"Don't tread on me" license plate

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I noticed that they like to wear khakis too. Now I see Nazis all over DC. The Gap is openly supplying the Nazi uprising.

Let's boycott the Gap!! And Old Navy, just for good measure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

Just because you throw a "Period" in there, it doesn't make it true.

The flag has a very long history.

A history in which a group of radicals today are trying to co-opt. The swastika was also a benign symbol at one point in time.

Tell me, when did VA start offering Gadsen license plates?

2011. So prescient of them to anticipate the nazis.

Thus proving my point that the only reason people have the Gadsen license plate today is because they are a fan of mildly supremacist ideologies and dog-whistle politics. The license plate was introduced in 2011 to support anti-social Tea Party politics, not to pay homage to a historical relic of colonial America.

OP, you have your answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

Just because you throw a "Period" in there, it doesn't make it true.

The flag has a very long history.

A history in which a group of radicals today are trying to co-opt. The swastika was also a benign symbol at one point in time.

Tell me, when did VA start offering Gadsen license plates?

2011. So prescient of them to anticipate the nazis.

Thus proving my point that the only reason people have the Gadsen license plate today is because they are a fan of mildly supremacist ideologies and dog-whistle politics. The license plate was introduced in 2011 to support anti-social Tea Party politics, not to pay homage to a historical relic of colonial America.

OP, you have your answer.

They might follow the Tea Party. They might be libertarians. They might be former Marine. Or current Marine. Or a student of the Revolutionary War. Or someone who really likes snakes. They could be any of these things. Reasonable people do not dismiss their neighbors because of their license plate. That's incredibly un-American.

- bleeding-heart liberal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

Interesting that you have zero rebuttal to the facts I laid out.

Tell me:
"Take back our country" - from whom?
"Make America great again" - to when? Is it not great already?

The more you gaslight and pretend it doesn't mean what I claim, the more easily the rest of us see through your supremacist views. Stop bullsh#tting and feigning outrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

Interesting that you have zero rebuttal to the facts I laid out.

Tell me:
"Take back our country" - from whom?
"Make America great again" - to when? Is it not great already?

The more you gaslight and pretend it doesn't mean what I claim, the more easily the rest of us see through your supremacist views. Stop bullsh#tting and feigning outrage.

Bwahahahaha. Sorry, lifelong liberal democrat, union supporting, child of immigrants, Medicare for all supporter here. I also have friends who in the military, work in law enforcement, teach at Catholic universities. I've been to gay weddings, supported a friend through an abortion and believe Planned Parenthood should be funded. And I send my kids to Catholic school. Political issues are complicated. People are complicated. They are multi-faceted. A license plate choice reflects something about a person's beliefs, but not everything. You learn about people and their beliefs by talking to them, not shunning them. You can't say you support tolerance for all, but not people you disagree with. And you are not the arbiter of the meaning of a license plate.

There's nothing to rebut in your argument because you're not making one. You're declaring something as a fact when it's not. Life is not black and white. Adults know that. 12 year olds do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

Interesting that you have zero rebuttal to the facts I laid out.

Tell me:
"Take back our country" - from whom?
"Make America great again" - to when? Is it not great already?

The more you gaslight and pretend it doesn't mean what I claim, the more easily the rest of us see through your supremacist views. Stop bullsh#tting and feigning outrage.

Bwahahahaha. Sorry, lifelong liberal democrat, union supporting, child of immigrants, Medicare for all supporter here. I also have friends who in the military, work in law enforcement, teach at Catholic universities. I've been to gay weddings, supported a friend through an abortion and believe Planned Parenthood should be funded. And I send my kids to Catholic school. Political issues are complicated. People are complicated. They are multi-faceted. A license plate choice reflects something about a person's beliefs, but not everything. You learn about people and their beliefs by talking to them, not shunning them. You can't say you support tolerance for all, but not people you disagree with. And you are not the arbiter of the meaning of a license plate.

There's nothing to rebut in your argument because you're not making one. You're declaring something as a fact when it's not. Life is not black and white. Adults know that. 12 year olds do not.

Maybe you don't know those people as well as you think you do.
Again: why didn't the Gadsen become popular after 9/11 or the fall of Communism? It's about a certain type of exclusionary patriotism. Just because you're cool with liberal economic policies doesn't mean you're evolved on all issues. And yeah, I grew up going to Catholic Church too. It was 95% white and as bigoted as can be. So it's not a surprise a bunch of unionized Catholic white guys love the Gadsen. So spend some time on Long Island and you'll see the flag everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

Interesting that you have zero rebuttal to the facts I laid out.

