This is a funny damn tweet…
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I thought it was hilarious but then I showed it to my wife and she didn't get it. She said "aren't they the same colors."
We're in separate rooms right now, thanks.
We're in separate rooms right now, thanks.
I’m guessing it’s the union army colors.
Confederate Rebels wearing Union/America colors.
It's a joke for anyone still stuck in the old south plantation glory days.
It's a joke for anyone still stuck in the old south plantation glory days.
Took me longer than it should have, but I finally got it. That is pretty good.
Uh, the Confederates may have worn gray but their flags were red, white and blue. Just saying.
I get it now. I guess I just think it’s way past time to let that old joke die. Makes the teller look a lot worse than it makes UM look.
It's the colors of the United States. Look up the 11th Mississippi (Confederate) Infantry sometime. There was a company in it, Company A I think, that was also known as the University Grays. It basically consisted of the entire student body of Ole Miss in 1861.
But not the Stars and Stripes of that helmet.
Wait til you find out what they are "Rebels" against.
I got it immediately and laughed. I think anything that ridicules, demeans or pokes fun at tSNOBSun should be encouraged.
Correct me if I am wrong but wasn’t the entire 11th Mississippi wiped out during Picketts charge? I do remember being there that day, and as pointed out by another users name on here Lee should have flanked the fish hook. Not taking sides just pointing out Picketts charge was a measure of futility.
As to another posters point I would hope we all can agree that anything that gets under the skin of Ole Miss people is pretty funny.
The ones that were left pretty much were, yes. And yes, Longstreet was right.
Someone more knowledgeable correct me if I'm wrong but I've read or was told once that tsun lost 1/2 their students or alumni on that day.
PSA: Make sure you remember to change usernames before quoting yourself.
I also could be completely wrong, but didn’t Longstreet famously refuse to give the order to charge at first and even cried over the decision knowing it would be a massacre?
I doubt it gets under their skin nearly as much as some would like to think it does.
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Even if it just a little bit it is totally worth it to bring up history from 150 years ago. Also it is a history that OM held onto pretty hard until public opinion for the Lost Cause changed in the south.
I’m thinking it must get under your skin a little bit… the initial tweet was pretty funny
Yeah. I think digging up the racial history of our state is not really a good thing to do. Cause it doesn't make any white Mississippians look good. At all. I would hope we've all moved past that era, but it's pretty obvious some are holding on to it.
The No Fun Police have arrived. You didn’t get the joke so now you’ll just demean everyone who thought it was funny.
But the helmet has the Stars and Stripes in the script hence the ”colors” (flag) joke.
This is one of those threads where I wish there was a “your a dumbass” emoticon. The mad face doesn’t convey a certain disbelief of an absurd comment properly.
They didn't give it up until they had to choose between "disowning" it or going Division III. Tubberville led the charge.
Making fun of flagship and being aware of our State's history is about as easy as walking and farting at the same time
Their mascot is the rebels, as in the Confederate rebellion I'm pretty sure. Rebs were direct enemy of the US for a couple years. The US flag is on the helmet of the team who commemorates the enemy/losers of that battle. Their "original rival" being the US lol
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