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3. It is the modern confederate flag. Tbaggers deny it, just like

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Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:33 AM

Jun 2014

racists say the confederate flag is just about heritage, or other such crud.

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What do you think when you see the "Don't Tread on Me" flag? [View all] Hugabear Jun 2014 OP

I think right-wing cop killing terrorists! B Calm Jun 2014 #1

I definite don't think that at all yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #34

I think that it's a symbol from the revolutionary war years and I'm not going to let teaparty fucks el_bryanto Jun 2014 #2

Exactly... I am tired of RETHUGS & Teabagggers putting ugly connotations on the US Flag and even hlthe2b Jun 2014 #39

+ a gazillion. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2014 #56

yep.. frylock Jun 2014 #66

It is the modern confederate flag. Tbaggers deny it, just like Hoyt Jun 2014 #3

Trouble ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #4

It has always looked like a half-assed cartoon to me. Orrex Jun 2014 #5

they've pervert it's original meaning warrior1 Jun 2014 #6

Domestic terrorists! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #7

Yep. Taken over a recognized symbol and rebranded it to strike fear into people. Just like a Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #10

Exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #33

DON'T READ TO ME Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #8

lol 2pooped2pop Jun 2014 #43

I remember how much snakes upset me...Tea Baggers included. Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #9

Snakes = sex = small equipment = guns ..lol lol lol lol !!!!!! clarice Jun 2014 #19

A nutless snake - like the teabaggers that wave it. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2014 #11

When I see one, it's usually flown w/ a stars-and-bars flag woodsprite Jun 2014 #12

We got one nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #13

IMO Mr Dixon Jun 2014 #14

Fuck the far-right. I won't concede this historic symbol to them. Throd Jun 2014 #15

+1 Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #23

They can have that fucking flag. It'll be a nice match for the Confederate rag they worship. (nt) Paladin Jun 2014 #25

You mean like this? Hugabear Jun 2014 #28

Definite right-wing jerkoff image, there. (nt) Paladin Jun 2014 #32

jeese, get rid of that 2pooped2pop Jun 2014 #45

^^this^^ Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #62

I think, "That's one ugly flag.". And so are the people that wave it. Shrike47 Jun 2014 #16

"Fucking moron." Iggo Jun 2014 #17

I see paranoia and self-delusion and hyperbole frazzled Jun 2014 #18

Fox News induced domestic terrorists. sinkingfeeling Jun 2014 #20

These days? I take it as a symbol for right wing terrorists. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #21

Pretty much the same thing I think when I see the American flag. raouldukelives Jun 2014 #22

Asshole. TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 #24

Honestly I think of Metallica black album because that's the first time I ever saw that symbol Arcanetrance Jun 2014 #26

I wore that "tape" out twice !!!! nt clarice Jun 2014 #27

Little boys who read "Hero" comic books and dress up like cowboys. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #29

pssst...!! yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #48

Demeaning comics books bespeaks a profound ignorance Codeine Jun 2014 #60

I have a right to vote against my own self interest! peace13 Jun 2014 #30

It's a tea bagger identifier for me meadowlark5 Jun 2014 #31

I hate how they made it in to a flag. Xyzse Jun 2014 #35

Google images: Teabagger liberal N proud Jun 2014 #36

Hey there's someone that the propaganda machine treads all over and they like it! Johonny Jun 2014 #37

False equivalency Zambero Jun 2014 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author tridim Jun 2014 #40

Sadly, madamesilverspurs Jun 2014 #41

Stupid-ass, infantile, 'don't-take-my-toys', functionally illiterate asshole. Aristus Jun 2014 #42

I loved this flag as a child PasadenaTrudy Jun 2014 #44

Personally yuiyoshida Jun 2014 #46

Someone who lives a miserable life. randome Jun 2014 #47

Humorous: Especially when I saw some LBGT people in Philly flying it. That image remains. TheBlackAdder Jun 2014 #49

Reminds me of the Grateful Dead lyric from Uncle John's Band al bupp Jun 2014 #50

I think there is an idiot in my presence, give a wide berth. Pisces Jun 2014 #51

Here's somebody who's too dumb to realize he's being tread on every day tularetom Jun 2014 #52

I see it as a relic of a war where Lint Head Jun 2014 #53

I just call it the Cop Killer flag now 4now Jun 2014 #54

I don't care for it as a flag, the biting snake and all The Second Stone Jun 2014 #55

Nothing more or less threatning than this flag seveneyes Jun 2014 #57

People who want to not be tread upon, but who want more opportunities to Nay Jun 2014 #58

"Don't Tread on Me" with a rattlesnake reminds me of Navy tradition that extends back for centuries hack89 Jun 2014 #59

I love that flag, and I refuse to cede it to a bunch of Teabilly fucksticks. nt Codeine Jun 2014 #61

Ditto that Puzzledtraveller Jun 2014 #63

:) napkinz Jun 2014 #64

Ah poo! NFW! In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #65

Pick another neighborhood. politicat Jun 2014 #67

... napkinz Jun 2014 #68

I have that flag and I've always liked it. Fuck the teabaggers. Autumn Jun 2014 #69

... napkinz Jun 2014 #70