It's really sad that the treasonous Patriots have turned the

[leftyladyfrommo]

American flag into a symbol of white extremisim.

Thst really pisses me off.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

1. They are not patriots, they are traitors. nt

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. I know. But around here that's what they all call themselves.

It's how they puff themselves up.

[Bo Zarts]

9. " .. puff themselves up .."

Perfect! That is EXACTLY what they do. I will be using that phrase .. thank you!

[Eyeball_Kid]

16. And the FNC media stars are the fluffers. n/t

[GoodRaisin]

4. And Thugs.

They are thugs.

[olegramps]

7. It was summed upthat when fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag & carrying a bible.

[Elessar Zappa]

3. I still fly my flag.

I’m not going to let the assholes co-opt it.

[wnylib]

15. That's the right attitude!

They do not have exclusive ownership of it.

To paraphrase Guthrie, "This flag is your flag, this flag is my flag..."

[Takket]

22. exactly... thank you. They don't get to claim ownership of the flag.

[FeelingBlue]

5. It's our fault!!

We cannot compete when we do not show up. Since Dems are more committed to the Constitution than the Republicans, we should be more committed to showing the flag than anyone.

We should absolutely take back the flag. I have thought this for a long time. Fly your flags, Democrats. The Proud Boys do not own it- unless they do.

[Omnipresent]

13. There is no "pride" in going to jail for those "boys".

chuckle:

[gulliver]

14. Maybe fly two flags? The U.S. flag and a "proud patriotic Democrat" banner right under it.

Thanks to the Trumpie white nationalist numbskulls, something is needed to give the flag flying a context that represents loyalty to the country.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. They have NOT. The flag over Biden White House is NOT a symbol of white extremism. Claim it back

tRump flags are the symbol of white privilege and extremism, as are loser traitor confederate flags. tRump flags are not American, regardless of how many stars & stripes.

Claim back the US flag by flying it.

Claim it back like LGBTQ+ retook the word "queer".

[Mister Ed]

12. Yes! Claim the US flag by flying it.

That's what I do at my house.

[Traildogbob]

8. I agree

Every time I see the flag on trucks or 5-6 on a house, my first reaction is it is the Trump cult. When I heard USA chants at Olympic trials or the US Women’s soccer Friendlies, I cringed with flash backs to Capital insurrection. I served under that flag. Sad indeed.

[calimary]

18. I know exactly how you feel.

Uneasy feeling whenever I see our flag flying at the back of some pickup truck. It becomes a symbol of the enemy. Those bastards have perverted it.

[Solly Mack]

10. The flag means whatever you think it means to you.

They can't take that from you if you don't allow it.

[bullwinkle428]

11. When they choose to fly it alongside the Confederate rag, they prove that they

have absolutely no idea what the real flag means.

[llashram]

17. they have

always been waiting on the day and a national leader like that last person posing as a POTUS. I just have to believe, we are stronger than their cult of dump...and will fight to keep it that way. They seem to forget, it was blue and grey.

[GulfCoast66]

19. Could not disagree more. Mine still flies every secular holiday.

I take it down if looks like rain. Don’t fly it at night because it is not lit.

What make me chuckle is how the right wingers totally ignore flag protocol. Leave it up 24/7 in an unlit location. Never replace it until it falls apart.

Their treatment of the flag is like their patriotism; lazy and shoddy. Unthinking.

[Hulk]

20. You aren't alone there...

I fought and bled for my country. I taught youngsters the greatness of the words we recite in the pledge of allegiance every day in my classroom...and now those seditious, racist bigots and bastards wave the flag in a sacrilegious act to shield their hateful and treasonous ignorance.

I'm so pissed...I can't even stand to look at the flag...and I want to flip off drivers that have it stapled on the trucks as a symbol of shame and disgrace.

[Ziggysmom]

21. My dad was a WWII vet. I have many photos he left me of his Navy Days in the 1940s.

One thing that stands out in his pics is that our country was United and fighting together against the evils. Today we are fighting each other and not making as much progress. The old saying “United we stand, divided we fall” rings true.

[Hortensis]

23. Not for me also. I really don't understand why

anyone would call them "Patriots," and capitalize it no less. They're not patriots. They're traitors. And really stupid ones to boot.

[Devil Child]

24. I respectfully disagree and proudly fly the flag

If you really want to piss them off, do the same and hoist a pride flag with it.

No surrender!

[Patterson]

25. We should have our own flag that we fly along with the American flag

[dmr]

26. I LOVE that flag. It's flying from my front porch.

No one will ever take it from me. I will die for it.

[Martin Eden]

27. When I see a pickup truck flying a large US flag

Any sense of pride I once had in seeing the Stars & Stripes is replaced by disgust, because my first thought is There goes another Trumper.

Treasonous morons have appropriated our flag.

I want it back.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. I can't fly a flag in my neighborhood.

Everyone would just assume I am one of "them." I don't want that.