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Hekate

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4. Although it is connected directly to the US Revolutionary War, it has been co-opted by MAGA...

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 03:59 PM

Oct 2025

…just as cartoon Pepe the Frog was co-opted by hateful right wingers some 15 years ago.

I would not recommend using the Don’t Tread On Me image these days unless you want to make friends among the MAGAs.

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I see this on flags, bumper stickers, and window stickers, but none at the No Kings protests. [View all] surfered Oct 2025 OP

That's a maga flag. It means rattlesnake people, watch out. It's the flag of the j6 hallway shitters brigade. Blues Heron Oct 2025 #1

There is history connecting it to the Revolutionary War. Nittersing Oct 2025 #2

Take it back. I have. And If anyone asks about my big cup, I tell them Callie1979 Oct 2025 #5

Other people malaise Oct 2025 #3

Exactly! surfered Oct 2025 #7

Although it is connected directly to the US Revolutionary War, it has been co-opted by MAGA... Hekate Oct 2025 #4

Before the magats canetoad Oct 2025 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2025 #8

What a sucker you are for AI generated conservative tropes. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #9

You may have seen this one: Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #10