My neighbor has a 1776 sign in their yard

[Sugarmaggie]

Are they affiliated with proud boys or some other group? Tried to research and coming up with goose eggs.

[msongs]

1. it means the current sedition is equal to the revolution of 1776 in the eyes of christian white

supremacists

[EarthFirst]

2. There's a likelihood it's a dog whistle...

It’s fairly synonymous with the the “patriot” crowd.

[TheBlackAdder]

51. It's probably also likely the guy has cameras up all over his place to catch people in his yard.

[dweller]

3. Goose eggs should work

chicken eggs and rotten tomatoes too ...


✌🏻

[electric_blue68]

20. Give your garbage disposal a rest 😁

[TheBlackAdder]

50. Pro Tip: NEVER use a garbage disposal, lest you need to rooter or mainline clean it.

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Always wipe off the plates and make sure no greasy products go into the drain. And if it's an older Mercer pipe, you'll be heading for a $6K-$10K replacement because those can only be rooted a few times before they crumble.


Getting back to your comment, I agree. It's best to yeet them.



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[electric_blue68]

53. Should I ever have one I've been advised! 👍

[RockRaven]

4. It's used by a bunch of overlapping "patriot" groups, and not exclusive to any one of them...

It's a favored slogan of Alex Jones too...

[Beachnutt]

5. put 1/20/21 In your yard just to screw with them

[LiberalArkie]

10. How about 5/9/1865?

[DFW]

12. That would be my vote, too except:.......

The 1776 crowd wouldn't have the faintest idea what you are talking about.

[mzmolly]

24. I like this idea.

The North - The United States of America Flags

https://www.battlefields.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Flag%20Guide%202017.pdf

[COL Mustard]

6. I Graduated In 1976. We Were Proud In Those Days To Reference 1776.

When in the hell did the fascist right co-opt 1776, the Betsy Ross flag, Hawaiian shirts and tiki torches?

And by the way, I'll be damned if I stop wearing my Hawaiian shirts...at least once the weather warms up.

[KentuckyWoman]

15. I am pretty annoyed as well

A neighbor with dementia called the police thinking my American flag was out to support those thugs.


I will be so glad when these idiots are run back under their rocks.

[StClone]

22. That is so sad in several ways.

Also, seeing the Flag perverted with that unnatural blue stripe for backing the blue (because they beat up on minorities) should get even non-dementia Americans calling the cops.

[electric_blue68]

26. In 1976 we had 💖 Operation Sail in NYC...

For our 200th Birthday!
All these tall (Sail) ships came up and down the Hudson River to the upper Hudson Bay. Modern ships too. Fireboats spraying Red, White and Blue water. Fireworks at night.

We were up in Washington Heights so we went down under the GW Bridge by the Little Red Lighthouse to watch them! Then latervwe went down to the he south end of Manhattan to see the fireworks!
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Look it up - it was glorious! 🥰

[COL Mustard]

42. I Remember Seeing That On The TeeWee

It was spectacular.

I'm not sure where we as a Nation lost our way. I hope we get it back.

[electric_blue68]

43. I see what you did - Tee Wee

Glad you got to see it👍

Well RW radio, then add TV, digital media convinced more people, also stoked racism of many people, which drumph gave "permission" to come out from under their rocks!

There's always been conservatives, and some facist minded people here - the relative minority helped by increasingly RW Republicans (I remember real Liberal Republicans from 55 yes ago in NYC) gerrymandering, voter suppression etc

Still we are more the majority. I'm not sure I buy this
"50/50" split some people insist on.

[Danmel]

45. We watched Op-sail

I turned 16 that year. My sweet 16 had a bicentennial theme.

I was such a dork.

[electric_blue68]

46. Aww, you had a historical take 👍

[Iggo]

31. Last week.

[mopinko]

7. i'd have a real hard time

not lighting that sucker on fire.
the sign, not the neighbor. but...

[Irish_Dem]

8. They fantasize about overturning the US government and setting up a new country.

Like our forefathers did against the British.

[Claire Oh Nette]

9. That, too.

Also shows willful ignorance.

The Declaration of Independence began the Revolution.

The Constitution ended it. One could argue not until Jefferson peacefully took power.

[tenderfoot]

11. Here's a goose egg...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/far-right-symbols-capitol-riot/

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Good source!

[Mr.Bill]

13. During the Capitol invasion, Lauren Boebert

tweeted: "This is 1776".

Get a sign for your yard that shows Benedict Arnold hanging from a rope.

[hlthe2b]

17. Ya know Benedict Arnold escaped to the British and was never hung, though his accomplice was...

He lived out his remaining infamous life in England.

[Mr.Bill]

21. Actually, I had forgotten about that.

Thanks. Getting old sucks. The memory is the second thing to go.

