Yes - I've been doing this myself for a few years now. The anti-demicracy crowd doesn't deserve the flag or other American paraphernalia.

Yes. It needs to be taken back. I've been thinking things like a large group of protesters saying the pledge of allegiance would be quite impactful as to who's on the other side.

Being arrested at a protest? Yell the pledge. See how they try to spin that.

There were a lot of them today!

One interesting thing at my local one in southern California: several people were waving large state flags. Lots of American flags as well, but I thought the state flags were interesting.

Totally in agreement, and I've left comments here before saying that the left needs to do as much. Maga got it in their heads that they're the "true" Americans. The silent majority. They're ignorant, and seeing all those stars and stripes in the crowds I think really drives down that point "No, we are real Americans, and we're fucking fed up". Compare these photos to the Jan 6 photos, which crowd looks like the real Americans?

No thank you, the nationalists can keep their star-spangled rag. The "American ideal" always represented a settler-colonial project. Racism, classism, slavery, capitalism, conquest, and genocide are all built into the "American ideal" just as much as its nonideal implementations in the US government.

Whatever modes of living come after America needs to be a clean break from its horrific legacy. America in all its forms is holding us back.

I really wish these protest signs had clear demands on them rather than comedic slogans.

Also that "if Kamala were president we'd be at brunch" sign encapsulates everything that pisses me off about liberals.

Telling the military to shoot at their own friends and family is a great way to get a military coup

I love that people are protesting, but why isn't it perfect and exactly how I want them to do it?

If you went to one of them, you'd see that they're not just focusing on him.

People out here complaining about these protests like it's literally their job. Suspect.

You can make a little sign with whatever super important issue on it that you like. People did that. People understood that “No Kings” includes all the issues that come with being a king -or dictator.

But the most important thing people did was show the fuck up.

Just like with voting, a protest doesn’t do anything unless people show the fuck up.

And just like with voting, there are loud, persistent voices online that bemoan doing anything at all because it just isn’t perfect enough for them.

And you know what? It will never be perfect enough for those people. The real reason they complain is not about the level of perfection in the “messaging”. It’s that they are lazy shits. Or lazy shills.

No one is glossing over that.

People need a face for an enemy. Nebulous constructs will not focus anger.

People need to be focused, that's what this does

It’s both human nature and the nature of protest. There’s a set theme or target and you rally around in. Protests aren’t actually places for nuisanced conversations about the specificities of who, what and where the problem is, they are ground swells to inspire, uplift and fight for change, it’s explicitly a “big picture” event, it’s not a discussion forum

Really? I had no issues, they were really cool photos too.

I was in Iraq, stationed at Balad AB in 2006. We heard ALARM RED multiple times a day from rocket and mortar attacks. I wasn't afraid then. I won't give in to fear now. The clowns in this regime are a joke.

That is the level of fucks I have to give for these fascists and their bullshit. Take care of yourselves the best you can, as you see fit. But I won't let their bully tactics do anything but show how pathetic and small they are!

Yeah, I'm afraid it's just the same as lack of concern over digital privacy. I don't want to diminish the bravery but I'm sure a lot of them aren't considering how easy it would be for trump co. to use pictures months down the line to identify protesters.

I've been going to my local protests for months now. They have slowly been growing but this one went from hundreds to thousands. It was intense

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