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Fly the 'Murican flag. Take back your pride. Make it yours. You folks protesting this Orange regime are true patriots. You're fighting for a better tomorrow.
Jun 10, 2025 3:29 AM
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Fly the 'Murican flag. Take back your pride. Make it yours. You folks protesting this Orange regime are true patriots. You're fighting for a better tomorrow.
JimSpectre
This is the way!
WackyTicTacCasualty
I don't think they care what you carry when they shoot you.
jzastrow
Agreed, also this would literally be the situation for the Don't Tread on Me flag, take that shit back from the rednecks
Zeplin
I'm honestly surprised people didn't get this from the start. Pretty much every country would hit hard on protests/riots that were happening by people waving foreign flags.
IntrepidSpaceCat
FlyingTigerRose
YES, YES, YES!!!!
Malloon
VinnyVeritas
Waving the Mexican flag during these protests is creating division & alienates allies. Don't give conservative-leaning public any excuse for supporting Trump & his goons.
countflatula
This guy makes a great point!
tidepool
Fly it upside down to make the point that our country is in distress.
Neednoggle
zafner
Make the cops attack people waving the American flag
Put that image on the internet, fuckwads
IntrepidSpaceCat
Sonicschilidogs
Are they waving US flags? Are they kids or adults? I don't remember enough about this particular incident, but I have seen it. Optics are important tho
electricwaffle
I have pride in the America that I grew up believing in. Justice and Liberty for ALL. We welcome everyone. Fly that American flag. I don't give a fuck how you got here. Love what we stand for, fly the flag. It's not their flag, it is OUR fucking flag. Let them attack OUR flag. I know the government and a lot of the people have not stood for what I believe, but that's on them, not on us.
idiotsonfire
They won't care, we're less than parasites to them, but they're Nazis to us, and Nazis always lose. They always, always lose.
FosterMomForKittens
I just bought my hand held American flag for the protests on the 14th. Our Founders risked EVERYTHING to rid us from KINGS…it’s our time to take that risk NOW!!
BadPunsAplenty
"So you can really drive home, to the...'duh' people, that you are attacking Americans..."
aAppTMlemBandit
Lmao my favorite part
WoopDeFrickenDoo
he's right, Mex flag Honduran flag, while I get it.. FOX is going to be crawling over each other to film that, bc it scares the oldens. Murican flag goes the other way.
Whoisthisdoctorwho2000
Yup, return the American flag to what it was, a symbol of rebellion against autocracy not a banner of authoritarianism.
Saker82
Not flying it was a huge optics problem for the George Floyd protests.
AbhainnFuil
Yup, the idiots waving Mexican flags are declaring their allegiance is to Mexico. This just proves the MAGA point that they are not now or ever will be Americans. The small violent Mexican flag waving contingent is playing directly into his hand.
TheMellowMoron
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RevolutionOnHerLips
It gets drilled into you in boot camp to not disrespect the flag, to not let it hit the ground, etc. It's a symbol of your oath. Some of my closest friends when I was in were from LA, I sympathize so much with them, but flying another flag lets those in the military see you as an other, and even moreso some civvy sitting easy in a flyover state. Cops have their own oinkoink flag but the military? You wanna play into that "We the people" brainwashing as much as possible.
HeywouldJablowme
As much as I despise my country, and the flag, I completely agree with this strategy. Wave that American flag proudly and make America the country it promised us it was supposed to be. That promise was always a lie, but we can make that promise a reality if we get rid of the same old right-wing authoritarianism that has plagued us since our inception.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Such a key point. Wave the stars and stripes high and proud.
Let them be remembered as this:
implosion3
There is only one confederate flag
lrateyourrig
This cunt did what no confederate was ever able to do, and lived to brag about it burns me up something bad.
Calicious
100%. Don't let fascists steal our flag. Wave it proud
Leaveittojebus
Wave the American flag while burning MAGA, Trump, Confederate, and Nazi flags... whatever flags you can steal from the counter protesters.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
Plus, it gives you an excuse to carry a large stick with you.
Beldie
Isn't an upside down flag an indication that there's something wrong with the country? That seems like it would be a good symbol. In any case, waving a foreign nation's flag when protesting immigration policies is the dumbest idea. That's just fuel to the fire; saying you are an invading foreign force, not locals who want to be part of this country. I'm sure they don't mean to imply this, but it is too easy to read it this way.
mercyPandaRunner
They owned that flag from the start.
PourMeAPuppersPlease
American flag "made in China"
Calicious
You know that China makes like 90% of every nations flags, right?
SergeyPrkl
no matter, the symbolism is the thing... ;) FINALLY americans have been stupidly waving the flag for past 25 years extensively for nothing, and now when it is NEEDED, they don't do it. WHY?
KleptoKea
Downvote stalker fairies have been downvoting comments like this from me within minutes... What's going on here, imgur...... I'm used to the downvote fairies but there is heightened activity right now.
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Mirrormancer
Yup two of my more recent updates have been downvoted harder than usual despite the valuable information being provided.
https://imgur.com/gallery/9yleqAt (Texas gerrymandering)
https://imgur.com/gallery/well-thats-about-as-evil-as-you-can-get-JJW89rv (wanting to torture deported immigrants)
eathotdog
Conservatives gave the real flag up a while ago for their thin blue line and maga flags
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
I'll admit, because of what it so often accompanies, I'm wary of people waving the American flag. But I'm downright alert and focused when I see someone using an American flag that's been desecrated and turned into a known symbol of fascism.
Littleug
Good point tbh. I remember feeling uncomfortable seeing my own flag (UK) being waved around, because I'd begun to associate it with UKIP rather than my own country. Associating my own country's flag with nationalist nutbags probably isn't a good sign. Perhaps would've made them seem like less of an accepted majority if they weren't the only ones doing it.
VerySmallDuck
As an American living in the UK for the past 20 years I was surprised to see almost no flags flying over here. My husband explained this same reason to me and I felt quite sad. Of course, when England is in a big football match they appear everywhere for a while! XD
Littleug
At least it's not just me who felt that way! :'D
donutposse11337
In general, we need to stop letting magats define terms. Defund the police was doomed from the start because we actually need some police. It should have been support the police. Support them by letting social workers help with the social work aspect of the job. Slogans and first impressions matter.
Altanese
'we actually need some police' lol no we don't, I don't need tax dollars going to someone who will, at best, come take notes about a crime after it has happened and tell me they can't do shit, or at worst, come assault me, steal my wallet, and shoot my dog all for no reason other than they felt like it
Police exist purely to protect property. That is it.
Malloon
Societies do need police - people who are trained and authorised to deal with violence and who investigate crimes. If you don't have them, your only recourse is self-defence and vigilantism. That your police is lacking the qualities it has doesn't invalidate the entire concept. Arguing that it does comes from the same place as Republicans arguing that government shouldn't be involved in certain things, ignoring that those parts of government were deliberately sabotaged in order to fail.
Altanese
Police don't investigate crimes, at least not 'boys in blue', you're thinking of detectives.
Sonicschilidogs
And how, pray tell, does one rise to be a detective in most US precincts?
Altanese
You are correct, they first need to be a regular officer. To which I ask this: Why does being a beat cop need to be a requirement, in your mind?
Malloon
Detectives are police officers. And notice "investigate crimes" wasn't the only necessity I mentioned.
Altanese
'authorized to deal with violence' You mean by begetting more violence?
Altanese
'detectives are cops' Why do we need beat cops, then?
And go ahead and call me an illiterate idiot for being so blisteringly stupid as to not clarify I meant that before, I'm a goal-post mover and an asshole and an enemy to be spoken down to.