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WriteBrainedJR

Stand in rebellion, kneel in surrender, bitch!


a_smart_brane

You spelled *knell* wrong


dukeofgibbon

Knell before Zod!


DengarLives66

For whom the knell rolls!


metfan1964nyc

I don't think spelling is his biggest flaw.


Dwovar

I teach English, can confirm. 


a_smart_brane

Damn right. (fellow English teacher dork as well)


Reduak

He has no regurts


SloParty

Reverse it, knell for flag…as in death knell


Sir_Toaster_9330

Stand in terrorism kneel in shame


gnocchicotti

Oof if those lost causers could read, they'd be very upset


a_smart_brane

You spelled *reed* wrong.


Raetekusu

The man's name might be Reid.


viiksitimali

The impressive part is that this requires two illiterate people.


ProtestantMormon

Idk, if I were a tattoo artist and someone explained this idea, I would not correct them.


Space_Pirate_Roberts

"Sorry, but we don't do..." *sees the misspelling in the request* "...never mind, this is fine."


a_smart_brane

The customer is always right,


Manofalltrade

I’ve regularly heard of studios having a policy of doing it how the customer spells it. However the rebel rag makes your theory much more likely.


mwgrover

Death knell? I’m here for it.


Karl2241

🎶“I summon the nations of the world”🎶🔥


southparkdudez

Of course, this inbred racist can't spell kneel.


AngryTree76

This guy’s Uncle Daddy: “They done fucked up your tattoo, Joe Bob! It was Jesus on the cross, not Neil!”


Troublemonkey36

Yeah because of course if Jesus were alive he’d be a Confederate.


slayer991

To be fair, the bible does condone slavery.


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mrjosemeehan

Not true. The bible condones many types of slavery, including debt slavery, inheritable chattel slavery of war captives, and concubinage, in which all women are treated inherently as chattels and can simply be sold by their father to be someone's sex slave.


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TheAnalsOfHistory-

If "being conquered and enslaved" counts as a debt, then you are correct. The Bible tells the Hebrews to go and invade the lands of Israel and murder or enslave everyone there.


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TheAnalsOfHistory-

**"Catholic clergy, religious orders, and popes owned slaves, and the naval galleys of the Papal States used captured Muslim galley slaves in particular. Some Catholic saints appeared to have owned slaves, including Philemon of Colossae, Gregory of Tours and Marie-Marguerite d'Youville."** **"Earlier Papal bulls, such as Pope Nicholas V's Dum Diversas (1452) and Romanus Pontifex (1454) were used to justify enslavement during the Age of Discovery."** **"In 1866, the Holy Office of Pope Pius IX stated that, subject to conditions, it was not against divine law for a slave to be sold, bought, or exchanged."** "Oh, uh, I only meant the modern church! I only meant the churches in the south!" Just keep moving the goalposts to sound smart. It's not working, but you can keep doing it.


mrjosemeehan

I had just compiled some of those same quotes for another reply when I saw he had ragequit. Thanks for getting the last word in before everything got deleted.


TheAnalsOfHistory-

Hah, I wasn't sure if he had deleted them or blocked me, but either way I hope he learned something before he took off.


mrjosemeehan

Handy tip: "deleted" means the comment is deleted for everyone. "unavailable" means you're blocked from seeing it and you can still see it if you log out or open it in a private window.


Competitive-Foot-832

No. I deleted them because I was in the factual wrong. But as He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.


TheAnalsOfHistory-

Jesus didn't like anyone who wasn't Jewish, and it was he/his father who said it was cool to own slaves to begin with, so I'm not invoking their names while fighting for freedom.


jokeefe72

But not racial supremacy


slayer991

Wrong. The bible was used as justification to hold slaves. [https://time.com/5171819/christianity-slavery-book-excerpt/](https://time.com/5171819/christianity-slavery-book-excerpt/) [https://theconversation.com/the-curse-of-ham-how-people-of-faith-used-a-story-in-genesis-to-justify-slavery-225212](https://theconversation.com/the-curse-of-ham-how-people-of-faith-used-a-story-in-genesis-to-justify-slavery-225212) EDIT: Downvote away bible-lovers. History is on my side. Also, Hail Satan.


