[Ads-l] WOTY? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > On Jun 23, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) =
> <william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL> wrote:
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> > "Dixie Swastika" =3D Confederate Flag
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> Interesting.  Maybe the Dixie Swastika could give way to the new Dixie =
> Cup flag, based on this illustration:
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> https://nightsbrightdays.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/the-dixie-cup/
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> Much less offensive, but still nostalgic. On the other hand, the image =
> might be seen by some as advocating race mixture or even (for reasons =
> mentioned upthread) a reference to Obama, either of which would be a =
> strike against it in some of the relevant quarters.
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