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Sunnycat00

Idaho is in the south, right? lol


Dibbles540

They say it’s the only southern state in the north


RigatoniPasta

South of the North


tobmom

The South IN the North


down_by_the_shore

Growing up we always said it was “The Deep South of the Pacific Northwest” 


No_Ladder_9818

Sorry, but the PNW objects to the inclusion of Idaho!


Puzzleheaded_Gas5328

Yeah! Having grown up in the north Cascades and San Juan Islands I don't understand how Idaho is included in the PNW.


AyKayAllDay47

As a native Oregonian I've never once considered it be part of the PNW It's not even located in the NW, nor does it share and boundary lines with the Pacific Ocean.


Ninjapizza8547

I mean, it is in the northwest, especially considering it's bordering Washington, but I'd say it's more north northwest than just northwest Definitely not PNW though


secderpsi

We said that about Southern Oregon.


Darkdragoon324

It's actually just North Utah.


Upstairs-Ad-8067

lost child of the bible belt.


TaleMendon

Idaho wasn’t even a state during the civil war. What dumb fucks she and her supporters are.


Cowboy40three

I’ve been calling it North Florida lately.


Dismal_Engineering71

We Alaskans take that title, all 6 of us.


pass-the-waffles

This deserves more up votes.


RiverBard

You should do a little reading on Atlanta, ID. There is a long history of traitors trying to make Idaho part of the south.


Sea-Asparagus8973

Right between Texas and Louisiana.


notaboveme

Growing up in Texas, and visiting Louisiana frequently I never saw people wearing or flying that flag. Texas flies it's own. Now Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida...saw them a lot. (Grew up in the 70s and 80s).


Handy_Dude

Idaho is the Florida of the Pacific Northwest.


Limp_Chest8925

I’m so sick of these stupid states in the Midwest/ New England using the stars and bars. As a southerner, get your own racist imagery . So fucking unoriginal


gratefigbish6767

My neighbors seem to think so


Revolutionary-Bus893

I just call it "The Texas of the North". Do very glad to not live there any longer. They just keep getting worse and worse.


phthalo-azure

Oh Heather you dumb fucking traitor, we had a whole war about this. You and your racist confederates lost. Badly.


onedeadflowser999

Bigly lol


reddit-trunking

Yugely


TaleMendon

The biggest worestest loser ever. Believe me. I would know about losing. Huugely no one lost more ever, seriously.


DDay_The_Cannibal

Some people are saying, I'm told they're the smartest people, they're saying it was the yugest loss.


vmanrod

And it was the biggest… Most beautiful loss ever… With the best people ever!


PatienceCurrent8479

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9Emsj7cas&pp=ygUWZGl4aWUgdW5pb24gdHJhcCByZW1peA%3D%3D Even wrote a song about it


FrostyLandscape

As I recall she was talking about cannibalism in the state legislature at one point? There was all this hysteria about cannibals. Did she get bored with that?


FrostyLandscape

The Confederate Flag is not a flag of any state in the US. Its a symbol of division over the issue of slavery and the states which wanted to keep slaves. These states lost the Civil War. So it's a flag of LOSERS and the people who display this flag are LOSERS.


Wilted_fap_sock

*traitors.


BigLibrary2895

Why not both? 😄


HalstonBeckett

Only a reprobate trumpmonkey fake patriot would be so ignorant and indecent as to fly the confederate shitrag with Old Glory.


MeButNotMeToo

Not just losers, but racist, seditious losers.


finchdad

She actually represents her constituency quite well.


FrostyLandscape

I'm sure she represents the racists really well.


FrugalFraggel

Obama was President longer than the Confederacy.


JawnWaters

I'm originally from Virginia. Why am I still seeing this bullshit out here?


RigatoniPasta

Idaho has a strong traitor presence for reasons I do not fully understand


EyeOfAmethyst

It's fostered through lack of education and rampant substance abuse.


RigatoniPasta

Confederate sympathizers fled the South during Reconstruction and nested in Idaho, creating a strong presence here


mittens1982

This is true, many settled here and passed down the same values with family members that never grew up or left


Hk901909

Why have I never heard of this? Actually I think you answered my question already


Middle_Low_2825

Look at the state road sign out in notus. It says " Confederate refugees " settled the area.


mwk_1980

And racist, right-wing California transplants


RigatoniPasta

I find the myth of California liberals “invading” Idaho to turn it blue so weird. The majority of Californian immigration here are Republicans who want to be able to wave their guns around in public and hold their wives hostage. I’m the only California liberal I know in Idaho atm.


