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surfered

(12,084 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:55 AM 12 hrs ago

The people flying this flag


Now support a government that can shoot gun owners with a permit to carry, enter your home without a warrant, and arrest and send you to a foreign prison without due process.

Sounds like a tyrannical government they said they opposed..
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The people flying this flag (Original Post) surfered 12 hrs ago OP
Ha! They fooled you! It's only tyranny if minorities have rights! unblock 12 hrs ago #1
Still can't believe we managed to get a female VP elected. C Moon 16 min ago #32
Ruby Ridge? Aug 1992 - republican administration Norrrm 11 hrs ago #2
And yet odins folly 9 hrs ago #17
That's because they believe MurrayDelph 11 hrs ago #3
No one on that side of this divide seems terribly concerned about Pretti's 2nd Amendent rights BobTheSubgenius 11 hrs ago #4
The people flying that flag are as trustworthy as a trump. Don't take them at their words. erronis 11 hrs ago #5
Well it is a snake with a forked tongue,right? BattleRow 8 hrs ago #20
The NRA has disappeared. BradBo 11 hrs ago #6
They fly the flag and hoard their guns because they are terrified; not "patriots" as they see themselves. chowder66 11 hrs ago #7
These MAGAts are a confused, ignorant lot. Martin68 11 hrs ago #8
They may be ignorant, but not confused Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #9
Judging people by their jersey, colors, or uniform is simple. Totally misunderstanding the meaning of the Gadsden flag Martin68 2 hrs ago #31
Among a slew of things they used to claim to support. Things like, the country, American values, UTUSN 10 hrs ago #10
Somebody posted this on social media years ago FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #11
That's it in a nutshell. SergeStorms 7 hrs ago #23
... Drum 10 hrs ago #12
The Tea Party was a corporate astroturf creation, funded by corporate-backed organizations like Americans for sop 10 hrs ago #13
Yeap. Dick Armie's Army of Dicks. madinmaryland 9 hrs ago #19
Those people long ago performed.... lastlib 10 hrs ago #14
Wait... Jughead 10 hrs ago #15
..who needs to worry about guns when the BRAINS are on safety... ForeGoneLegsBirne 5 hrs ago #28
They went from "don't tread on me" MaineBlueBear 9 hrs ago #16
Psss psss psss psss psss Meow Meow DinahMoeHum 9 hrs ago #18
Don't tread on me. Tread on them! Harker 8 hrs ago #21
What they mean is EnergizedLib 8 hrs ago #22
They are alfredo 6 hrs ago #24
They are alfredo 6 hrs ago #25
Yep. The rightwing has become the government tyranny they always warned us about... Beartracks 5 hrs ago #26
You can't reason with morons or expect them to see the irony. mdbl 5 hrs ago #27
And they don't recognize that. Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #29
I guess I'd want to ask: WHY are you embracing a YELLOW flag? calimary 3 hrs ago #30

unblock

(56,025 posts)
1. Ha! They fooled you! It's only tyranny if minorities have rights!
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:58 AM
12 hrs ago

Clearly they're fine with what's going on. They were only really upset when a black man was president and a woman was a serious contender.

C Moon

(13,514 posts)
32. Still can't believe we managed to get a female VP elected.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:16 AM
16 min ago

That next step seems impossible, but hopefully soon it will happen.

odins folly

(563 posts)
17. And yet
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 02:50 PM
9 hrs ago

They look at the year and wrongly assume Clinton was president. Because math is hard…..

Just like they blamed Obama for “golfing during the ‘08 housing crisis”

MurrayDelph

(5,729 posts)
3. That's because they believe
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:57 PM
11 hrs ago

"Don't Tread on Me" doesn't translate to "Don't Tread on ANYONE"

BobTheSubgenius

(12,174 posts)
4. No one on that side of this divide seems terribly concerned about Pretti's 2nd Amendent rights
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 12:58 PM
11 hrs ago

erronis

(22,906 posts)
5. The people flying that flag are as trustworthy as a trump. Don't take them at their words.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:07 PM
11 hrs ago

chowder66

(11,929 posts)
7. They fly the flag and hoard their guns because they are terrified; not "patriots" as they see themselves.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:29 PM
11 hrs ago

Most of those people don't have any real world coping skills (other than guns, faux bravado and believing God and Jesus are going to grant them their inane or malignant wishes).

Wednesdays

(21,770 posts)
9. They may be ignorant, but not confused
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:41 PM
10 hrs ago

You see, it all depends on which political team's jersey the gun holder is wearing. Simple as that.

Martin68

(27,201 posts)
31. Judging people by their jersey, colors, or uniform is simple. Totally misunderstanding the meaning of the Gadsden flag
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 09:35 PM
2 hrs ago

suggests an ignorant misunderstanding of history and a confused interpretation for the symbol's meaning. I tend to keep a good distance from vehicles with that license plate. They tend to be ignorant, confused, and violent.

UTUSN

(77,185 posts)
10. Among a slew of things they used to claim to support. Things like, the country, American values,
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:44 PM
10 hrs ago

veterans, democracy - little things like that.




FakeNoose

(40,455 posts)
11. Somebody posted this on social media years ago
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 01:46 PM
10 hrs ago


Basically all true ... their pretzel logic is astounding.

SergeStorms

(20,076 posts)
23. That's it in a nutshell.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 05:26 PM
7 hrs ago

Basically, they just hate brown and black people. And anyone to the left of Joseph Geobbels. Can't forget that one.

sop

(17,748 posts)
13. The Tea Party was a corporate astroturf creation, funded by corporate-backed organizations like Americans for
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 02:11 PM
10 hrs ago

Prosperity and FreedomWorks, both founded by the Koch brothers. These organizations, with a lot of help from rightwing media, transformed a bunch of ignorant, gun-toting, flag-waving yahoos into a national anti-tax and anti-regulation movement that directly benefited corporate America.

lastlib

(27,701 posts)
14. Those people long ago performed....
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 02:19 PM
10 hrs ago

a frontal self-lobotomy. They opened their skulls, took out the critical-thinking part of their brains, and tossed it in the bio-waste bin. They cannot employ logic to the situations they confront in the modern world.

EnergizedLib

(2,955 posts)
22. What they mean is
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 04:28 PM
8 hrs ago

‘Don’t tread on ME. Who cares if they tread on YOU?’

They’re not truly for freedom.

Beartracks

(14,425 posts)
26. Yep. The rightwing has become the government tyranny they always warned us about...
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 06:56 PM
5 hrs ago

... but they're too blinded by fear, hate and disinformation to be able to tell.

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mdbl

(8,173 posts)
27. You can't reason with morons or expect them to see the irony.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:24 PM
5 hrs ago

They are just too F'ing stupid.

calimary

(89,221 posts)
30. I guess I'd want to ask: WHY are you embracing a YELLOW flag?
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 08:54 PM
3 hrs ago

Yellow is a color commonly used to symbolize cowardice.

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