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[frandroid]

Someone in the Straight Black Sails group just posted a picture of their pirate flag hoisted along with the American flag. Truly the dumbest group.

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[sabotabby]

Weirdly, I was just describing the hilarity of there being straight Black Sails fans to a friend, and now I need to know whether it's specifically called the Straight Black Sails group.

[ioplokon]

I suppose there is something interesting to say about nationalism and imperialism here? Like, historically, if you want to break up with an empire, you usually end up relying on some kind of nationalist movement (and the question of whether you could take another path out seems to be at the heart of what Black Sails is working through). But then nationalism is, itself, what provides the ideological fodder (and financial incentive) for empire. So you get this situation where Americans feel like stories of resistance to colonial oppression resonate with our founding national myths - despite our country's own imperialistic actions.