• BaroqueInMind
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    122 years ago

    The “Don’t Tread On Me” Gadsden flag represents the US colonies uniting against monarchic tyranny and despotism from Great Britain.

    This flag is implying monarchies can simply bend over anyone they want anywhere and properly fuck them without giving the courtesy of a reach-around.

    • WabiSabiPapi
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      this is the most generous possible interpretation of the gadsden, while ignoring its current usage, as well as ignoring the anti-authoritarian meaning behind the sabocat, and red/black scheme.

      ps: the American revolution was a lateral move, replacing a hereditary monarchy with a dictatorship of capital. The ‘founding fathers’ were their time’s equivalent of musk and bezos, and they explicitly wanted to protect the interest of the capital owning class from the will of the working class and those humans who they kept as property.

    • Aelar64
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      282 years ago

      It might have meant that at some point, but it certainly does not mean that now

          • BaroqueInMind
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            82 years ago

            That is sad to see the modern use and interpretation of the Gadsden flag. I fly one next to my Pride flag outside my house to piss off the extremist dipshits that drive by.

            • norbert
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              32 years ago

              You knew the modern interpretation because you fly it next to your pride flag, but still asked what it means now? Confusing interaction.

              • BaroqueInMind
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                I never knew the modern interpretation, I flew it because I interpreted the flag as something that represents individualism. I guess I’ll fly my Satanic flag next to it to further signal the idea of individualism to others that drive by my house.

                • norbert
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                  52 years ago

                  You should do that, if you own any flags and weren’t Just Asking Questions.

        • young_broccoli
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          132 years ago

          I never knew about the origin of the flag but I always see it used by ancaps and other far right groups.

          This flag is implying monarchies can simply bend over anyone they want anywhere and properly fuck them without giving the courtesy of a reach-around.

          The red and black colors and the black cat arching its back are anarchist symbols.

          • Frog-Brawler
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            102 years ago

            Anarcho-syndicalism specifically; which is very much anathema to anarcho-capitalism.

        • DoucheAsaurus
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          112 years ago

          It means whatever the alt right chodes decide it means at whatever moment you ask them. I’ve never seen someone fly it that didn’t have it right next to a trump flag.

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          82 years ago

          “The person flying this flag has only two great-grandparents.”

    • Kit Sorens
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      -12 years ago

      Agreed. This is fuel for Fox News. Not a rallying cry. I would rather adopt that flag instead.