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Celerity

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3. The Gadsen Flag and Don't Tread on Me were symbols of the American Revolution gainst the tyranny of the King
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 07:03 PM
Aug 2025

Why would I want some chisto-fash projection trampling that?

I also do not give a toss about some RW assholes trying to co-opt it, I refuse to let them take it away, nor do I accept some Christian mythology trying to push up on it.

Gadsden flag

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a yellow field depicting a timber rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Beneath the rattlesnake are the words Dont Tread on Me. Some modern versions of the flag include an apostrophe in the word "don't".

The flag is named after Christopher Gadsden, a South Carolinian delegate to the Continental Congress, brigadier general in the Continental Army and Slaver, who designed the flag in 1775 during the American Revolution. He gave the flag to Commodore Esek Hopkins, and it was unfurled on the main mast of Hopkins' flagship USS Alfred on December 20, 1775. Two days later, Congress made Hopkins commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. He adopted the Gadsden banner as his personal flag, flying it from the mainmast of the flagship while he was aboard. The Continental Marines also flew the flag during the early part of the war.

The rattlesnake was a symbol of the unity of the Thirteen Colonies at the start of the Revolutionary War, and it had a long history as a political symbol in America. Benjamin Franklin used it for his Join, or Die woodcut in 1754. Gadsden intended his flag to serve as a physical symbol of the American Revolution's ideals.

If you search around for that 'I Tread Where I Want' flag you posted, you will see it is a lot RW christo-fashies who are pushing it.

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"I tread where I please" [View all] orangecrush Aug 2025 OP
Why are you posting this religio-fascist bollocks? Celerity Aug 2025 #1
I think it's a great reply to the Gadsden flag The Blue Flower Aug 2025 #2
The Gadsen Flag and Don't Tread on Me were symbols of the American Revolution gainst the tyranny of the King Celerity Aug 2025 #3
Our Lady of Guadalupe is an aspect of the Virgin Mary that is highly venerated in Mexico and is often used as a symbol WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #4
I refuse to bend to any Christian iconography that claims 'I Tread Where I Please' Full stop. Celerity Aug 2025 #5
No one is asking you to. I'm just telling you why the image is important to some people WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #6
No one ForgedCrank Aug 2025 #8
I cannot stand that crap either Skittles Aug 2025 #21
You forgot to use a U.K. phrase in this one. writerJT Aug 2025 #25
Did I now? I think not, not that it matters in the slightest. Celerity Aug 2025 #31
Blimey! writerJT Aug 2025 #34
Thank you orangecrush Aug 2025 #10
You might be interested in Ben Wildflower's work -- clearly influenced by Ade Bethune and the like. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #32
The Snake here is the Union. This sucks. RPM Aug 2025 #38
The representation is a reaction to the right wing hijacking orangecrush Aug 2025 #9
I refuse RW hijacking of the Gadsen Flag as well. Here's an example of a trad-cath using 'I Tread where I Please' flag Celerity Aug 2025 #13
That's not a tradcath. That's a mainstream Catholic priest. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #15
Pushing some RW bullshit is not mainstream in my book. nt Celerity Aug 2025 #16
"Mainstream Catholic," I'm saying. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #17
Yes, I understood that, and I do not think that (using his words/retweets): Celerity Aug 2025 #20
Celerity, no one is asking you to agree with Catholic tenets or some random ass priest. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #24
I'll always have problems with any religion that claims it treads where it pleases. I highly doubt that synthetic trio, Celerity Aug 2025 #26
And I highly doubt I can convince you otherwise, so we'll leave it at that. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #29
... orangecrush Aug 2025 #36
I am guessing orangecrush Aug 2025 #19
That is a false claim. He literally said : 'New background for today's show!' Celerity Aug 2025 #23
... orangecrush Aug 2025 #37
non sequitur Celerity Aug 2025 #39
Nonsense orangecrush Aug 2025 #12
Again I refuse to let the RW co-opt it, and I do not have to lean into AI to do so. Celerity Aug 2025 #14
Ok orangecrush Aug 2025 #18
... orangecrush Aug 2025 #11
Apparently orangecrush Aug 2025 #7
She's the patron saint of the Americas, but I've never seen the snake thing before, nor anything authoritarian. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #42
It's a co-optation of a traditional religious picture, whathehell Aug 2025 #52
that religion often "treads" where they are not wanted Skittles Aug 2025 #22
A lot of religions do that orangecrush Aug 2025 #27
yeah, whatever Skittles Aug 2025 #28
Orange, clear. orangecrush Aug 2025 #30
The "where" now includes a heavy footstep within our schools, in several states. nt sl8 Aug 2025 #33
IIRC orangecrush Aug 2025 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Aug 2025 #43
I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state orangecrush Aug 2025 #45
Got it jfz9580m Aug 2025 #49
"documentary" orangecrush Aug 2025 #50
"Supreme Court blocks Catholic public charter school" sl8 Aug 2025 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Aug 2025 #40
You're right orangecrush Aug 2025 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Aug 2025 #48
Much appreciated orangecrush Aug 2025 #51
I've never seen OLG with a snake..LOL Nor have her depicted as "authoritarian". LeftInTX Aug 2025 #41
Definitely not authoritarian orangecrush Aug 2025 #47
The Catholic Worker is actually a very cool organization bif Aug 2025 #53
She was a depression era "radical" orangecrush Aug 2025 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Aug 2025 #55
I've never heard it so well put orangecrush Aug 2025 #56
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