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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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[–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 13 hours ago

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.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Yeeeah I might've dropped my double negatives in my vodka.

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Go do it yourself. Anyone who can’t cope with the fact that people with Mexican heritage live in California can get fucked.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 18 hours 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 -5 points 15 hours ago

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.

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.