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In reply to the discussion: The confederate flags are a nice touch... [View all]ms liberty
(8,572 posts)58. Yea, duh. But you're missing the actual point
Which is that the protesters weren't specifically confederate numbskulls but were a broad group of trump supporters, anti vaxxers, conspiracy nutters and other associated dumbasses. If it had been a primarily confederate flag nut convention, there would have been as many rebel flags as there were us flags...and there weren't, if the pictures on the linked article are representative of the people who were there.
It is a dodgy meme, manipulative and therefore suspicious in its intent, because it misrepresents an event. My objection has nothing to do with the merits of the rebel flag or the complete lack of merit, to be more accurate. It's about the manipulation.
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States' rights to be free under the Total Authority of King Trump. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2020
#30
To them it's all about "states rights" "our way of life" they conveniently forget about slavery.. nt
mitch96
Apr 2020
#9
I've always suspected if they held a state referendum in Mississippi, Alabama and a couple of
sop
Apr 2020
#46
Letting the traitors go set the precedent for Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr and Jr, and Trump.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#28
That's not the "Stars & Bars," for the record. That's the CSA battle flag. Stars & Bars refers to
malchickiwick
Apr 2020
#31
They cherish their sense of grievance and victimhood? Trump certainly uses it to great effect.nt
Hekate
Apr 2020
#81
The link you supplied only has 1 pic of 38 that includes a confederate flag.
ms liberty
Apr 2020
#34
You Could Not Have Stated It Better, Ma'am --- I Am Quite Content With The Distortion
The Magistrate
Apr 2020
#65
While People Here Quibble About How Many Confederate Flags Were There, And Are We Fair To Shit-Heels
The Magistrate
Apr 2020
#78
they are still racist idiot bawbags, but not tied to the current news situ, or at least not from
Celerity
Apr 2020
#24
there're some real shit FB groups that purport to be Democrats,but so often put up dodgy, fake memes
Celerity
Apr 2020
#33
I wonder how their ancestors would feel watching them worship a flag that they fought & died to stop
catbyte
Apr 2020
#72