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[quote=Anonymous]At the end of the day, it's about values OP. It's pretty obvious you don't share those same values.

Everyone who uses the Gadsen nowadays is acutely aware that it's associated with anti-government, Tea Party types who flirt around with thinly-veiled supremacist ideologies and dog-whistle politics. By flying the Gadsen, your neighbors either (1.) subscribe to those ideologies themselves, (2.) don't mind being tangentially associated with such ideologies, or (3.) want to essentially "troll" others and get a rise out of the "stuffy thought-police".

None of those options are a good look. Ain't no one got time to deal with drama llama's like these, OP.

I don't necessarily even agree that they are "gun nuts." What bothers me is that they essentially have an anti-social world view in an age (and city!) that requires collaboration, understanding, get along with everyone.

I can promise that my Jewish wife and Muslim friends get really creeped out and feel threatened by people who advertise the Gadsen. The same way they want to get away quickly from a house or car that has the Confederate flag displayed. It's an anti-social signifier today, despite it's patriotic origins hundreds of years ago. It goes hand-in-hand with the dogwhistle politics of "Take our country back!" and "Make America Great Again!" 
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