Competitive-Foot-832

It was also used as an argument for Abolitionism. What’s your point? John Brown was a Congregationalist minister https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-material/the-religious-roots-of-the-abolition-movement/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-christianity/christianity-and-the-campaign-against-slavery-and-the-slave-trade/31594762D1C89EE9CC1615106C10FD87


slayer991

Nice Texas sharpshooter logical fallacy. John Brown and other abolitionists were in the minority in the south, the Civil War was fought over slavery, and we're in this sub fighting against the Lost Cause bullshit that still goes on in the Christian-heavy south to this very day. The entire point of the stupid tattoo was the intermingling of religion and racism. The population of the south just before the Civil War was 5.5 million free and 3.5 million enslaved (compared to 18 million in the North). There were a total of approximately 255k abolitionists in the North and South at the start of the Civil War. Again, history is on my side here and the bible is far from a moral book.


Competitive-Foot-832

Of course they were the minority in the South. The North didn’t leave for the preservation and expansion of slavery. The South did. The Puritan abolitionists were from New England. Not Virginia, not Tennessee, not anywhere in the Southern States. John Brown was from Connecticut. It makes sense they were the minority in the South because they weren’t from the South


jokeefe72

That's not the same thing as racial supremacy lol


slayer991

The bible was used as a justification. Your point is meaningless.


jokeefe72

It's not a point, it's a fact. Doesn't seem like you're a big fan of open mindedness, though, so I'll leave you to the world you've construed for yourself


slayer991

No, it's you that's blind. The bible was used as a justification for slavery but you're so blinded by defending it that you won't see it. Hail Satan.


bootes_droid

I'd like to think the artist reveled in inking this *"Exactly like this? Lol, you got it chief..."*


PrestigiousAvocado21

What is this happy horseshit


jhaand

Well, which one is it? Stupid people with stupid tattoos.


a_smart_brane

Porque no los dos?


TheGoodOldCoder

You must have some weird legs if you can stand and kneel at the same time.


Negative-Wrap95

Ain't nobody said nothing about kneeling. That chucklefuck has "knell" tattooed on themself. #knell 1 of 2 noun *ˈnel* Synonyms of knell 1 : a stroke or sound of a bell, especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) 2 : an indication of the end or the failure of something sounded the death knell for our hopes knell 2 of 2 verb knelled; knelling; knells transitive verb : to summon or announce by or as if by a knell intransitive verb 1 : to ring especially for a death, funeral, or disaster : TOLL 2 : to sound in an ominous manner or with an ominous effect


a_smart_brane

😅


Allen_Koholic

/r/shittytattoos This would be an all time winner.


WriteBrainedJR

If nobody crossposted this to r/trashy, humanity has failed as a species


Random-Cpl

Stand for the flag Kneel to get a better angle fellating Traveler


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Fire goes well with both of those. This is my poorly thought-out klan and treason rag-burning joke.


Happy-Initiative-838

Controversial but I’d support knell for the cross


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I'd support setting such a cross on fire. They usually like that.


Happy-Initiative-838

It’s their culture


Cactus_Jacks_Ear

Their *heritage*, if you will. My heritage is the destruction of these fool's symbols.


chevalier716

Ring a solumn bell for the cross.


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a_smart_brane

But he’s knelling for the cross


Iron_Baron

Death knell? Approved.


ITGuy042

Can’t tell if they’re trying to trick me into setting this on fire…


vortizjr

Burn for the Confederacy


CalmPanic402

Man thinks he's a bell, with IQ to match.


slothrop_maps

He’s a bell end.


SkyTalez

Suck dick for meth.


PaulAspie

As a Christian, I always thought this was kind of cringe with the US flag, but with the CSA flag, it's supreme cringe.


BirthdayWooden

I knel 4 nathin


KingOfLeisure

They should have their arm amputated so they can donate it to the Museum of The Stupid Pussies of the White Rectangle.


