• Veraticus@lib.lgbt
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    1 year ago

    They’re describing how people using the Gadsden flag typically act; they fellate the police as long as they’re abusing minorities. “Don’t tread on me” isn’t a statement of principal to most of them. What they actually mean is “tread on others while I watch and cheer.”

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      They’re describing how people using the Gadsden flag typically act; they fellate the police as long as they’re abusing minorities.

      Such individuals have no idea what the Gadsden flag represents, then. By extension, such individuals also misunderstand what “libertarianism” means.

      “Don’t tread on me” isn’t a statement of principal to most of them. What they actually mean is “tread on others while I watch and cheer.”

      For lack of a more elloquent repsonse, such individuals are idiots, and they should be made aware of their idiocy.

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        1 year ago

        Oookay, well that’s what the meme is making fun of, so I guess you agree with it?

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          1 year ago

          As shown int he title, the meme is still founded on the idea that the Gadsden flag is a conservative symbol, which it isn’t.

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            1 year ago

            Because conservative idiots use it and they should be made aware of their idiocy. You literally just said it.

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              1 year ago

              I am a little bit wary to agree with your statement, as I am not sure how you are defining “conservatism”. Libertarianism is mutually exclusive with authoritarianism, but not necessarily conservatism, or liberalism. But, again, this heavily depends on how such things are defined. Many people have different ways of looking at those terms.