cousin fucking?

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      That’s how it is in rural VA.

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      VA was a red state until very recently. Now it’s like light blue/purple. Still lots of stars and bars being flown down in southwestern VA.

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        That’s wild. Every time I drive through West Virginia and see confederate flags flying, I have to marvel at the purest form of irony to exist in these modern times.

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          Yeah the North/South divide has mostly morphed to Urban/Rural. You’ll see Confederate flags all over central PA too.

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      Hurr durr it’s their heritage

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      That’s not even close to the worst of it.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee–Jackson–King_Day

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        Lee–Jackson–King’s Day ? They’ve got this all wrong! It was meant to be “Lee–Jackson : Kings!” Day.

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