CNN It happened in a matter of days. In South Carolina, the governor called for the Confederate flag to stop flying over the capitol. The governors of Virginia and North Carolina quickly declared that they would remove the flag from state license plates. Meanwhile, several of the country’s top retailers — from Walmart to eBay and Amazon — announced in quick succession that they would stop selling Confederate flag merchandise.

It has always struck me as odd that so much love is still out there for the confederate flag. The south lost the war but residents down there still love hanging that reminder up. If the civil war happened again and the north won (which they would) no way you’d still see confederate flags, they’d be shipped to third world countries with those boxes of “Cleveland Caviler Championship T-shirts.”

In addition to being a reminder of fighting a losing battle, those flags are also a reminder for a terrible time in US history. Nazi propaganda isn’t flying off the shelves at Walmart and you can’t buy Swastika patches from a cart on the side of the road, so shouldn’t the confederate flag receive the same treatment?

Speaking of the south getting destroyed by the north, how about this graph from PornHub.com looking at the sites usage in Alabama during this years Sugar Bowl.

What could have brought such a rapid spike??

Ian Hoppe at AL.com broke down the numbers:

According to usage statistics provided to AL.com from PornHub, one of the top providers of online pornography in the world, there was a 90% surge in traffic immediately following the game’s bitter ending.

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There were several stand-out bits of information regarding Alabamians’ most private search habits on PornHub. But on January 1 of this year, just as the Buckeyes clinched the Sugar Bowl title – securing their spot in the National Championship – Alabama found condolence deep in the heart of the internet, where preferences are free and judgment is at a bare minimum.

To be clear, the baseline for the comparison is an average day in Alabama. Immediately following the game, traffic from the state of Alabama exceeded average use by around 90%.

Going a step further, and bringing this whole thing together, what are the fine folks in Mobile searching?

So that means they really aren’t racist right?

It should be mentioned that this is likely so they can throw out slurs but validate their use because “it’s ok I watch black porn.”