[Klaralven]

47. From 1780 to 1785 he commanded the American Legion

The American Legion is notable for the fact that Brigadier General Benedict Arnold was commander.[1] It was organised in October 1780 at New York.[2] It accompanied him in his raid upon Virginia and did good service. It was also with him in his expedition into Connecticut in September 1781 in which two forts were stormed and dismantled and the town of New London plundered and burned.[1] The Legion was disbanded on 24 October 1783 in New Brunswick.

From 1785 on, he spent time in New Brunswick as well as in the Carribean fighting the French.

His several sons were also officers in the British military.

[bdamomma]

19. of course

they have mimic the same lies over and over.

[Phoenix61]

14. Part of Q conspiracy theories that the current

constitution isn’t the real one so it’s unconstitutional. They want to go back to the real one. Bat shit crazy.
https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/the-conspiracy-issue-the-constitution-is-a-fake/26507124/

[Mr.Bill]

27. Two things I like to say to amateur Constitutionalists.

1. It also doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution that we have an Air Force.

2. It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution that you have a right to own guns. Of course, this makes them explode about the "Second Amendment". That's when I remind them that it's amendment to the Constitution. That means it was designed to be amended and can be again.

[Maru Kitteh]

39. Let me guess, Nick Cage stole the real one?

[Tree-Hugger]

16. Hopefully

They are just fans of the musical.

[Renew Deal]

18. Put 1865 in your yard.

[MontanaMama]

25. I'm not above using a paintball gun.

[Bluethroughu]

28. The nuts during the insurrection at the capital we're yelling that

They might be to far gone.

I would put out a sign that says 2021.

[frogmarch]

29. Speaking of 1776

Some of the Founding Fathers - including, but perhaps not limited to, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison - were Deists. Deism is a philosophy that considers human reason, not religion, as a reliable means of managing social and political issues. Deists don't deny the existence of a creative force - they just say it doesn't interact with humans or intervene in the universe. Kind of like the Force in Star Wars, as in "May the Force be with you" (although Deists would say it wouldn't be with you - not intentionally anyway .

So, the Founding Fathers for the most part weren't devout Xians, as many of these QAnoners seem to think they were and as many claim to be themselves. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, using a razor and glue, revised the Bible, omitting miracles and most other mentions of the supernatural.

Jefferson Bible (wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible​

[roamer65]

30. Get a sign with Dump's picture and "traitor" on it.

[JHB]

32. When did they put it up?

[Sugarmaggie]

36. Just noticed it

It’s really small. Sitting out close to road. Just a number 1776. Definitely not a house number because their house number is 1800 range. What bothers me about all this is everyone still has their trump signs and flags still loud and proud posted. Our Biden sign was stolen very early into the campaign. Silver lining....it’s good to know who is living around us.

[JHB]

40. Yeah, that means it's probably new and probably a dog whistle.

They were pretty popular in the area where I grew up as general patriotic paraphernalia, but that was in the 1970s, so the bicentennial helped account for the prevalence

I swear, these dingbats have a compulsion to scent-mark everything and pretend it's all theirs.

[dem4decades]

33. Probably a big fan of the musical Hamilton, Or an idiot.

[Voltaire2]

34. The 1984 or 1776 meme is a fascist slogan.

Your 1776 neighbor is likely an insurrectionist supporter.

Proud Boys is just one armed gang supporting insurrection. There are many others, and right now we really don’t know how they are organized or funded.

[Ellen Forradalom]

35. I would put up 1789

For the French Revolution

[lindysalsagal]

37. and it would go right over the idiot's heads, like most things. 1776 was when the 13 colonies finall

finally chose to work together for the first time, ironically. They had had divisions up until then.

So, 1776 actually, in fact, was a moment of unity for everyone on this side of the pond. Idiot traitor rioting dumbasses.

[gldstwmn]

38. Avoid at all costs.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

41. I still have a pillow with this flag on it.

John Proctor is one of my ancestors and that was the flag of his battalion during the American Revolution.

I've kept the pillow HIDDEN in a closet ever since the RW nut jobs used those types of flags as their symbols.

[lunasun]

44. Wake up ! It's a revolution ! A 1776-style revolution🤪

[mentalsolstice]

48. We had one up during the GWB years.

YMMV. However, if she just started flying it, I’d bet she’s a trumpster.

[Polybius]

49. So now it's Nazi to remember the Founding of our Country?

WTF?

[tenderfoot]

52. It appears so...

White supremacists justifying white supremacy on MLK day is a little on the nose, but then, these assholes were never exactly subtle. They won't be missed.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-1776-commission-report-slavery_n_600627e1c5b6df63a9194243