If anyone has both of those flags hanging at the same time, they don't understand what the top one means.
And the amount of Maga fucks that have both in my state is to high. That and the blue lives matter Punisher sticker. They show just how stupid they are.
In Kansas you can get the yellow snake as your license plate.
I have seen three so far. All three of them had thin blue line bumper or window stickers.
The State ALLOWS YOU to have a license plate identifying you as someone who's AGAINST THE FUCKING STATE!
Self identification, pretty smart of the state tbh.
they care for reptiles who are basically just ribcage and know how riding them over even with a bicycle will fatally wound them
they are a fan of the British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson
I'd argue they don't understand what the bottom one means, but I'm ready to meet you in the middle and say that they don't understand any of the two
Top flag: "don't tread on me"
Bottom flag: "when there are perfectly good minorities you should be treading on right there!"
Once, years ago, went out to a restaurant with some friends and had a couple drinks. Wasn't paying close enough attention to my intake, and ended up a little too tipsy to drive (not, like, belligerent drunk or anything, just not safe to drive). Hung out sitting on the hood of my car watching videos on my phone for a while with a friend until he had to leave. Before he left, this super cute guy started talking to us. We hit it off, and dude and I started getting flirty. Went back to his place because it was walking distance, did the deed, and when we were done I went to get some water from his kitchen.
Wherein I see not one, not two, but no less than a dozen coffee mugs, posters, fucking rugs, and all manner of paraphernalia with right wing nonsense. We're talking he had a fucking swastika area rug. I begin the heavy breathing of a scared little gay boy (6'3 and nearly 300lbs/190cm 135kg), and he notices my discomfort. He acts like this is nothing unusual and says he's just a collector of WWII shit.
Yeah, bro, maybe you are. But that doesn't explain the don't tread on me poster, the trump 2016 merch, and fucking birth of a nation movie poster!
I got the fuck outta there before his lawyers had a chance to try out a gay panic defense.
...says he’s just a collector of WWII shit.
Isn't is funny how nobody collects the stuff from the Allies?
Only my grandparents stuff from when they kicked Nazi ass. They’d be horrified at todays bullshit.
I have WWII stuff from the allies, but it isn't even from the European parts of the war. From my grandfather. His father earned US citizenship by fighting in WWI.
There actually is a pretty large WW2 Allied collector and reenactor community. I know a guy with a Jeep with a mounted quad MG.
Just don't ask too many questions about the other team.
To be fair, it is more intriguing to collect the stuff of the objectively bad guy. A lot of it is like, it feels almost unbelievable, so nazi memorabilia helps ground that reality that, yes, it actually happened (and how it might have happened)
Of course there is nuance to this, though
I begin the heavy breathing of a scared little gay boy (6'3 and nearly 300lbs/190cm 135kg)
Holy shit I died
Thank you, I'll be here for the foreseeable future... As I can't afford to leave
Wait, are you a gay man or a female? This story's context changes drastically with your answer.
Gay man
Nice. I feel bad for these fundies that have to pretend to be conservative but are actually pretty liberal sexually.
Ugh, gay guy here, totally relate. Hate it when the cute gay guy is a fascist. Has happened multiple times for me.
Never noticed the silhouette in the window.
I'd steal the TV too
If they're against the state, it's not theft, because the state is what grants the right to property 😀
I read those flags as such:
"Don't tread on me"
"Ok tread on me"
Typical Switch.
The Stirner glasses are a nice touch.
I was wondering what the glasses were referring to. I guess you mean Max Stirner?
German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, postmodernism and individualist anarchism
I'm a bad leftist, I'm terrible with theory and history.
Finally some egoist content
Thin blue line is so fucking cringe. You're in the US eating doughnuts and beating on black people, you're not some hero defending society.
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