Arm up. And it serves a dual purpose. In the protesting aspect it is where you take your arms straight up not out and you clench your fist and yell arm up. And well you know what the other aspect means and that's reserved for when the protest and civil aspect completely fails out.
“LET’S ROLL!” is what Todd Beamer said on Flight 93 which was forced down by the passengers & crashed on 9/11 in a Pennsylvania field as it was heading to Washington D.C.-
The plane had been commandeered by terrorists in an attack on D.C. so…seems apropos— since it’s for the same reason.
To keep with the sports metaphors, Americans should look to the national passtime - baseball - and that saying about always sliding into 2nd base with your "spikes up."
Loved Mrs. Maisel! "Tits up" was also a take on the theatrical superstition of never wishing an actor "good luck" before their performance, opting instead for "break a leg." Tits up is actually an antiquated term to describe a dead animal.
Thank you! I’ve only ever heard military folks use that term and I equated it with a drowned person floating (bc Navy I guess) but they’re usually found face down so that’s never made sense to me. Now it does!
Yes indeed British, but not meaning prepare for anything, more to do with utter failure at something. Unless things have changed dramatically since I left the UK.
Exactly! I think of those brave people spurred on by Todd so often. Their bravery is a perfect example of proud, brave, patriotic Americans protecting our country.
Sadly, I was researching Todd and came across his dad, David. He was on Fox in 2022 talking about the Biden "Regime." That doesn't mean that Todd shared the same political leanings, and even if he did, he was still a hero to this nation and a very brave man. His dad.. another story.
Several good ones from the Revolutionary War e.g. “I have not yet begun to fight” or “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately” both seem apposite
Since we don’t have an insane narcissistic playground bully confronting us from another country, I would say that we don’t have an equivalent. If someone was trying to extort us from another country, then I can hear certain Americans say, “F-35s up”.
The great Canadian hockey player, Gordie Howe, for whom the saying was first created, played part of his career with the Detroit Red Wings. Therefore, the saying is yours too!
It got this far because they played the long game of dumbing down US citizens.
Take note & grateful it hasn’t happened to you…but we didn’t think so either!
Let US be a warning that forgetting history makes you repeat it.
1 We don’t have any fairness doctrine for news so can be all lies; we do not get one person, one vote. Hillary Clinton won by 3 million votes but Trump became president
2. Electoral college counts not votes. Trump then appointed 3 right wing Supreme Court Justices and they gave him immunity and delayed his insurrection trial
A major part of it was not doling out proper punishments for the political crimes that have plagued America since at least 1964, with the Tonkin Gulf lie that got us illegally involved in Vietnam. Nixon and Watergate, Reagan and the Iran hostage deal, J6.... No consequences for anything, ever.
Yes, I remember. It was the "rally" phrase for that specific event in Amer history-9/11. I like it, but don't know if it's the right thing for *this* moment.
Thank you for adjusting that abomination of a picture. It still creeps me out, though. Maybe switch the hat to less miter-y and more “Would you like fries with that”
I used to say that the leader in the group was “wearing the red hat” because the crew chief or manager at McDonalds wore a red paper hat, instead of blue. No more. The red hats are not qualified to be in charge.
I really like the imagery that comes from "Rise up". Rise up out of your comfort zone. Rise up to make an effort. Rise up to march in a protest. Rise up to defend the defenseless. Rise up against Tyranny. It's giving both Hamilton and Maya Angelou ("and still I rise").
I like “Rise Up”, too.
It’s what the oligarchs fear the most. Their money will not protect them from the masses. And they know it.
I also like the suggestion someone else made in this thread: “No Kings”.
🇨🇦 and many other democracies are pulling for you. 💪
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Full-court press
No holds barred
(Bc it obvs needs to be a sports reference to defeat “flood the zone.”)
IYKYK
# Nope
#Resist
#Dissent
Get off my lawn?
24 feet of “elbows up”
It was always Fuck off
Fuck is the American equivalent to elbows up
Sadly, most of us are modeling “hunker down”.
fyi - my wife and I are visiting her parents just outside of Crane MO. Quite the wind on Tuesday!
https://bsky.app/profile/amarten.bsky.social/post/3lm3e4yqais2h
So you are in MAGA country.
🇫🇷 had “off with their heads”
The plane had been commandeered by terrorists in an attack on D.C. so…seems apropos— since it’s for the same reason.
I also have a "Compost the Rich" t-shirt, because I like to keep my options open
https://dutchreview.com/culture/dutch-history-crowds-ate-prime-minister/
NUTLESS
So tits up could be aspirational for a certain somebody.
- "Come Out Swinging"
- "Play Hardball"
- "Bring The Heat"
Then there's "Sock It To Me"
Genuinely curious
https://bsky.app/profile/leighhelberg.bsky.social/post/3lfxeiprsgk2t
That’s a good one to vote for
Since the orange ass is inside our country, then
Take note & grateful it hasn’t happened to you…but we didn’t think so either!
Let US be a warning that forgetting history makes you repeat it.
Bring it on
It's like don't obey in advance but with attitude.
Brian fell over. He went tits up.
🖕🖕🖕
🤷♀️
NO KINGS IN AMERICA
Perfect.
How it started
&
How it's going to end for that 🍊🥴
🇺🇲NO⚖️KINGS ⚖️IN⚖️
AMERICA🗽
It’s what the oligarchs fear the most. Their money will not protect them from the masses. And they know it.
I also like the suggestion someone else made in this thread: “No Kings”.
🇨🇦 and many other democracies are pulling for you. 💪
I do children’s parties.
(LAUGHING IN SECOND AMENDMENT)
I’m thinking on that🤔..