AHC: Explain this bumper sticker
- Thread starter Sicarius
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You're driving down the road in a rural area, in that certain part of North America between Mexico and Canada, when a huge pickup truck blows past you. Naked lady truck flaps, truck balls, and this sticker - not an uncommon sight. But why?
Surely this belongs in np chat?
The driver is native.
And possibly a transplant from Thande's LTTW. Thats a very Diversitarian looking slogan.
Foreigners, or people who haven't traveled in the south, might not get it.
We have seen that saying, on trucks with the American Civil War, rebel battle flag.
I thought about initiating a discussion with a driver.
"In our house, we honor those who fought for the United States, not against it."
But I decided not to.
You are imagining some sort of alternate history?
Or just reversing the flags, for the hell of it?
Obviously the owner of this truck is nostalgic for that time before the United States embarked on an insane war of conquest in the mid-1960s fueled by its cruel racist, capitalist ideology. After a long and bloody struggle, the evil empire was destroyed once and for all and its territories were divided up between the Democratic Republic of Mexico and the People's Republic of Canada...
He better watch himself though because that bumper sticker will get him thirty years hard labor if he's not careful.
He better watch himself though because that bumper sticker will get him thirty years hard labor if he's not careful.
The sticker, much like the one from OTL, is southern in origin, though this one is found amongst the backwoods of Appalachia and the Texas Hill Country, where the descendants of Southern Unionist proudly retain affection for their loyalist roots, much to the lament of patriotic Confederate citizens.
The decal in question was used by many individuals who lived in the region of the North American Federation that was once known as the United States of America. This bumper sticker, which rose to the height of its popularity during the 2340s (in which the NAF celebrated its centennial) attempts to challenge the claim that the flag of the former United States is a symbol of imperialism and racial intolerance and should rather be viewed as a emblem of regional pride.
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In a long tradition of Western use of stickers as a medium for conveying messages to passerby, especially political ones, this driver references a then-commonly known phrase used to justify pride in the South using Confederate flag motifs. As the Confederates were negatively seen as hateful to minorities, people nostalgic for the Confederacy commonly used the phrase "Heritage, Not Hate" to justify said nostalgia.
In an interesting twist, this driver justifies his own pride in being American, which in their age of cynicism was seen as idealistic or even insane. It is unknown whether the driver noted the common thread of xenophobia between the two bumper stickers, but the analogy fleshes out well.
In an interesting twist, this driver justifies his own pride in being American, which in their age of cynicism was seen as idealistic or even insane. It is unknown whether the driver noted the common thread of xenophobia between the two bumper stickers, but the analogy fleshes out well.