Does anyone know why anyone in Norway would be flying this flag??? This picture was from this summer when my family took a trip out to my mom’s homeland. The mountain of Sandhornoya is in the background.
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Most likely a “redneck” as they tend to overexaggerate on anything redneck.
It’s not unlikely that this flag is flown by someone who doesn’t understand what it means to many Americans.
Many naive Norwegians think it’s just a rebel flag, and they want to think they are rebels so there.
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Idiots with minimal brain function.
Norwegian here. Bikers, hotrodders, and fans of certain music (country and/or old-school rock) tend to like that flag for the ‘rebel’ aspect rather than anything to do with racism. (Actual racists are more likely to go for Viking/Germannic symbolism.)
Some probably mistook it for a Norwegian flag lol
To many rural Norwegians, the confederate flag is a celebration of independence, personal freedom and a “positive poverty” kind of redneck culture, rather than a symbol of racism.
That’s not to say that the people who fly this flag can’t be racist shitheads, but they most likely aren’t consciously using the flag as a way to express that.
[Norwegian rednecks](https://youtu.be/s2zUYAnog-I?si=z3ggzKNUFVnCQ9ao)
From experience, there are a lot of people in Norway that are struggling with serous mental problems (often related to alcohol and drugs) and use this flag to become a problem to others. More than racism (which is a big factor, nonetheless), what they are looking for with this flag is to externalize their issues and get into fights to give their lives some semblance of meaning.
Its just a banner to rally under for people who are more “redneck”
Mostly rednecks of low education, high BMI and an excessive consumption of alcohol and snus.
Most likely they don’t know or care about the flag’s meaning, they just think it’s cool and gives them that “rebel” vibe they’re going for.
Jeeze… Norway has idiots too?
*Martial drums of the New Mexico Volunteer Infantry playing the [battle hymn of the republic](https://youtu.be/wLL0IWN1jzU?si=YxA_KJvMQbBkaGHs) intensify*
Sick ass foos incoooooomiing!
I know a couple that always has this flag up, they say it’s not racist or anything like that, it’s just a redneck american thing and they like american country music and american cars that use a lot of gas. I guess it’s just a coincident they are both raging racists.
Its cringe how people defend waving that flag lol
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Confederate flag a symbol embraced by failures in life 😆 It represents racism and usually weak men who lean to ignorance hard.
Some foreigners don’t know the meaning and dark history behind this flag, or they do know and are just plain ignorant.
I do love this flag. Not American, so it’s not for any other reason than the Dukes of Hazzard.
Could be many things, most often it’s mental illness.
Might be from local nordic biker gang don’t mess around like other motorcycle club gangs u will get fired upon or biking stabbed in the gus those guys don’t play he xould be from any club to I would stay a away.
Just weird. Also, one time someone in the US complained about a house flying a Norwegian flag because they thought it was this Confederate flag.
Its not uncommon on the countryside, its a flag used in a lot of country music. Its associated with «Texas, cowboys, guns and amcars». Don’t overthink it
We have idiots in Norway too…