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surfered

(12,131 posts) Mon Jan 26, 2026, 11:55 AM Monday

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The people flying this flag [View all]

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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Ha! They fooled you! It's only tyranny if minorities have rights! unblock Monday #1

Still can't believe we managed to get a female VP elected. C Moon Yesterday #32

Ruby Ridge? Aug 1992 - republican administration Norrrm Monday #2

And yet odins folly Monday #17

That's because they believe MurrayDelph Monday #3

No one on that side of this divide seems terribly concerned about Pretti's 2nd Amendent rights BobTheSubgenius Monday #4

The people flying that flag are as trustworthy as a trump. Don't take them at their words. erronis Monday #5

Well it is a snake with a forked tongue,right? BattleRow Monday #20

I call thesr people turds BonnieJW Yesterday #35

The NRA has disappeared. BradBo Monday #6

They fly the flag and hoard their guns because they are terrified; not "patriots" as they see themselves. chowder66 Monday #7

These MAGAts are a confused, ignorant lot. Martin68 Monday #8

They may be ignorant, but not confused Wednesdays Monday #9

Judging people by their jersey, colors, or uniform is simple. Totally misunderstanding the meaning of the Gadsden flag Martin68 Monday #31

Among a slew of things they used to claim to support. Things like, the country, American values, UTUSN Monday #10

Somebody posted this on social media years ago FakeNoose Monday #11

That's it in a nutshell. SergeStorms Monday #23

... Drum Monday #12

The Tea Party was a corporate astroturf creation, funded by corporate-backed organizations like Americans for sop Monday #13

Yeap. Dick Armie's Army of Dicks. madinmaryland Monday #19

And without the Fox lie machine ... 31st Street Bridge Yesterday #37

Those people long ago performed.... lastlib Monday #14

Wait... Jughead Monday #15

..who needs to worry about guns when the BRAINS are on safety... ForeGoneLegsBirne Monday #28

They went from "don't tread on me" MaineBlueBear Monday #16

That's a good way to put it. JohnnyRingo Yesterday #36

Psss psss psss psss psss Meow Meow DinahMoeHum Monday #18

Don't tread on me. Tread on them! Harker Monday #21

What they mean is EnergizedLib Monday #22

They are alfredo Monday #24

They are alfredo Monday #25

Yep. The rightwing has become the government tyranny they always warned us about... Beartracks Monday #26

You can't reason with morons or expect them to see the irony. mdbl Monday #27

And they don't recognize that. Figarosmom Monday #29

I guess I'd want to ask: WHY are you embracing a YELLOW flag? calimary Monday #30

Well DONE, surfered... Cha Yesterday #33

K & R Emile Yesterday #34