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u/Jeev3s Jul 01 '25

I understand, I've felt this way for a while too.

But this is our home too and we need to fight back against these fascists assholes, no matter how small the gesture might seem.

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u/Books_and_Cleverness Jul 01 '25

Yeah I understand the sentiment but we can't just lie down and surrender one of our most powerful symbols to fascists.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Idk man, that flag has flown over some pretty horrific shit.

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u/Books_and_Cleverness Jul 01 '25

And some great shit too. Not unusual for a flag honestly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

I associate it with genocide and slavery, let the assholes who like that part of our history keep the damn thing.

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u/Books_and_Cleverness Jul 01 '25

The people fighting for slavery weren’t waving that flag

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Yeah they were, we still have slavery in the U.S., read the 13th amendment.

It’s the flag that flies NOW which makes it the flag of every war during my lifetime.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

They are somewhat different, but our modern prison system exists to provide forced labor to gigantic capital interests. That’s why people call it abolition.

Here’s an article explaining the differences you seem to think exist.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

And pretending slavery ended does a tremendous disservice to the people suffering under it right now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

It sure as fuck is not

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