Attention Trump supporters: you don't get to play "patriot" this weekend...

[mreilly]

If you voted for Trump or support him in any way please don't waste your time pretending you're a proud little patriot of the U.S. this Fourth of July weekend. You're not. You don't give a damn whether a foreign government interfered with our democracy, so long as your oafish clown got elected. Had they done the same for Hillary you'd already have assassinated her. Literally. And when the evidence comes out you people will just bellow and shriek that it's fine the Russians stole the election since Hillary was just so horrible and awful.

You people proved you're more interested in allowing corrupt rich white pigs kick people off medical insurance, pass laws controlling women and minorities, promote bigotry in the name of "religious freedom" and make the U.S. the laughingstock of the world. You don't give a damn about this country, only your sick and warped "vision" of it, whereby only you people are Americans and everything belongs to you.

So don't bother mounting your precious little U.S. flags on your vehicles, wearing your red white and blue, or waving your goddamned stupid "Make America Great Again" hats around this weekend. You forfeited any right you once had to pretend you're anything resembling an American patriot.

The only flags you fucking clowns get to parade around are the Russian flag or your pathetic beloved Confederate traitor flag ("states rights" or "Southern heritage" my ass). Either amounts to the same thing.

Sincerely,

Patriotic Americans who care about this entire country

[Wounded Bear]

1. Nice rant!

[underpants]

2. and no bunting!

[sandensea]

18. I live in a fairly Republican area. You definitely see a lot less bunting than last year.

The older white men, who exuded chest thumping pride last November, seem crestfallen - as if a hot stock tip turned out to be a dud. A lot of talk about Medicare and Medicaid.

It's sad that seemingly educated people haven't learned, until now that they're in their 70s, that elections have consequences.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. mreilly,

I'd PROUDLY march carrying flags with you, my friend.

GREAT posting!

[mreilly]

4. Thank you! Same here! :-)

[njhoneybadger]

5. Thank you, mreilly

You nailed it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Just the other day I saw a pickup truck displaying two large flags

(actual flags, not bumper stickers), one on each side at the back of the pickup bed. One was the American flag; the other was the confederate flag. How do you reconcile that? And this was in Minnesota, not Alabama. Since both the truck and I were moving (and in opposite directions), I had no opportunity to ask its driver some obvious questions: "Uh, you do know that the United States and the Confederacy were mortal enemies, right? And that the United States won? And the Minnesota regiment fought for the United States and not the Confederacy? So what's the deal with the flag?"

Of course, such knuckleheads as that one don't know history, and the symbolism of the confederate flag, to them, has nothing to do with the Civil War and everything to do with vague notions of white supremacy and getting rid of immigrants, minorities and liberals. But they'll be beating their chests and wearing their stupid red caps because they're "real Americans."

[central scrutinizer]

11. There's a truck here in Eugene

With a large flag flying. The flag is filthy and so tattered that half of it is gone. Now that's a patriot who is proud of Old Glory!

[bora13]

12. their next flag

will be a bear snatching BOTH the US and Confederate flag out of the air.

[calimary]

21. In honor of that "other" flag, please enjoy this. The payoff is absolutely exquisite!!!

Funniest Confederate flag "parade" I've ever seen!
(From thread by DUer Archae, two years ago, https://www.democraticunderground.com/10026920815)

Watch the video, all the way through.

(Warning, bad language)


Confederate Flag Parade - Wait For It

http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2015/06/confederate-flag-parade-wait-it-0


Post from June 29th, 2015. Almost exactly two years ago. But still as sweet and delicious as ever!



"God don't like ugly."

[leftieNanner]

22. OMG

Too funny! The guy's commentary is priceless. Thanks for sharing.

[calimary]

24. I could watch this again and again and again!

But not without a box of Kleenex. I literally start crying with laughter after about 1:07!

I forgot the last word from the videographer here til I went back and dug up the clip.

"God don't like ugly. God do not like ugly."

Hilarious!!! Happy 4th of July!!!!!!

[catbyte]

36. Isn't that the "parade" that ended with some drunk asshole brandishing a shotgun & threatening

an African American child's birthday party? The man was sentenced to 13 years in prison, his wife 6. They were sobbing like cowards, lol, when the judge threw the book at them. Entitled assholes.

http://www.myajc.com/news/local/douglas-county-confederate-flag-case-sentenced-lengthy-prison-terms/6cDtrxkl9Q7ILElPhGqd6O/

[calimary]

39. That I don't know.

I never heard any upshot from this particular clip, other than lots of laughter finally dying down.

Whoever that individual is - he deserves to have the book thrown at him. And same thing for his wife.

[Boomerproud]

7. A-Freaking-Men!!!!

You said everything I've been feeling forever.

[FakeNoose]

8. I hope this is shared outside of DU

You're preaching to the choir here, and that's OK. But this message should be seen by the real Trump-supporters, maybe it will make them realize something.

