Old South
(US, historical, usually) Those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.
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When all the redistricting is done and the Old South states have completely white congressional delegations, they will still argue that none of this was about race
The Old South Diner in Nantucket has become something of a good luck charm, selling four million-dollar-winning lottery tickets in the past two years.
The Old South rises again. What’s next? Appeal to the Supreme Court to nullify the 13th Amendment using the Shadow Docket?
Seems to me they want the old south back. If that’s the case we just might be involved in another war that nobody with a brain wants 🤔🤔🤔
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(US, historical, usually) Those states of the Southern United States that were among the original Thirteen Colonies.
“When all the redistricting is done and the Old South states have completely white congressional delegations, they will still argue that none of this was about race”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, historical, sometimes) The states which created the Confederacy during the American Civil War, as contrasted with those that joined afterward.
“The Old South Diner in Nantucket has become something of a good luck charm, selling four million-dollar-winning lottery tickets in the past two years.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Old South rises again. What’s next? Appeal to the Supreme Court to nullify the 13th Amendment using the Shadow Docket?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Seems to me they want the old south back. If that’s the case we just might be involved in another war that nobody with a brain wants 🤔🤔🤔”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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