Imagine this:
Lined up across from this:
Set that up, turn on the cameras, and Trump will be impeached in two months, and convicted by the Senate by Christmas.
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I'm beyond sick of seeing this sentiment.
Who gives a shit what some brainwashed xenophobic white Trump supporter in middle America thinks? These are the same people who claim they would hate gay people less "if they weren't so in your face about it". America is diverse and they need to get over it.
DJT has done his best to portray all Latinos as rapists, drug dealers and murderers. Going into hiding and pretending to not be Latino is not the answer. This is a great opportunity to show the extent of the diversity that makes America great, along with showing how many citizens/members of the community have roots abroad. We are members of this country the same as you are and we will be visible in the community and stay proud of our heritage.
We should not be watering down our message to appeal to the unredeemable.
They're easy to sway. You just have to press the right buttons (and be born with the right skin color). If you convince enough of them, they might revert back to their "fuck the government" and "dont tread on me" ways. That's an asset worth having.
I've heard it suggested to bring rifles instead of flags. Nothing is more American and patriotic than a rifle after all. Police is also tempted to stay quietly and politely at the side of things when you carry a rifle and suddenly stops trying to escalate things.
Seems to me that people who want to fly Mexican flags to represent their heritage are the ones out in the streets resisting fascism. If you want to see more American flags, get off your ass and out in the streets in similar numbers.
If anyone has the means to procure American and/or Californian flags in bulk, I will be happy to help hand them out at LA area protests. DM me.
Por que no los dos?
Well, if you fly the Mexican flag, for example, ICE could use that as justification to shoot or arrest you, and right-wing news could use the footage to claim Mexico is invading.
As if The Idiot won't screech "un-American" unless every single person angry at his bigotry does everything right.
It’s so hard for military troops to fire at their own flag.
No the fuck it's not.
unless every single person angry at his bigotry does everything right
If they do everything right according to his book they'll be busy licking his boots.
Yeeeah I might've dropped my double negatives in my vodka.
Yeah no fucking shit. Way to reinforce the idea that America is overrun by Mexican immigrants by flying Mexican flags. You should carry an American flag.
There is a third option.
Go do it yourself. Anyone who can’t cope with the fact that people with Mexican heritage live in California can get fucked.
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.
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.
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".
No one is disputing that but if you want to win you need to undermine the rights talking points. The left needs to reclaim patriotism from these fascists. Fly American flags and talk about how Trump is unamerican. Drive a wedge between patriotism and fascism and make the gulf wider and wider so people are forced to take a side between country and these parasites.
No one is disputing that but if you want to win you need to undermine the rights talking points.
There is literally no type of protesting from the left that the right will approve of. You are fighting a stupid, losing battle by trying to play by rules the right neither believes in or adheres to themselves.
If you want more American flags there, go do it yourself. Anyone not there has zero right to criticize.