• Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I potentially see 2 Gadsden flags. Why do these assholes always seem to think that the Gadsden Flag represents them? I would like to know what their rationale is — if any.

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      2 months ago

      They think it means that if you try to fuck with them, they won’t run away blubbering like a baby. They’re wrong about that.

      • So, please provide info that the flag doesn’t equate “stance against coercion” = anti fascist?

        FYI: I hate Trump, fascist, Confederate apologist, etc…

        But, based on the simplistic symbolism of the flag… It could represent a fight against coercion of any ilk.

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          You’re asking for evidence that the same people who also do things like wear shirts with Punisher logos on them and bumper stickers with a picture of a gun and the words “come ad take it” aren’t trying to tell people not to pick a fight with them or else?

          Do you think the Nazi flag might also be a clue?

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        2 months ago

        Why? Anyone who stands beside a Nazi flag is not a libertarian by any stretch of the term’s usage. (For clarity, by “stands beside” I mean anyone who advocates its symbolism.)

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          Part of it is that American libertarianism is a Republican who wants to smoke weed.

          As for these specific Nazis, they want the government to stop arresting them when they indulge in their violent hatred of minorities.

          They see equality as oppression. Which is also part of the main Republican mindset.