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American flags must be in LA protests. Leave foreign flags at home please. (r.50501.chat)

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This is for your own safety and the optics of how protestors are seen. TRUMP CANT CALL US UN-AMERICAN or push that narrative. That’s how he’s going to stoke his supporters anger. If we all fly the American flag THEY can’t strip our humanity or dignity as easily.

White America: please recognize that foreign flags don’t mean that they are invading and are more than likely LEGAL Americans.

People of color: please JUST fly the American flag. It’s so hard for military troops to fire at their own flag.

Originally Posted By u/jakalkmt3 At 2025-06-08 05:56:08 PM | Source

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sadly, the people who can't cope with the fact that people with Mexican heritage live in California are the ones that have the army, and the finely oiled PR machine.

Just once, I'd like to see us play the PR game, even a little bit, rather than deliberately handing them the victory on that front.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe we should also ask anyone who isn’t white to stay home. You know, since they believe brown people are invading the US.

Just once, I'd like to see us play the PR game, even a little bit, rather than deliberately handing them the victory on that front.

[–] TheCoralReefsAreDying69@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I get that this isn't what they're saying, but it really does feel like it. Talk to any immigrant and you'll realize they're usually incredibly proud of their heritage and the challenges they faced in coming to the US.

Saying its bad optics to be proud of your origins feels like it stands against the reason for these protests in the first place. Latinos, legal or not, are members of our community and deserve to be treated like humans.

How are you going to pretend to advocate for a community and ask them to hide and not express themselves? In diverse cities you see flags from different nationalities everywhere. This is some white savior shit if I've ever seen it. "It'll be easier to save you if you weren't so you".