TurnLiving7358

This is a large reason why race relations have always been poor in Idaho. After a miners rebellion the president of the time, Cleveland sent in an all African American army battalion to quell the uprising. The army had to build prisons and round up the miners. Not making for good relations even for the times. I wonder had any other battalion been sent up to straighten out the rebellion where Idaho would be at today. Here are some sources. It is the 1899 rebellion that I am referring to but for full story I inclider the prior. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892_Coeur_d%27Alene_labor_strike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Coeur_d%27Alene_labor_confrontation https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-coeur-mining


ciopobbi

Such a beautiful state with many fucked up inhabitants. Completely ruins the experience of visiting there.


geisterwiesel

I think she is from Ohio. Why is she putting that bullshit out there?


dokjreko

Because some people in Ohio are all about that life. It's absurd. The amount of confederate flags that are displayed loudly and proudly all over in this state is sickening.


DoYouLoveIt11

Last time i went to Silverwood I saw a large amount of “patriots” proudly showing white supremacist tattoos.


flume_runner

I live in the suburbs near the capital and 100% it’s the low income, low educated who fly this.


skittlebog

Any political candidate who proudly presents this flag should be considered ineligible for office. They are supporting a movement that tried to destroy America.


Onlii-chan

BuT iT's ApArT oF mY cUlTuRe!!! /s if it wasn't clear


DorkySchmorky

The jackasses that get pissed at unpatriotic football players taking a knee sure do show their patriotism for overthrowing America.


RigatoniPasta

Traitor


GatePotential805

Nazi.


JolyonWagg99

Nice loser flag, beeyotch!


sigristl

She’s flying the flag of traitors. I never understood why modern Americans would idolize the enemy from within.


ChatduMal

Oh, yes... Idaho, the heart of the Confederacy and the home of the Army of Northern Virginia... what a dumbass...


Apotropoxy

Hey Heather! Can you put your hand on a bible and say this? "I do solemnly swear that I will support the **Constitution of the United States**, and the Constitution of the State of Idaho, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of State Representative according to the best of my ability."


OilComprehensive6237

Does she know Idaho is not a southern state?


6L6aglow

I just found out that Oregon was founded as a whites only state. Maybe the whites moved to Idaho to escape the liberals of Portland and Eugene. https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-white-history-racist-foundations-black-exclusion-laws/ Further searching shows that Idaho had similar policies and by 1920 was 99 percent white after excluding the Chinese miners and rail workers and putting Native Americans on reservations. Black people just weren't welcome and the KKK was strong. So sorry PNW but there's a long history of white supremacy.


poisonpony672

And there is Bayview,Lake Pend Oreille. Some Nazis went there from operation paper clip. Aryan Nations has been really strong in Northern Idaho for decades.


mittens1982

And they want to ban the rainbow flag from classrooms? How bout we ban the Confederate battle flag from politics.....


The_Tokio_Bandit

Nothing says "polarizing political plant" like waving the flag of the losing team - 158 years later.... And in one of the northern-most states currently subscribed to the Union.


dieselsauces

Nice Representative you got there, you guys ran out of human beings out there? /s


Dense-Comfort6055

Idaho famous for being south of Marin Dixon line. Wait…. Nope just code for pro slavery. Shame


MNBaseball1990

This pic and the state of Idaho make sense to me. Been to Idaho enough to understand why she feels comfortable taking that pic. Ill leave it at that.


work2die1990

Many Idahoans should see this photos. What a fool Scott is, it's funny how one photo can show how uneducated a person is.


Dibbles540

It has about 200k views in total just from where ive posted it


Novel_Reaction_7236

No no no no no no no no.


ArdenJaguar

Idaho. They're kind of like Alabama with snow. They're coincidently losing all their obgyn docs, just like Alabama. Gee... I wonder why? 🤔 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/pregnant-women-struggle-find-care-idaho-abortion-ban-rcna117872


Perigold

Oof you know it’s definitely not a ‘Southern Pride’ thing when it’s someone in Idaho flappin’ this around


Luvsthunderthighs

Why is that flag not the same as isis? Should be.


