This changes nothing. Spend that political capital lefties. Lord knows the people in washington refuse to. You couldnt force me at gun point to support the GOP.

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[–] 70 points 1 year ago (14 children)

If you weren’t there, what you mean is you haven’t been shown any American flags in the protests.

https://bsky.app/profile/ddayen.bsky.social/post/3lr7cw5wlas2j

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/immigration-protests-threaten-to-boil-over-in-los-angeles

Anyone who thinks there needs to be more American flags at the protests is welcome to bring them along with themselves. But sitting here criticizing the people actually off their ass and trying to protect democracy and their neighbors is bullshit.

Further, the right is literally never going to see resistance to Trump positively. Anyone who has been on the Fox News drip for the past 20 years is so unhinged that living in California is a crime to them. Asking people whose neighbors and family members have been kidnapped by the federal government to hide their heritage in their protests because it might offend people that already hate them and want them gone is ridiculous. At least if you want to keep those people as allies.

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    "Are these anti-Nazi protestors holding up a Star of David trying to protect democracy in Germany, or are they just trying to keep their family from being deported?"

    🤡

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    You really have no clue how much American "patriotism" is looked down upon on this side of the pool, do you? Nationalism is a nazi thing, no one who opposes nazis here would use a national flag during a protest.

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

    It's heartwarming to see all the people from German instances show up to roast this dude.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago*

    Really? Which Protests do you mean? The vast majority of German flags I saw on anti Nazi demos in Germany had been mounted to Buildings or the hands of some Nazi Idiot at the counterprotest.

    Going one step towards the center of the political spectrum from the firmly left learning anti Nazi Demos, there are the anti AFD Demos which also attract(ed) people with far more moderate centrist political views than the average Antifa member, thus being more likely to support the idea of the state of Germany in its current form. Still, most flags you'd see were for pride / lgbtq+ or political organisations.

    You might see a German flag from time to time but i think it's just plain wrong to call it common.

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

    How is protesting for their family and neighbors (weird you left that one out, you don’t have to be related to someone kidnapped to protest) over having their Constitutional rights violated not protecting democracy?

    Also, touching a Mexican flag doesn’t actually revoke your citizenship or residency, regardless of what Fox News says.

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    I don't see why someone waving the Mexican flag, would be fighting for American democracy...

    Do you actually need me to lead you around by the nose and explain to you that American citizens can hold a Mexican flag in protest?

    If you care about America, your country, and fighting Fascism, then you're flying a US flag, and taking that symbol back.

    Then go fucking do it instead of being a keyboard warrior criticizing the people actually doing shit. Jealousy’s an ugly color.

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    Fascinating you could determine from the picture that all of the thousands of people who showed up only care about deportations.

    Thankfully the people of LA are’t stupid enough to fall for this bullshit. We see our neighbors with Mexican flags every day, it doesn’t make them belong here any less.

    Through all of these LA protest pictures, I see nothing but the flag of a foreign country...

    Babe you already did this. Scroll up and follow the links this time.

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    Yeah, you’re not saying it. You just think no Mexican Americans, etc should show up with Mexican flags. Oh, also more American flags. What else to make the protest perfect so that no rightoid can say anything bad about it? Better get it all out here so the people can do everything perfectly to your standards.

    Talk is cheap and the criticisms of anyone not at the protests are worthless.

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