where's the memes? this is just someone moaning.
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I don't understand how anyone could be a "swing voter" at this point in history. You'd have to be living under a rock in a faraday cage on mars or something
I mean, that's essentially how many people live. They intermittently get their news from Instagram, and they vote based on that. Most of the information they consume is reality TV, beer advertisements, and friends showing off the new sneakers they got. They spend most of their time working and taking care of their kids (yeah, somehow they thought that was a good idea), and then they vote. They truly are the NPCs of the world.
Talk to any MAGA. They have no idea what's going on. If it's not spit on Newsmax or heavy right wing podcasts...they have no idea. Just still sucking off Trump's mushroom.
Yeah, where would you vote for in NL?
(I understand this is about the US and I am just making a joke)
... It's the Southwest. People from Mexico and of Mexican ancestry live there. They feel pride for their culture. How could this logically be seen as a badthing?
Fox News only shows the 1 or 2 stores getting looted. They don’t show the regular protesters waving flags and asking for peace.
It’s making others scary and that’s what the dipshits I work with are seeing every day. It’s depressing.
There is a very silly argument that we shouldn't fly foreign flags because it is giving racists ammunition for their "invading army of immigrants" claims. As if appeasing racists has historically worked to dissuage them
The only reason I can think that's a good idea for protestors to fly an American flag over their more preferred flag is the optics look real bad if cops are year attacking crowds with a bunch of people flying US flags. Of course the bootlickers on the right will still justify it.
It's also just very hypocritical. It has long been common for immigrants to the US to display the flags of their country of origin. There are still Irish and Italian flags here everywhere. Lots of flags used in the Asian-American community, some even for countries that no longer exist.
Mexico has just been so long maligned by modern white Americans that they don't believe Mexican-Americans are entitled to the same degree of cultural pride afforded to everyone else.
Not to mention it used to be Mexico
I understand every single word and am up to date about what's happening in LA and some other places, but can't make sense of this. Can someone please simplify this for me?
Someone was pictured with Mexican flag in a striking photo and a lot of news outlets/pundits etc are making a big deal out of how it might offend the hypothetical "swing voter" to see a non-us flag associated with the protest and how its "bad optics." This poster is saying maybe instead of endlessly speculating about what protests are doing that might offend disconnected third parties instead that effort should be spent telling these swing voters to grow up.
Millions of American people with Irish ancestry fly or even have the Irish flag tattooed on themselves. They even flew it in protests and marches last year over how Biden responded to the genocide in Gaza, but I'm sure that's totally different
I can’t qwhite put my finger on what the difference is 🤔
I guess people want to fly something but flying American flag is considered too rude.
For many non us people I know, flying American flag in public is no different from showing middle finger or exposing private parts.
We are also a nation of immigrants, and cultural heritage and pride is huge among those populations, which is something Wonderbreadville USA can't seem to understand, but also actively hates. My wife is 4th generation Mexican American, was born out of the Chicano movement, and they all celebrate their Mexican heritage while also being more American that the idiots screaming about white rights. No one gets pissy about a German, English/UK, French, Canadian, etc flag, but the second the flag of a brown country is flow, people lose their minds without a hint of irony.
Yeah, it’s a bummer, but displaying the American flag at this point in history is going to make people think you are racist and at least a bit stupid.
Was driving the other day and saw a big American flag in a front yard and thought “well, I guess I know what kind of folks live there…” but as I got closer I saw that the blue section, instead of stars, said FUCK TRUMP. And I was like “oh.. you got me!” 👉😎 👉
I think we should fly all the flags, expressing the true diversity of the US.
Well then stop reading those posts I guess
The problem with democracy is that you can't get very far just by telling the voters how they ought to behave. I'm happy that I'm not a politician, because after the last election I don't respect the majority of American voters. Trying to win their support would be demeaning. However, someone is going to do it, and if he isn't a Democrat who does care (or acts like he cares) about people like Steve in Wisconsin, he'll be a Republican instead.
The issue with the US is the 2 party system and the corruption