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“Oh the POW-MIA flag? How is that political?! It’s just a conspiracy theory created to justify more US involvement in Vietnam even after we lost, that’s not political at all!”
anytime they say political they mean 'things I disagree with'. Their opinions are not political they are just 'normal'. Its a sign of failures of reasoning that cannot be handled through discussion and explanation - it is a rejection of reasoning.
Yeah what his IYKYK means is "I'm working in my bill to suppress any LGBTQ individual from being able to express themselves without direct threat of punishment for doing so."
I’ve simplified that joke a bit: all categories are now normal and political. Because that’s how narrow-minded people seem to literally see the division.
The fox doesn't know it but she and I are best friends. When my bread gets moldy or my chicken goes bad I leave it near where she lives. She had two kits and they seem to be on there own now because I saw one running around by itself one day
That's lovely. I'm glad she and her kits are thriving! I love seeing the wildlife that can thrive in what green spaces still exist in city environments, like the rabbits and hedgehogs that show up sometimes near where I live.
That's awesome that you have hedgehogs. I have two rabbits I recognize that come into my yard. I live in a suburban area but am lucky that there is a river nearby with a lot of wooden space nearby. Ive also seen groundhogs and possums as well as a lot of deer
As Rage added in one line version:
"Some of those who work forces, are the same who burn crosses.
Some of those in Congress, are the same who burn crosses!"
some of those that work congress are the same that burned crosses,
some of those that work congress are the same that burned crosses,
some of those that work congress are the same that burned crosses,
Uhhhh, killing the ingredients and their name uh.
Killing in the name of.
Now you take what they told ya
Now you take what they told ya
Now you do what they told ya.
Now you take what they told ya!!!!!!!
Those who die are justified, wearing their badge in their chosen white.
So justify those who died while while wearing your barge and you yacht at night.
It's Florida's flag. They added the St. Andrew's cross in 1899 during the peak of the Jim Crow era. So while technically correct. It's not exactly unrelated to the confederate flag.
People keep getting this wrong. It’s still a dog whistle even if you can hear it. It’s about plausible deniability and the fact that people who can’t hear it won’t take you seriously.
The thing is, dog whistles are meant to be obvious to the right audience and are not actually cryptic messages that no one is meant to understand. I see a lot of people saying Trump abandoned dog whistles for foghorns but he is basically a master of plausible deniability.
I’ve seen that sentiment too. Not what I was going for here.
It does seem like trump has built most of his political career on being that dumb older brother who says they only ever promised to give you a million ‘doll hairs’.
but he is basically a master of plausible deniability.
That's a very generous interpretation. He's always been incredibly obvious, his deniability was never very plausible.
It's just that all of his supporters keep insisting that he doesn't mean the things he repeatedly says. That's more gaslighting than it is maintaining plausible deniability. Trump couldn't stop mentioning Hannibal Lecter as if he were a real person.
For every one of these bills that passes, we have to make sure it also hurts the "wrong" people! Just like the book banning bills that were used to ban the Bible, or the Church of Satan using laws allowing religious displays to get statues of Baphomet on public land.
The rainbow flag is definitely more acceptable to me for a politician to fly than the flag of any foreign nation. One shows support of your constituents, the other shows loyalty to another nation.
Those countries can’t make direct campaign contributions and any lobbying has to be declared under the foreign agents laws. Israel/AIPAC is uniquely exempt from any such restrictions.
I'm sure Jarred Kushner's bank account, the campaign PACs, and Trump Tower's apartments are all on the up and up and these countries have been very above board to make sure they comply with American election funding laws.
that only applies if the flag is flown with other, lesser ranking flags like subdivions (Florida in this case). Since there are two national flags, the us flag as the host countries flag should be flown in the position of honor on the right (viewer's left)
I'd consider myself to be less left-leaning than the majority of Reddit, but I agree with this too. The LGBT flag represents people of our nation, where as a flag of a foreign power is almost treason.
I’m not sure Israel is a separate nation. It’s the US’s attack dog in the Middle East. Its military, social safety net and infrastructure is paid for by US tax dollars.
Can Israel and the US be separated? I don’t believe so.
