• mydoomlessaccount@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    Don’t forget the rather unfortunate usage of a bunch of people cruising around in the Confederate car all being named “Duke.”

    See, there was once a man named David, who was the leader of a wacky little group of goofballs back in the '70s. That li’l jokester even went so far as to get everyone to call him a grand wizard, which is such a zany thing to ask people to do, but people totally did it with a straight face

    Anyway, I wonder if it’s a coincidence. Who knows?

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      Probably more likely the name is a reference to Civil War Confederate General Basil Duke. Or perhaps the name merely is meant to invoke the idea of the Dukes as important, “noble” figures in Hazzard County, or at least more noble than the corrupt Boss Hogg. Or maybe a cigar is just a cigar in this case.

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        5 months ago

        Good theories. Honestly, I don’t totally think it is in reference to the Klan dude, but it sure is an unfortunate coincidence

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      He wasn’t a big name here in the Midwest, at least, until he gained national prominence by winning a seat in the Louisiana legislature in '89, thus becoming the face of the pit of foul putrescence at the heart of the GOP. (Anybody who thinks that Republicans turned batshit-evil in 2016 was at least 27 years late.)