Olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social: I would love to see orders of magnitude more discussion about what "swing voters" should figure out, deal with, suck up, get a clue about, etc and orders of magnitude less discussion about how protestors should coddle random third party's hallucinations about this section of the electorate. "how could someone fly a Mexican flag at an LA protest? Heavens, what will Steve, a downwardly mobile CPA in Madison Wisconsin make of this affront?" personally if - big if - Steve is paying attention I think he should probably just fucking deal with it?
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[–] 28 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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?

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [+] -10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    People are flying Mexican flags, and other people are saying maybe that's not the best look.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    people are saying maybe that's not the best look.

    Even you!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think it's the opposite of a bad look, they are saying I'm from another country and yet I belong here. Without the flag it doesn't highlight the multiculturalism that makes America great. I think it is important to show that they are immigrants and they have every right to be here.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fair point, but do you think that's the message other people are getting from this?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    They don't really care if people in protests live or die as long as they can stroke their each others prejudices.

    US was built on genocide, opression, slavery and immigrants. This vile attempt to somehow shield yourself from "messages" that offend you is what led to this mess.

    They were obviously ecstatic when Hongkong protest for democracy were waving US flags like it meant freedom and liberty. It was all awesome and sent good messages, but now, es no bueno.

    https://archive.md/9SfFG

    So much propaganda that people are worried about the "message" than actual history.

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