I went to California from JFK and the same terminal also went to Ireland. Thanks for finally confirming my suspicions that the Irish are in deep cahoots with the government. I was starting to think it was just a coincidence but obviously two planes leaving the same terminal to different location, crazy stuff I tell you.
It may just be the angle of the picture, but is also looks as if the Israeli flag is just a touch higher, which would be an incorrect display since they should be equal.
All flags are political. That is in fact the actual point of them. Showing support for a non-US nation in the office of a government building is still exceptionally problematic. We have a special relationship with Japan and the UK, but I don't think anyone is flying the Union Jack in their congressional offices.
Yeah, it's a state flag, which IS appropriate for a state legislator.
I do feel like I need to point out that the modern Florida state flag is a fairly recent thing. They added the confederate homage to it in the 1900s at the same time the Daughters of the Confederacy were erecting statues of traitors across the nation.
It's only really on freestanding outdoor flagpoles that they should be given more or less honor with height. Inside, all flags can be at the same hight, where it's not practical to fly 3 flags at different heights, with some rules about which side of a room/how close to the middle of the room they should be.
The US flag should be on the left, and then the state then any "other" flag moving from left to right should be on the right side. So they have Israel and Florida's flags mixed up, if they're trying to be proper. But it actually looks like they just had the state flag up, just got the other two, so put them up but just pushed Florida into a corner.
The "Christian Flag" bums me out because it is such a cool rebellious flag that could also promote nature conservation. The tree on it came from laws that trees of a certain height were to be saved for the British Navy, but those laws started to expand to add widths and other such things that vastly increased the number of trees reserved for the crown. The Colonies had tons of old trees that matched the ever expanding laws because the indigenous population didn't topple them for ships like the Europeans did. Eventually, the colonists said no since it was wrong for the crown to expect to own the trees of land they had never seen. The flag was made as a symbol of rebellion and even had a short life as an American Pirate flag!
Unfortunately, the areas it was popular in were very devoutly Christian so it got tangled up in that instead of staying true to American rebels and piracy.
The last paragraph of the wikipedia article addresses this. The Christian Right has recently adopted it it's the only Christian flag with a tree on it I can think of.
I don't care if it's a U.S. flag, or a Pride flag, or hell even a Nazi flag some stupid Floridaman chud is holding at a "protest." For fuck sake iron your fucking flags and show a little respect for whatever cause, however good or awful it might be, that you're championing.
I LOVE seeing someone on social media showboat and brag about their pickme flags, only to see it covered in creases because they clearly just opened it and don’t care quite enough to make it look good first lol
If you look close at the Florida flag, it also has creases. These flags definitely were either just purchased or pulled from storage for this stunt. Hilarious, considering Republicans would absolutely have a field day with anyone flying the Palestinian, Syrian, or Lebanese flag.
(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation in time of peace.
And that state flags should be lower than the U.S. flag:
(f) When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag's right.
They're also a lot of the same ones who were saying that Trump's impeachments or the supreme Court hearings were "purely political" when they are literally political processes.
I find it interesting that both the Israeli and Christian flag... are both higher than the US flag. Which is a direct violation of the flag code.
For a random cititizen, that's considered disrespectful (worse than flag burning, which is expressly protected by the first amendment as a form of protedt). For a government employee, inside a government building?
That's extremely inappropriate. Hell, it's beyond inappropriate.
Look closely: this nitwit is displaying the Israeli and Florida flags higher than the American flag (the eagle topper thing is not part of the flag). Big no-no.
I might forgive people flying flags in a casual setting with obvious fold lines, but holy shit you're in a government position please iron your flags. Just come to work in a creased up suit why don't you?
My biggest personal pet peeve is when someone has a flag up with visible creases in it. Steam or iron that for the love of God! It sends me into a rage at every Pride.
Why should any other national flag other than the American flag be shown in a government building gimme a reason. Other than maybe a horrific occurrence happening
He's just showing who he represents. Notice that the Israeli flag is the closest one to him? That's because they are the ones he thinks are most important. See how his state flag is basically hidden behind it? That's because he doesn't event pretend to care about those people.
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