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In reply to the discussion: Optics matter. People protesting ICE should carry American flags. [View all]
yorkster
(3,534 posts)53. At the first Hands Off protest we attended,
someone was passing out smallish but visible American flags. They were grabbed up. Some of us also had Canadian flags.
This was in Maine which, like many other states, is really missing Canadian visitors.
I was glad to have both flags. Made sense and felt right. Was wishing I had a small Ukrainian flag as well.
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Optics matter. People protesting ICE should carry American flags. [View all]
OrlandoDem2
Jun 2025
OP
It doesn't bother me either. But I'm a pragmatist. We need the average voter to support this protest.
OrlandoDem2
Jun 2025
#4
Fine. Forget the MAGAs. It'll gain more sympathy from the average person if they're waving American flags.
OrlandoDem2
Jun 2025
#3
It's not about that. It's about smart messaging. A photo of the National Guard
Scrivener7
Jun 2025
#51
he makes me sick when he says that and no one pushes back-- reporters DGAF
LymphocyteLover
Jun 2025
#30
For sure. But FFS no other president is allowed to get away with insults like that. It's fucking
LymphocyteLover
Jun 2025
#47
I always have a Democratic bumper sticker on my car. For a while I had the Gadson
Scrivener7
Jun 2025
#52
Maybe once they start deporting known Americans (as if they haven't already)...
appmanga
Jun 2025
#15
Agree 100%. WE need to reclaim the American flag! WE represent American values!
CaptainTruth
Jun 2025
#21
They can carry whatever flag they'd like in El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora la Reina de los Angeles
AStern
Jun 2025
#38
Why would someone protesting the violence of the state carry the flag of that state??
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2025
#43
Pretty sure if it's not flags, they'd find something else to pretend offense at
Torchlight
Jun 2025
#49
I generally think that too, but we live in bizarro times where logic matters less and less.
Music Man
Jun 2025
#50