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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy are Deplorables always flying the American Flag?
Are Russian flags too expensive for them? Seems they should switch flags!
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)They fly the American flag to make suckers think they're patriots when in fact they're traitors.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 8, 2017, 09:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Declaration of Independence they didn't even know what it was and went after NPR for being subversive. Damn, these idiots are unreal!
csziggy
(34,136 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Bleeding Heart Liberal Democrat. And we fly our Flag 24/7 just to piss off our Tea Bagger Neighbors. During the Bush years,we flew our flag upside down for eight years.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)We should reclaim patriotism not only by flying the flag, but also lecturing conservos on how not to sell out to our enemies.
sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)from us in our neighborhood.
You can only take so much stupid and then you have to correct these Faux Noise idiots.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)What's wrong with that?
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)than the entrance door.
RainCaster
(10,866 posts)Duh
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)with blue jeans (I look like "where's Waldo" . My signs usually have an American flag on them with the words "Pro-America, Anti-Trump". His neo nazi supporters get pissed off when they see our flags out number theirs. We can "out patriot" them any day of the week!
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)patriotic to America about the deplorables.
UTUSN
(70,680 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)a subversive document, something like that.
Comatose Sphagetti
(836 posts)"The world is my Country, all men are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." - Thomas Paine
I don't do flags.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)Someone in my city has a flag pole with a Trump flag on it in their front yard. They don't even have the American flag up, just a Trump flag. Looks like this.
dalton99a
(81,450 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,235 posts)RoBear
(1,188 posts)"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel" -- Samuel Johnson
(I'd add the words "a false" before patriotism)
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Boomerproud
(7,951 posts)They know nothing about their own hypocrisy.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,706 posts)the most.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Although in all honesty many never stopped
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)with shirts that look like flags, shorts and cowboy boots
JDC
(10,125 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)The deplorables don't 'own it'
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)is like the Bible, you can use either one to support any view you choose.
Nay
(12,051 posts)the reality (freedom for everyone, not just you).
Symbols are easy to get emotional about, so they get that swell of emotion whenever they engage with one of their symbols. It's a dopamine thing, and it works on the deplorables very reliably.
Symbols also relieve the Deplorables of the dreary act of thinking about what the symbol represents.