There's a clip of Bill O'Reilly having a meltdown (I think it was about Puerto Ricans and their flag) and concluding w no American should ever fly any flag but USA.
His guest was shocked. "...You're Irish..."
Bill had clearly never thought of this and said he meant Irish flags too.
I despise this image with a burning passion, which is part of the reason I can't demean myself to complain about extremely brave protesters waving whatever flag they want in the face of fascists.
It's complete bullshit coming from people that live and work in large cities.
Also these are the same people that won't complain about a confederate flag flying.
Except that every other state that wants a Democratic President, Senator and Congressmen knows what a disaster it is politically when images of people next to burning cars, holding Mexcan flags, goes viral, and will be used as a political weapon in the upcoming midterms.
I’m afraid we’re only seeing the start to this mess. Once they’re finished with the illegals they don’t like (non-whites), they’re coming for the next group of people they don’t like unless they’re stopped.
Mexican Americans have lived in Los Angeles since the original Pobladores, the 44 original settlers and 4 soldiers who founded the city in 1781. People of Mexican descent make up 31.9% of Los Angeles residents, and 32% of Los Angeles County residents.
When California used to be a part of Mexico…and many of the Mexicans living there are probably descendants of those who lived there before Cali even existed
It’s one of my favorite white people meltdowns to watch, honestly. I wish they would go to a USA v Mexico soccer game at the Rose Bowl. They would really meltdown there!
Sorry I lived in Mexico for three years on and off again awhile ago but someone would have commented if I randomly ran out on the street waving an American Flag and doing whatever. Like nobody in Mexico woulda thought that was chido.
Less flippantly, I think you need to interrogate the ways in which you as an American in Mexico would have had a different relationship to the Mexican people and government than Mexican-Americans have to their neighbors and government.
You make a good point about California once being in Mexico, it's definitely a true story. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is what is currently going on there. Can you explain?
To summarize what I understand to be the case very briefly: This whole situation with ICE is the latest in a long series of harassment and demonization of these people for their Hispanic origins. Flying the flag is a statement of defiance, saying they will not be afraid or ashamed of who they are.
I'm in Fort Worth TX. There are parts of MY city where Mexican flags easily match the American flags displayed. And it is good. Wholesome. And right.
Greed is going to end humanity.
Pendle Hill, in Lancaster, is most famous for its notorious witch trials, which anybody who’s read Good Omens is at least vaguely familiar with, but its name also means “Hill Hill Hill”
During the 1920s and 1930s, the Los Angeles Times vigorously defended the Spanish pronunciation and printed directly below its editorial page masthead, “LOS ANGELES (Loce Ahng-hayl-ais).”
from the Los Angeles Almanac
I'm not melting down but as a progressive disabled vet I think it shows some cognitive dissonance. To be honest I'd like to see protesters take back the Stars and Stripes in a counterrevolutionary sort of way!
These are same people that don’t realize Gabriel Iglesias had to go to a different country to be called American. Of course, those same people weren’t calling him American, first, either.
The pretzel logic to excuse our racism astounds. “We support LEGAL immigration” ! So why are 50+ legal residents in a prison in another country with no due process ? Why are immigration hearings being abruptly cancelled every day, followed by an arrest and draconian confinement. Children in fear.
I wouldn't call it a meltdown, but I would say: help us help you. Don't go breaking laws and destroying property in your petition to stay in our country. All visa holders are guests and the standard is and should be higher for those undocumented. They need to win over Middle America - that ain't it.
I watched on CNN last night for an hour people throw rental bikes and scooters off an over pass onto cop cars. Watched a dude waving another country's flag as another group tore road signs out of the ground. Does it represent most? No. Is it bad PR? You betcha.
You've made multiple anti-immigrant comments in the past day emphasizing how they should grovel in the face of America. However, protesters are overwhelmingly American. And seeing a Mexican flag in what used to be Mexico is not weird.
Mexican is a nationality and not an ethnicity, its not the same as an irishman having an Irish flag in his home. Even so, I wouldn't advise being political active in any foreign adoptive country with my native flag. I wouldn't be disruptive in South Africa with my stars and stripes.
Yeeeeah stay mad I hope people continue doing what they feel they need or want to undeterred in the face of fascism. You’ve already decided what side you’re on ✌🏽
Not mad, just disappointed in bad apples and those who would excuse their behavior. I would never behave that way while petitioning for residency in a country.
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His guest was shocked. "...You're Irish..."
Bill had clearly never thought of this and said he meant Irish flags too.
imagine standing in a place called Los Angeles that used to be Mexico, and complaining that there are Mexicans
It’s beyond ignorant
Also these are the same people that won't complain about a confederate flag flying.
That epitomized the order of significance🎶🎶🎶
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vonVC_eDA8E&pp=ygUZbm9meCB3ZSBjYWxsZWQgaXQgYW1lcmljYQ%3D%3D
But we all know that won’t happen
You cannot possibly be a "strategist" with such abysmal situational comprehension
Nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage. I blame fox, the GOP, the media and all the Stephen millers of the US.
Greed is going to end humanity.
Or Crypto when the L. A. Kings on their Dia de los Muertos night.
Or just the beer brands advertised in Chavez Ravine.
Or, the name of the damn city itself.
“El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula.”
I know from experience.
from the Los Angeles Almanac
We want nothing to do with the USA. Whoever that is does not speak for us.