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- politics@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31446248
Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.
The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a “Happy Flag Day!”
“Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes our country great,” the department stated Saturday.
The image attached to the post included two small images that appear to represent the Russian flag.
Like I said - In LA, people flying Mexican flags aren’t fighting for American Democracy.
And in the Whitehouse, clearly they’re flying Russian flags and not fighting for (but actively dismantling) American Democracy there.
I hate being politically consistent. There’s no cognitive dissonance, but you still get…this.
Nah man. They are. Mexican immigrants are American. I used to proudly open a talk with something similar to “I’m proud of this country for many reasons but most of all because of the concept what an American is. Few countries will give you a title with citizenship. Indian and become a citizen? Boom, you’re American. Immigrate from America to Haiti and you won’t be Haitian. You can’t become an Italian. But anyone can be an American” I’ve since refined and now recently rescinded most of those ideas but the core concept holds. A Chinese American waving a Chinese flag is just as American as a white man waving the American flag. It’s great because you can love your home country, others home countries, and your current country (USA) at the same time because it’s a melting pot that was founded by (not originally inhabited by. We can get into that later) immigrants with the eventual promise of opportunity for any others. Wave that Mexican flag. Scream that the US shouldn’t even deport anybody. You’re an American and everyone gets a say and you wouldn’t be waving another flag here if you didn’t love two countries. Or at least, the people in them.
Aren’t you that smarmy, confidently incorrect asshat that recently got clowned on by like seven Germans?
Thank you for sharing that. That discussion by respondents linking nationalism with Nazism is important for others to be mindful of.
Bro is out here living life on hard mode. Confidently wrong and proudly lacking context
Lmao, I’m detecting a pattern here. I’m tagging this guy “flag confused”
I wasn’t aware you said that, also weird fuckin take. To me, America is a melting pot, fly whatever country’s flag you choose. Take pride in that heritage.
“White House” is two words.
Political consistency may not be your strongest suit.
Tell me about the guys with the black and white American flag
Almost all of them are traitors to their country. You won’t see them at protests, and usually they’re just thin-blue-line gang members. They don’t fly the American flag, they fly a rendition of it that’s clearly altered to show their black and white view of the world.
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