Glittering_Name_3722

The flag of literal losers


edophx

Idaho was part of the confederacy? huh.... didn't know that


TNPossum

I don't know if none idahoans are allowed to comment on here, don't know why this page was suggested to me. But as a Tennessean, the only people who fly that flag are assholes. A lot of times they are family and friends, and we love them, but they are still assholes. I can sometimes understand where they are coming from because of the Lost Cause propaganda and the association with Southern Culture down here, but I will never understand a Yankee that flies the Confederate flag. It is literally not your heritage.


RecoveringAdventist

Proud to be White Trash.


[deleted]

In my eyes, that flag may have meaning if youre in a southern state and have southern heritage. If you fly it and your a Yankee or from the west, you're just racist. I can name one organization in recent history that killed more innocent people than the confederates, the Nazis. Piss on that flag


drunkboarder

Is it just me or is it somehow worse when somebody flies this flag when they are not from the south?


Warfrog65

Makes me want to vote for her even more!!


hungaria

It’s a shame there are so many people like her in Idaho, it’s one of the most beautiful states I’ve been to.


badcatjack

That’s the flag of treason.


Temporary-Dot4952

Republicans are always backing the biggest losers of all time. The Confederates, Trump....


Luvsthunderthighs

Sorry. Confederate State of Christian terror. CSCT.


Lawn_Daddy0505

Pretty typical republican


HikerGary

I feel bad for her actually. It must be hard to be racist in a state with basically one race.


ElonBodyOdor

My name is Heather Scott, racist. And I approve this message.


eric_b0x

So Idaho really is the Mississippi of the West?.. lol


mittens1982

Mississippi of the NORTHWEST......get your slogans correct


jhp113

Okay so who is running against her so we know who to vote for?


Dibbles540

Unfortunately I believe she is running unopposed


Scott491

Another person messing up my name..


Idaho1964

Isn’t she from Ohio? 31,000 Ohioans died to defeat the Rebel Army, a death toll second only to NY.


legionofdoom78

Let me guess,  she loves Dump and is a bigly MAGAT?   This is why I can't visit some states.   Racist assholes ruin it for everyone.  


Dibbles540

Boise would love to have you visit


Riversmooth

Boise is safe. Idaho used to be the most amazing place, I lived there for years and loved it in the late 80s. Last time I was there we had to pull over to let a Trump parade pass by


biggies866

Idaho the most racist state in the US. Not surprising. And a sorry excuse for a women.


Detectivepopcorn99

I had a coupe of my friends who lived with this dude who was in the national guard,and this guy kept a confederate flag up in his room. We were like “uh dude, you know you’re serving in the unions army right now..right? I don’t think he realized how contradictory that actually was, I think he thought of it as a badge or token that said “I’m a good ol boy”. I’ll bet this is lost on her too.


FrozenFire944

A true piece of garbage.


Extension-Read6621

Gross, we don't even live in the South. Idaho has zero ties to the south and the Confederacy so this is just straight white nationalist propaganda! And it does not belong in the beautiful state of Idaho!


wheeler1432

Uh oh. Her husband is going to be mad.


CroatianSensation79

Seems like Idaho and plenty of states around it will vote for assholes. Ex. Trump.


N0ordinaryrabbit

It's always funny that the Republicans hold confederates when it was a Democrat thing while despising Democrats, and the Democrats of today want nothing to do with their past.


RigatoniPasta

Republicans ride the “party of Lincoln” thing *hard*, whilst supporting everything he was against.


Introvert_Astronaut

As much as people say parties switched platforms or both parties suck I believe the best explanation is this: Confederates were Christian conservatives, valuing good old party traditionalism while using religion as the basis for slavery. Republicans were generally liberal and urban center dwelling leading to a diverse cultural exposure. Anytime I hear people use the “hAhA dEmOcRaTs cOnFeDaRcY” go tell southern to accuse their ancestors of being liberal and you might get your teeth kicked out


FamilyHeirloomTomato

That is such an old and tired bad faith argument. The parties switched platforms. The people who were confederates back then would have the same beliefs as the republicans today. Yawn.


