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insufficient guns posted:Normally I don't get anything good on my Facebook, but then I strike gold. His response sounds too dumb to be real, but from what I know of him it definitely is. He's so close to figuring out just why this poo poo is so offensive but takes a sharp turn to defending the flag that he himself calls a symbol of slavery, oppression and white supremacy. I don't get the love people have for the confederate flag. It should be an embarrassment to the south.
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Intoluene posted:He's so close to figuring out just why this poo poo is so offensive but takes a sharp turn to defending the flag that he himself calls a symbol of slavery, oppression and white supremacy. I don't get the love people have for the confederate flag. It should be an embarrassment to the south. The meaning it carries, when not blatantly expressed by overt racists, is "I'm white and poor and angry" in the south and "I'm a redneck who identifies with that" in places that aren't the south. The fact that racism goes hand in hand with both of those is lost on them even though despite the fact that nearly 100% of the time both sides are insanely racist. These people don't know history, and even if they did they wouldn't really care. That one dude says the flag is "over 100 years old" which is technically true, but I bet he wouldn't be able to even come close to guessing when the civil war actually occurred. Or why it occurred. This is reminding me of the weirdest moment in my life though where one of my best friends {a black dude named Malik who grew up, like me, in Lancaster PA) met my boyfriend at the time (another black dude, from South Carolina) and they both hit it off because they were both wearing confederate flag shirts and talked the whole time about how awful black people and liberals are. Me and the dude from SC are gay. 
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Aesop Poprock posted:The meaning it carries, when not blatantly expressed by overt racists, is "I'm white and poor and angry" in the south and "I'm a redneck who identifies with that" in places that aren't the south. The fact that racism goes hand in hand with both of those is lost on them even though despite the fact that nearly 100% of the time both sides are insanely racist. These people don't know history, and even if they did they wouldn't really care. That one dude says the flag is "over 100 years old" which is technically true, but I bet he wouldn't be able to even come close to guessing when the civil war actually occurred. Or why it occurred. Two black guys wearing Confederate flag shirts complained about how awful black people are?
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Filox posted:That's what bugs me about idiots wanting laws to "prohibit the desecration of the flag." They're pretty much admitting that they worship it as a sacred object just by using the word "desecration". So, in a way, they want an amendment to the Constitution that would make the Constitution contradict itself (remember that whole pesky freedom of religion bit?) by declaring the flag a consecrated icon and make flag veneration state mandated. But I guess it's okay because Jesus probably came down and told Betsy Ross how to do it right?   How dare you. You're probably a commie terrorist.
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Two black guys wearing Confederate flag shirts complained about how awful black people are? This was like 6 years ago and obviously neither of them were overly self aware. But yeah
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Aesop Poprock posted:This was like 6 years ago and obviously neither of them were overly self aware. But yeah 
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Mak0rz posted:And as we all know every individual flag is painstakingly and professionally crafted by the hands of patriotic hard-working Americans and not actually mass machine manufactured in China. This always annoyed me because I've never had a flag made in China. Most full sized flags are made here, it's the little plastic ones on wooden dowels that are made overseas. They're still mass manufactured by robots, but it's American robots.
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I imagine it's the racial equivalent of the whole "I'm not like other girls" bit most women experience at some point in their lives. When the media tends to focus on a very specific conception of what People Like You can be, it's hard not to internalize that the same way literally everyone else does.
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Plom Bar posted:I imagine it's the racial equivalent of the whole "I'm not like other girls" bit most women experience at some point in their lives. When the media tends to focus on a very specific conception of what People Like You can be, it's hard not to internalize that the same way literally everyone else does. It's similar to the "I hate other girls, I just want to be one of the guys" mentality. It doesn't necessarily mean that, it's just people being people and trying to escape or recover from a lovely friendship or similar at the time. The difference is you don't see women in their 40s+ saying they hate other women generally. I mean I'm sure it exists but not to the same extent
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Has anyone ever done a Then they could mercilessly assault anyone they chose with the full support of true patriots
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I served and went to Iraq so it's nice to know I can stand on the flag all I want with impunity.
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Krispy Kareem posted:This always annoyed me because I've never had a flag made in China. Most full sized flags are made here, it's the little plastic ones on wooden dowels that are made overseas. My mistake! I misinterpreted the 94% figure in this article. Looks like import flags account for only 10% or so of the total market.
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Ratjaculation posted:Has anyone ever done a I always wonder what people who go on and on about ARE FLAG think about like, American flag bikinis. Surely getting Ol'Glory all bunched up in your taint is just as offensive as letting it touch the ground? Anyway, AVClub comments may be cheating, but this made me roll my eyes a little. A short article about Nick Cave releasing a new album/concert film originally had the headline "Move over, Beyonce: Nick Cave is doing a Lemonade for creepy white dudes". Kinda dumb, but whatever, cool news. Cue this sort of thing:    They changed the headline, but those are some bristly (and probably creepy) white dudes.