Tell me:
"Take back our country" - from whom?
"Make America great again" - to when? Is it not great already?

The more you gaslight and pretend it doesn't mean what I claim, the more easily the rest of us see through your supremacist views. Stop bullsh#tting and feigning outrage.

Bwahahahaha. Sorry, lifelong liberal democrat, union supporting, child of immigrants, Medicare for all supporter here. I also have friends who in the military, work in law enforcement, teach at Catholic universities. I've been to gay weddings, supported a friend through an abortion and believe Planned Parenthood should be funded. And I send my kids to Catholic school. Political issues are complicated. People are complicated. They are multi-faceted. A license plate choice reflects something about a person's beliefs, but not everything. You learn about people and their beliefs by talking to them, not shunning them. You can't say you support tolerance for all, but not people you disagree with. And you are not the arbiter of the meaning of a license plate.

There's nothing to rebut in your argument because you're not making one. You're declaring something as a fact when it's not. Life is not black and white. Adults know that. 12 year olds do not.

Bravo, PP, bravo. Unbelievably well said.

[Anonymous]

Just avoid them, OP. At the very best, they are ignorant. Be neighborly but keep your distance.

[Anonymous]

Who wants a Nazi Mrs. Kravitz?! Wave and smile but don't ever invite them into your home or lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not a leap. It's not a hop. It's not even a step. It's standing still. Go look at any nazi white nationalist rally and you'll see dozens of those sick yellow flags in the crowd. Thru don't even attempt to hide it.

They are nazis. Period.

I find this so insulting.

Maybe stop feeling insulted for one minute and actually LISTEN to people. My Jewish wife has the same creepy feelings when she sees a bunch of jacked up white dudes waving the Gadsen as she does when she sees Confederatd flags in southern VA or rural MD. Especially when those people are at political rallies saying "Take our country back!"

I guarantee a solid one-third of this country is utterly repulsed by the Gadsen flag because of what it's become to those who intensely dislike "fake" Americans.

And I get a creepy feeling when I read the op and the people defending her.

Maybe if the folks waving the Gadsen gave up the politics of exclusion it would make people feel safer in their presence?

And yes, the introduction of the Gadsen license plate is 100% about capitalizing on Tea Party and exclusionary right wing politics. Why wasn't the Gadsen license plate introduced in 2001, after the September 11 attacks? Or maybe in 1991, after the fall of Communism?

It has zero to do with the Marines, the colonial era, or history. It's about exclusionary politics and tribalism. Gross.

You can't just declare its meaning and then reject people based on that. Are you 12?

Interesting that you have zero rebuttal to the facts I laid out.

Tell me:
"Take back our country" - from whom?
"Make America great again" - to when? Is it not great already?

The more you gaslight and pretend it doesn't mean what I claim, the more easily the rest of us see through your supremacist views. Stop bullsh#tting and feigning outrage.

Bwahahahaha. Sorry, lifelong liberal democrat, union supporting, child of immigrants, Medicare for all supporter here. I also have friends who in the military, work in law enforcement, teach at Catholic universities. I've been to gay weddings, supported a friend through an abortion and believe Planned Parenthood should be funded. And I send my kids to Catholic school. Political issues are complicated. People are complicated. They are multi-faceted. A license plate choice reflects something about a person's beliefs, but not everything. You learn about people and their beliefs by talking to them, not shunning them. You can't say you support tolerance for all, but not people you disagree with. And you are not the arbiter of the meaning of a license plate.

There's nothing to rebut in your argument because you're not making one. You're declaring something as a fact when it's not. Life is not black and white. Adults know that. 12 year olds do not.

Maybe you don't know those people as well as you think you do.
Again: why didn't the Gadsen become popular after 9/11 or the fall of Communism? It's about a certain type of exclusionary patriotism. Just because you're cool with liberal economic policies doesn't mean you're evolved on all issues. And yeah, I grew up going to Catholic Church too. It was 95% white and as bigoted as can be. So it's not a surprise a bunch of unionized Catholic white guys love the Gadsen. So spend some time on Long Island and you'll see the flag everywhere.

Well we can't be all as EVOLVED as you, most superior one.