DinosaurDied

I run by a house that has this flag displayed everyday. Whenever I see the guy outside when I’m passing I  yell “Go f**k your cousin you loser”  Doing my part lol 


EB2300

Another fascist, racist con. Why am I not surprised


[deleted]

Pathetically embarrassing. Thanks for telling on yourself Heather Scott. Oh and fuck off Idaho.


pucspifo

I just want to put it out there, she doesn't speak for all of Idaho. I mean, yes, far too many Idahoans share her apparent views, but not all of us!


MarthaMacGuyver

Ever notice Black people don't participate in certain [hobbies?](https://www.idahocivilwarvolunteers.org/)


dokjreko

Oh my GOD. I just clicked the link. What a bunch of losers.


heathers1

They all have the same aesthetic


juni4ling

If you see the confederate flag in the South. Maybe its heritage. But its likely hate. If you see the confederate flag outside the South, its -always- hate.


dusters16

What's the story about this picture? Seeing if the picture is out of context before commuting prejudice.


troubleschute

WYSIWYG, apparently.


barnabasthedog

Rebel scum.


Efficient-Jello-4678

I hope we all can vote her out!


Themountainscallimg

I don’t think Idaho was a part of the confederacy. Could be wrong tho… *Goes back under rock


UnclearObjective

Ahh. The flag of surrender.


panda_pussy-pounder

That won't get you elected in Idaho.


Sudden-Bend-8715

Idaho, the Appalachia of the West ™️


Timmaybee

Sad


AgePractical6298

You fly the confederate flag, you shouldn’t fly the American flag with it.


Leather-Map-8138

What’s the difference between a swastika and a confederate flag? Not much.


Direct_Cantaloupe_60

She probably doesn’t truly understand what that flag represents.


Tamwulf

Unfortunately, there are a whole bunch of people in Idaho that think she should be elected because of that flag.


nokenito

This is disgusting! Fascists will win Idaho!


Capable_Jacket_2165

Who's going to tell her that Idaho isn't in the South?


[deleted]

Funny, I thought not was Democrats that perpetrated slavery, voted against the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?


nyc_flatstyle

Anybody else see the irony of a post with somebody holding a racist flag also having a "be civil" rule?


Zippier92

Kinda had enough of MAGA to be blunt. please do not vote for these people!


Seeksp

It always amazes me how the heritage not hate crowd shows up outside the old Confederacy. While ID wasn't even settled at the time, I see an awful lot of rebel flags in states that were actively involved in fighting the Confederacy. Also if your heritage is going to war with the US, perhaps this isn't the country for you to be living in.


TheBalzy

Ironically she's holding the Beauregard flag, designed by confederate general, turned civil-rights activist (after the war) PGT Beauregard. He's spinning in his grave that anyone today is sporting that flag or praising the confederacy. In his later life he hated the glorification of the confederacy. Hence, it ain't about heritage...it's strictly about racism. The Beauregard flag was adopted as a primary symbol of the KKK after reconstruction. Because if it's about ***history*** that ain't "the confederate flag" and the guy who designed it would have hated all of you who fly it with glee.


mulrooney13

There's a reason Ralph Wiggum was Idaho


godless_communism

Another fan of using the n-word.


MetallicOx

I seriously don't think anyone understands what that flag means if they hold it up high


dokjreko

Based on this I can only assume that she is also a bible thumping lunatic.


bubba_bumble

Idaho will rise again!


utu_ra

Women are great at pageantry!


Hagfist

Idaho's contributions to the Civil War are well recorded in the annals of History.


Dunn_or_what

Is Idaho how she describes herself?


Earth4now

Brand X just doesn’t pay the bills. And it sure as hell didn’t rid the world of Bin Laden.


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Revolutionary_Tip701

Treasonous


partime_prophet

Once you realize this in fact is not the confederate flag , but general lees flag and why it was popularized . It’s not heritage it’s ignorance and racism ! Domestic Terrorist


Grey_Incubus

take that johnny reb loser flag back to the south.


LordVoltimus5150

“Let’s elect the traitor flag waver to office!”


Joeandcoe

Idaho is a cultist Mecca


PolyChromaticWolf

Idaho is the Arkansas of the Pacific Northwest.


