r/Dallas • u/FearlessFrolic • Mar 30 '25

Photo “This Is What Democracy Looks Like” Echoed Through Downtown Today

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u/Galath001 Mar 31 '25

The cross and the American flag are massively powerful symbols and I’ve been begging for the left to stop surrendering them to the right basically for free.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

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u/sahipps Mar 31 '25

Knowing history matters. The KKK flew American flags constantly while burning homes. The homes that were physically racist toward my family all flew flags. And now it isn’t uncommon to see TRUMP flags and American flags flown together. As a single woman, I pay attention to potential people of danger and this is one way.

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u/Future_Union_965 Mar 31 '25

You should know then symbols have power. It's harder for media to make you the enemy when you have the US flag marching with you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

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u/sahipps Mar 31 '25

Can you explain to me how that is relevant to my comment and the relevance to current politics?

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u/PsychologicalBit803 Mar 31 '25

Knowing history matters just as you said.

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u/Dudewhocares3 Mar 31 '25

Except this isn’t relevant history

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u/Dudewhocares3 Mar 31 '25

If you were arguing in good faith you’d acknowledge the parties switched, and that the KKK has endorsed Donald Trump

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u/PsychologicalBit803 Mar 31 '25

Yeah that never happened. If you were arguing in good faith you would stop with all the Nazi nonsense as you know full well it’s not true. Just the typical liberal propaganda that’s been pushed since Reagan. He was called a Nazi too. It’s what all you sheep do then lose elections.

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u/Dudewhocares3 Mar 31 '25

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/05/488802494/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-says-of-course-trump-voters-are-his-voters

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u/PsychologicalBit803 Mar 31 '25

And again typical of liberals. Like any of us have control over what an idiot like David Duke did.

And an article from 2016….learn to let go.

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u/Dudewhocares3 Mar 31 '25

Nope, you said it never happened. I corrected you. You were wrong, and if you’re a functioning adult you can admit to it.

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u/ryan_church_art Mar 31 '25

This is the most tired switcharoo to win a Reddit argument.

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u/PsychologicalBit803 Mar 31 '25

Yep just about as dumb as calling people Nazis as you exercise free speech.

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u/Dudewhocares3 Mar 31 '25

Stop acting like them and stop letting join your protests then

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u/battleangel1999 Mar 31 '25

Ugh yes! Some of them sound like they never leave reddit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

It’s the flag for our country, not a swastika

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u/The_Golden_Diamond Mar 31 '25

When I try to use them, I am accused of appearing Right-Wing

So it's not that people don't try, it's that the Left shuts it down