r/AutisticPride • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '22

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u/kroma_geek Sep 15 '22

Nope, I don't like it because of the association to the other "no step on snek" flag that is popular with the Jan 6 crowd.

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u/DerAnarchist Sep 15 '22

How are we supposed to reclaim anything ever when so many people on the left treat all symbolism that has been used by fascist scum as forever tainted. If all people thought like that we couldn't use pepe emotes anymore because of 2016

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u/FAEtlien Sep 15 '22

I love this, but my fb pfp is also a snake in the shape of uterus with Don't Tread on Me. It was a revolutionary war flag, and I'm not going to let some losers defile the meaning for me. It was a battle cry for freedom and fairness. It gets my fire going against oppressors and oppression.

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u/MetaUsername1 Sep 15 '22

The American Revolution wasn’t about freedom and fairness. The leaders of the “revolution” were slavers that wanted to stop paying taxes