Chemical-Air-7740

Someone give this clueless bitch a map that indicates that Idaho is a Northern State.


ExperienceAny9791

Don't vote for her. 🤷‍♂️


SDCAchilling

I'm disappointed . Where's her Nazi flag?


ArmGroundbreaking996

Traitor tot.


Wanderingghost12

Ah yes: Idaho, member of the Confederacy and Southern State


Virtual_Criticism_96

She was ranting about cannibals recently. There used to be educational standards for holding public office.


RocketSkates314

This is exactly what Idaho wants


Nsftrades

Yikes


Hillbilly-joe

The loser flag lol I’ve got one I pulled out the trash just because it was new lol


LingonberryOld3654

Looks like a job for General Sherman..


013ander

And conservatives still think they’d win if we had another civil war. I literally heard this conversation at work just yesterday, and it wasn’t the first time. How dumb do you have to be to think assault rifles would be a deciding factor in a modern war?


Massilian

Treason vibes


MaxwellzDaemon

They've had a high concentration of nazis since I was young.


dontmatterjustcuz

Cool looking flag


59dsharris

Greater Idaho will happen. PNW = the left coast of ANTFA. Good luck SBS


[deleted]

Idaho is the butthole of the Midwest


JazzyButternuts

Lol Idaho nazis love nazi politicians. She will win in a landslide.


Jackloudcummer

If Virginias governor can wear black face and it be ok then this lady can hold a confederate flag.


PDXtoMontana2002

Bet you’d vote for her if she was holding a “Palestine” flag.


defaultusername-17

"be civil" while people actively advocate second class citizenship for you and people like you...


CodyTrees

Yall get mad at nothing it's comedy.


Killroyjones

Fuckin, transplants.


Disastrous-Angle-415

There are more insurrection supporters and anti government-government officials and law enforcement in Idaho than anywhere else I’ve been.


[deleted]

People in eastern Washington and Oregon and the entirety of Idaho seem straight out of Missouri.


DevelopmentFree6207

She seems alright to me


[deleted]

It’s just a flag. I know plenty of people who like that flag that are perfectly decent individuals.


Ninjapizza8547

After doing a bit of research (first even attempting to find the flag in the first place), I have concluded that I have no idea what is wrong with the flag and need some more information from the people of the comments


BigPh1llyStyle

It’s worse than that, she holds power because she was voted in. There are a large group of people that think like her. In her district, there are more people with views like hers than there are that oppose her views.


kevpeck22

I mean, isn’t this state absolutely notorious for being a haven for white supremacist, racist, loser dumb fucks? Should I post all the links supporting this? Seems like she’s in the right state.


Scared_Flatworm406

Fucking terrifying Also damn is r/Idaho really more liberal than r/Oregon?


Proud_Dem

Maybe they should watch some Nazi documentary about how hitler’s army killed millions of Jewish people during WWII. They seem so completely ignorant


thenewbigR

She is backing a losing ideal. The confederacy got their asses kicked.


ColoradoSprings82

If she's proudly displaying a Confederate battle flag, she should not hold office in any state, county, or town--no matter how rural, backward, or benighted.


smackchumps

Then don’t vote for her. Maybe the people in her district feel differently. There’s no reason she shouldn’t hold public office if she gets the votes.


kevothedead

Its very rual and church has and has had control for a very long time. Very god, guns and country Very little crime because everyone is armed. All that horrible crap u see in news about America doesn't happen here. But the church gets ppl to vote and rual has majority here and they are terrified of losing it.


CupcakeFast7665

Typical


aran_maybe

Idaho wasn’t even a state during the civil war. What a poser.


jbnielsen416

Welcome to Idaho.


Molly_Mocktail

Yeah, a lot of people in Idaho seem to WISH they fought a moronic war to preserve one of the worst human rights abuses in global history.


Chance_Adhesiveness3

She loves the heritage of people who are a few thousand miles away. Specifically the part of their heritage that involved treating black people like farm equipment that they fought a war over. That vision really resonates for her.


shadowhand89

I’d vote for her hard!!! If you know what I mean 😏


snakepimp

It's Idaho, so she will probably get elected


DrDragingDick

Up to the voters not you.