Asking LA to not to hold up Mexican flags in pride for our cultural heritage is like asking white people to stop tracing our Irish ancestry. Not going to happen.
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I don't see any Irish flags... and I see White Americans protesting.... carrying American flags. Be clear and be proud of what and whom you are fighting for. 47 wants Amurikkka to see an invasion, and you are giving it to him.
I’ll stop holding my Mexican Flag in pride when they realize and take down their loser confederate flags. Until they can admit they cheer for the losing team and are losers, I won’t even entertain the feedback of these dumbfucks w regard to my Mexican self, flags included. 🫶🏽
Exactly. We are allowed to all have pride in our heritage. I'm English and Sicilian and take pride in both, my dad is from England and we always had union Jack's around the house. Let them fly their flag.
I think the Mexican flag is fine, I don’t understand why person was waving the Palestinian flag. That’s kind of disrespectful to what’s going on in LA to the protesters in those being unjustly arrested.
The struggle is related. ICE and police are trained by IDF soldiers. The same weapons manufacturers doing business with Israel are doing business with local police and ICE. Etc
I would also say asking LA to not hold up Mexican flags in pride for our cultural heritage is like asking white people not to hold up the USA flag to show patriotism
Honestly, flying American flags at this point is the best choice in terms of sending a message. But unfortunately, Libs/Left is more concerned about spitting in their eye than winning the war. That strategy hasn't served us well. Time to smarten tf up.
Or Polish -everyone here flies their Polish flags as well as Ukraine along with Mexico etc. We live in a melting pot. We love living in a diverse culture in Chicago.
That’s fine. I do agree with the why to carry an American flag going forward, though. It would be for safety & quite frankly, better optics. Let journalists catch NG or ICE going after people with American flags.
They need something to blame. They should go to any St Paddy's day parade or Irish pub, go to any Italian feast in the north end of Boston. Go to Chinatown. Flags and symbols are not suddenly the problem.
I get the sentiment (given history of the region and general pride in one’s heritage.)
But really does seem like a tactical blunder.
That video of a takeover in Compton, with dudes on quads circling donuts around a burnt car and tricolor flags… might as well be a campaign donation to the GOP.
If they had blonde hair and blue eyes, ate meatloaf on Tuesdays, prayed to the pale god in English on Sundays, and had the American flag stitched to their bodies, they’d still be persecuted.
It’s not the flag that triggers fascists. It’s the resistance.
The human species likes to honor its ancestors. It is part of who we are as a species. You can’t outlaw it and try to whitewash that everyone came from somewhere else (except Native Americans).
Yeah this double standard has always been glaringly apparent to me. Irish and Italian flags are OK but as soon as someone flies a Mexican flag it suddenly is “anti American”
Continue to fly it. They used to be like this to Italians and Irish. That’s WHY we have St. Pat’s and Columbus Day (has it’s own issues and should be changed to Planters Peanuts Day) Now you can get a pizza in any place in the US. It’s no longer “ethnic”.
True, but I do think they need to bring in American flags too to rub it in ICE and other federal faces that they're Americans too and to not play into the narrative that this is a foreign operation. In general, protesters need to reclaim the American flag from the anti-American right.
Exactly. This administration is already trying to other anyone who doesn't agree with them at every opportunity. Don't make it easy on them. Make them fire on those waving the American flag. We are all Americans fighting for our Constitutional freedoms.
I’m not sure that’s true. When churches show up at peaceful protests then charge then becomes “well they aren’t real Christians”. I think it would likely be the same with the flag “well they aren’t real Americans”.
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Such a revolutionary
Lovein it
The right’s illogical minds are a mortal threat.
Ok
Confederate
UK
Ireland
Italy
France
Israel
Canada (check specific community)
Not Ok
Mexico
Islamic stuff
Any kind of black people stuff
But really does seem like a tactical blunder.
That video of a takeover in Compton, with dudes on quads circling donuts around a burnt car and tricolor flags… might as well be a campaign donation to the GOP.
It’s not the flag that triggers fascists. It’s the resistance.
F🖕ck conformity!
The human species likes to honor its ancestors. It is part of who we are as a species. You can’t outlaw it and try to whitewash that everyone came from somewhere else (except Native Americans).
I’m sure they’re fine with them for some reason…
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/12/us/illinois-puerto-rico-park-officer#:~:text=An%20Illinois%20man%20accused%20of,crime%20charges%20against%20Timothy%20G.