Voting for Trump is not being PATRIOTIC.
Supporting him is not SUPPORTING AMERICA or its democratic ideals.
We believe in FREEDOM and OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL.
We know that EDUCATION is its own reward, and educating all Americans is our goal.
Everyone must pay THEIR SHARE OF TAXES to support our country, even the extremely wealthy.

Flying a flag on the 4th of July is not patriotism.
Standing up for what is right and true for all Americans - that's patriotism.

[Fritz Walter]

25. Preaching to the choir is a good thing

That's how you get them to sign louder and longer.

Love the Lady Liberty GIF! (I'm stealing it!)

[ck4829]

9. It is rather strange they see so many of their fellow Americans as enemies

GLBTQ Americans: Enemies
Muslim Americans: Enemies
Liberal Americans: Enemies
College-educated Americans: Enemies
Americans who vaccinate their children: Enemies
Americans who say that black lives matter: Enemies
Americans who remind them the south lost the civil war: Enemies

But the alt-right which views The Purge as an instructional video for the US? Friends

[kairos12]

13. Scientists: enemies.

[Fritz Walter]

26. Don't forget Americans who want to end gun violence!

Thanks to the NRA and their new propaganda video.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. Perfect!

Well said. I'd like to slap some dipshits in the face with it. The mass psychosis is destroying us. Rich white psychopaths in power know how to manipulate their base into a delusion so powerful, it IS a psychosis. In my not humble in the least opinion.

[GallopingGhost]

14. 100% perfect. n/t

[Honeycombe8]

15. They will. They think they ARE patriotic and "them libruls" are traitors and deadbeats! nt

[Adrahil]

16. They still get to celebrate the red white and blue!

[calimary]

19. OUCH!!!!!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

29. The other Red, White, and Blue.

Trump will cede the US to Vlad at their meeting next week. Just watch. That should please those who voted for him.

[keithbvadu2]

34. Coincidence? CPAC 'Trump' Flags Look Just Like Russia's

Coincidence? CPAC 'Trump' Flags Look Just Like Russia's

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/02/coincidence-cpac-trump-flags-look-just
.

[YCHDT]

38. Yeap

[peggysue2]

17. I read an article or post . . .

somewhere this week that Trumpy supporters--ordinary citizens, not the cabal in DC--are fast approaching a time when the country at large and the world itself will have no pity, forgiveness or understanding for their willful irrationality and spiteful anger.

It's coming. The Resistance is alive and growing. Hallelujah.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

20. And more...

Learning and knowledge and education... Enemy.

[meow2u3]

23. Thank you very much!!

Righteous rant!!!

[NCjack]

27. Trumpsters: your day of celebration is February 23rd.

Russia's day of celebration: Defender of the Fatherland Day.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

28. My hat is off to you, Mr. Reilly!!!!!!!!!

You hit the nail on the head, sir, with such a brutal eloquence that needs to be stated. For trying to reach a Trump voter/supporter is the same as banging one's head against a wall... They are the ones who will lose out. They just do not know it yet.

[llmart]

30. Thank you for stating exactly what we feel...

These people co-opted patriotism for themselves and their ilk. It's not so much patriotism as nationalistic fervor similar to what Hitler followers did. They can only do the easy things required of patriots such as flying a flag or wearing a MAGA hat (ugh!), but the more difficult things such as actually trying to learn what democracy is all about or not whine and gripe about paying their taxes or volunteering their time - well, don't ask them to do that. They think listening to Rush on the radio is patriotic.

The true patriots are those of us resisting this fascism.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. This should be posted on a RW site's comment section.

Probably be banned instantly, but it would be worth it.

[Different Drummer]

32. Perfect rant, mreilly! Thank you so much for posting it! n/t

[keithbvadu2]

33. Confederate flag supporters proudly associate with nazi flags www.tinyurl.com/mcdkd9m

Confederate flag supporters proudly associate with nazi flags

[Initech]

41. Where are the Blues Brothers when you need them?

[lambchopp59]

35. Republicretins delusional self-congratulatory smugness

The sensationalism relentlessly hammered by Fox Noise only encourages the faithful flock despite any reality consuming them. "Idiocracy", having been produced, IMO, as mockery of the GWB faithful, has become so facepalmingly prophetic.
It literally nauseates me to observe the ilk.

[Initech]

37. The right doesn't care about actual patriotism. They only care about patriotic symbols.

They'll quote the constitution, but if you ask them what it means, they'll give you a blank stare. Same with the Bible. They don't care, or ever will. They've hijacked what it means to truly be a patriot. Being a patriot does not mean supporting a president who colluded with a hostile foreign entity. Not at all.

[Cha]

40. Damn straight.. they're fakefux truthers who are

fake patriots.

[GallopingGhost]

42. Kicking this because it's excellent,

and what a good time of year to remind everyone who is fighting tyranny and who isn't.