Anyone else hate that the Gadsden flag has been appropriated by ultra-libertarian jingoists? It’s an awesome-looking flag with a cool history and symbolism, but I feel like I couldn’t fly it without looking like a twat.
I feel you, i had the flag of Culpepper’s Minute Men hanging in my college dorm back in the day. Just like the Nazis before them Fascists bastardize shit they didn’t create
They always do
Ultra-libertarian Jingoist? I’m as confused by that combination of words as I am the flags on the truck.
The cool history: Are We The Baddies?
They’re liberterian the same way hitler and the Nazi’s were socialists, or how north korea is democratic…
Culpepper’s Minute Men
I had the Dont Tread on Me on twitter as my profile picture, I put that more than 10-15 years ago. I had to remove a couple years ago, because anyone who sees it will get the wrong idea.
Edit: also I was rewatching the movie Wind (about the American’s Cup) and the Geronimo ship had the Glasden flag on, that hasn’t aged well.
https://twitter.com/Kabutor_/status/1407103551197822979/photo/1
And that’s why you should get this version instead!
https://a.co/d/5vVlhLE (Amazon link)
“Woman trampled in Capitol riots had ‘don’t tread on me’ flag”
"I put my arm underneath her and was pulling her out and then another guy fell on top of her, and another guy was just walking (on top of her).
“There were people stacked two-three deep…people just crushed.”
Paramedics desperately tried to revive her but were unable to.
Photos from earlier that day showed her carrying the banner with the phrase “Don’t tread on me”.
The flag clearly doesn’t work 😂
Is this some kind of American joke that I’m too European to understand?
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It’s propaganda. Cops have a serious image problem in the US so they cynically co-opted an American flag for their cause, figuring that people won’t criticize the FLAG, right? It’s a marketing strategy that only appeals to folks who already have a child-like worship of authority.
Can’t believe they went so woke /s
Some of those that woke forces
not sure what the censoring of the plate does. That truck is visible and identifiable for a five mile radius, and I guarantee you can hear it for more than that
Relaying valuable information.
Viva la oppression! :-P