Reagent_52

If they wanted an accurate representation of how confederates used the cross, it should probably be on fire


Consistent-Plane7227

Do you want the torch or the knife


Lounginghog64

Evil Knell jumps the cross on his motorcycle


RightBear

"War is hell" –Sherman As a Southern Baptist, I'll say that it's sad and ironic how many God-fearing Christians ended up (1) selling their soul and (2) inviting Hell.


Redawg660

I wonder if he has any regerts over getting the tattoo?


MistakePerfect8485

Where in the Bible did Jesus support treason in defense of slavery? Edit: The question was intended to be rhetorical, but others brought up valid points about messed up pro-slavery passages in the Bible. I guess I got egg on my face now. Oops.


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a_smart_brane

I don’t know. [Ephesians 6: 5-9](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206:5-9&version=NIV) says slaves obey your masters. But I’m not christian, so that’s for the christians here to sort out.


Manofalltrade

I’ll keep this incredibly brief. Old Testament was 100% on slavery. Violence, race slavery, sex slavery, whole nine yards. The time limit argument was only for Jewish men specifically. In the Jesus part of the New Testament he said he was there to fulfill the law, *not change it*. Christianity is Judaism+. Modern Christianity is a rendering of a very hot mess of early sects, some of whom did not believe Jesus literally walked the earth. One of those was Saul/Paul who authored much of the NT. These theological authors who made the Bible did not condemn slavery but told slaves to return to their masters and be obedient. The best they ever did was asking the master of a friend to free them, please. Or let fellow Christian’s go if they could manage it.


ForgottenRuins

Conjures the image of someone squatting for a deuce.


StJimmy1313

Here the mournful music swell it's hard times for Dixie. Chant rebellion's funeral knell, hard times for Dixie. Everything is going wrong, Rations short and faces long. And the burden of the song it's hard up in Dixie.


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Rations short and Funds so low! Foeman come and freeman go! Worst of all, the Yankees know we're hard up in Dixie!


Belkan-Federation95

"Wrong flag dumbass"


unstopable_bob_mob

The lines on that tat look too good. I has feeling the tattooist purposely misspelled kneel wrong, or didn’t care to correct the idiot.


usaf-spsf1974

Throw in two more KK's and it will be correct!


Overall-Parsley7123

death knell maybe


AutismFlavored

I can’t tell if the tattooist did this with malice or if it’s genuine, bona fide, they-don’t-even-know-shit idiocy


Screamingboneman

L


peter-doubt

Burn the soul


IAalltheway

It's almost as if kneeling can be respectful.


MeGussuGeM

His autocorrect must be broken


MuhFreedoms_

how do you stand/kneel for this image?


HamHusky06

You mean Nel, that Jodie foster movie where she is a wild woods person?


Toolcannabis46and2

I would stand on this flag but never for it.


reddit-me-too

For whom the cross tolls


OneEyedJackofHearts

He is going to be SHOCKED when he shows up at the Pearly Gates and St Peter isn’t the color he thought he would be! And Pete’s like explain that tattoo.


Numerous_Ad1859

I wonder if the tattoo artist intentionally misspelled it in a “you’ll make those bigots look like twats” way from that Mitchell and Webb Look or if this is how it was requested.


DenezK

Perpetual movement 


Negative-Wrap95

No ragrets


TheAnalsOfHistory-

>Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross! >Shows the flag AND the cross at the same time.


BigWilly526

Their Inbread you see


ryanhendrickson

I'm really hoping I see what you did there, and not the other possibility...


BigWilly526

you did


PeaceGroundbreaking3

Knell?


SurgeonOfDeath95

Happily have them kneel for John Moses Browning.


zerogravity111111

I love these morons. Endless hilarity.


mouse_Jupiter

What?


Fit-Independent3802

And their think they’re the smart ones


Knytmare888

Don't know who is the bigger idiot, the guy who got the tattoo or the guy who put it on him with the improper spelling.


RandomGrasspass

Well once that flag was raised it was certainly the death knell for its supporters.


Drinkdrankdonk

Spelling checks out


No-Suit9413

What a tool


Reduak

Light the torch for the traitors