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Aesop Poprock posted:The difference is you don't see women in their 40s+ saying they hate other women generally. I mean I'm sure it exists but not to the same extent Hahaha oh yes you do
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Nick Cave looks like he sells crack to the Antichrist and a lot of his songs are pretty creepy and bizarre which is why he's great.
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Mak0rz posted:My mistake! I misinterpreted the 94% figure in this article. Looks like import flags account for only 10% or so of the total market. It's Chinese stick flags all the way down. 9 out of 10 flags are Chinese-made, but they account for less than 2% of total flag revenue, which means any flag that costs more than a dollar is probably made domestically. I wonder if Facebook patriots cry when people disrespect stick flags. Like where's the cutoff?
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Plom Bar posted:Hahaha oh yes you do And it's just the worst, too.
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Aesop Poprock posted:The meaning it carries, when not blatantly expressed by overt racists, is "I'm white and poor and angry" in the south and "I'm a redneck who identifies with that" in places that aren't the south. The fact that racism goes hand in hand with both of those is lost on them even though despite the fact that nearly 100% of the time both sides are insanely racist. These people don't know history, and even if they did they wouldn't really care. That one dude says the flag is "over 100 years old" which is technically true, but I bet he wouldn't be able to even come close to guessing when the civil war actually occurred. Or why it occurred. The meaning it carries when not expressed by blatant racists is "I am culturally Southron" (cue the jokes, which further reinforce their commitment to flying it). You might as well wonder why Texas doesn't get rid of its slaver's rebellion flag.
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SpliffClavin posted:Don't judge me Mexican word of the Day Geesh, she really needs to simplify her necromancy ritual.
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SpliffClavin posted:Don't judge me Mexican word of the Day Lollin at this dumb bitch with her stupid baby and dead-rear end husband
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SpliffClavin posted:Don't judge me Mexican word of the Day
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oldpainless posted:Lollin at this dumb bitch with her stupid baby and dead-rear end husband
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Are the people who post this ARE TROOPS  garbage ever actually veterans, or just obnoxious soldier-worshiping creeps who never served and don't actually know what soldiers go through?
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Bertrand Hustle posted:Are the people who post this ARE TROOPS At least some are vets. Every one i know does it, even those with a liberal bent.
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I just don't need to see a picture of it shaming me into not grilling out posted by a Mexican meme page.
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SpliffClavin posted:I just don't need to see a picture of it shaming me into not grilling out posted by a Mexican meme page. Naw but that's just it If grillin' is how you grieve then grill away my friend. Plug in that George fuckin' Foreman and Knock Out The Fat, just like you Knock Out The Bad...feelings associated with loss of a loved one. Basically it's a bad macro for exploiting that widow's grief, but goons are bad for being like "I DISAPPROVE OF HER PROCESS"
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People are not complaining about the meme page being manipulative but the content itself. It'd be like when someone posts a STDH with that photo of a child crying and playing the violin and instead of focusing on the STDH people instead commented "lmao at this loser baby" content: 
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Aesop Poprock posted:It's similar to the "I hate other girls, I just want to be one of the guys" mentality. It doesn't necessarily mean that, it's just people being people and trying to escape or recover from a lovely friendship or similar at the time. The difference is you don't see women in their 40s+ saying they hate other women generally. I mean I'm sure it exists but not to the same extent I was one of those "I HATE GIRLS" girls from like 15-25 or so but that was mostly bailing at full speed from an all-girls Catholic school after sophomore year and taking a hard right into "90% of my best friends are guys (and they all want to sleep with me because duh, they're teenagers)" territory. Rebellion against being forced to associate with nothing but girls + being a dumb hormonal Young Person obsessed with sex. Then I had an actual good relationship and good friendships with some women and calmed the gently caress down and don't bitch about other women anymore because I'm 35 and too old for petty bullshit. Unfortunately I do know quite a few 35+ women who are still in the "other women are catty and petty and stupid" mentality, but they're the minority. It's not that they don't exist, it's that they never grew up and realized that "other women" aren't a hivemind composed of makeup and mall trips.
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Brawnfire posted:Soldiers fight overseas for our right to a meaninglessly belligerent society rife with assault, YOU gently caress In five thousand years, archaeologists will look back at this time and think the US was a warrior culture where everyone trained ceaselessly for way, only interrupted to have gay sex or a sex change.
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Personally, I think Memorial Day should take a page from the Australians and Anzac Day: All the vets and people who like that thing get up at 4am for sober dawn services, then everyone else rolls in around 10am and gets drunk and gambles all day.
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mrmcd posted:Personally, I think Memorial Day should take a page from the Australians and Anzac Day: All the vets and people who like that thing get up at 4am for sober dawn services, then everyone else rolls in around 10am and gets drunk and gambles all day.  Isn't that what REAL AMERICANS do every day anyways? 
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