# How offensive is this bumper sticker?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-this-bumper-sticker/351239 "2006-04-04T12:13:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-offensive-is-this-bumper-sticker/351239/6 "2006-04-04T13:57:13Z")

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I feel like a big dummy, but how are you guys interpreting the bumper sticker exactly?

Is the bumper-sticker/car owner saying: “if I had known that the Confederacy was going to happen, I wouldn’t have owned slaves”?

If so, then, yes, the “oh darn, I knew I shouldn’t have subjegated other human beings to soul-destroying cruelty” comes off way too blase to be funny…

What is the point to the bumper sticker? What about the Confederacy is the owner commenting on - white trash?

Sorry for my ignorance - please help me fight it.

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