The State of.... South Florida??

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

You're wrong. West Florida adopted the Bonnie Blue BEFORE the civil war. . . .
Check your shit before calling someone out, especially on the history of their own state. thanks.

Did you not read the post I linked? I'll have to assume that you didn't, because if you had read it, you would've seen that (in 2006) I said

The Bonnie Blue Flag originated with the brief Republic of West Florida (comprising territory in parts of what is now Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana) in the early 1800s,

Last time I checked, the early 1800s was, in fact, quite a few years BEFORE the Civil War. So exactly how was I wrong?

If you had actually read, you'd know that I wasn't calling you out on the history of your state; I was calling you out for assuming that you were the only person around here who knew that particular tidbit of history.

The lesson for today: When you assume that

Originally Posted by PhiGam

nobody in this thread can probably even recognize the flag I posted for North Florida as the flag of the former Republic of West Florida- or even know that such a republic ever existed.

you can expect to be called out.

And when you then get your panties in a wad over it because you failed to read, you can expect to look like a fool. Thanks.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Did you not read the post I linked? I'll have to assume that you didn't, because if you had read it, you would've seen that (in 2006) I said
Last time I checked, the early 1800s was, in fact, quite a few years BEFORE the Civil War. So exactly how was I wrong?

If you had actually read, you'd know that I wasn't calling you out on the history of your state; I was calling you out for assuming that you were the only person around here who knew that particular tidbit of history.

The lesson for today: When you assume that

you can expect to be called out.

And when you then get your panties in a wad over it because you failed to read, you can expect to look like a fool. Thanks.

I certainly did not read everything that you wrote and I apologize.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I certainly did not read everything that you wrote and I apologize.

And we're cool. Thanks.