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Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them [View all] AStern Jun 11 OP

Nobody seems to be too worked up by Irish flags at St Patrick's Day parades displacedvermoter Jun 11 #1

Wait...was this a parade, with clowns passing out lollipops and colorful floats and Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #17

You seem rather concerned AStern Jun 11 #18

I'd leave out the violence and the flags, for sure. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #19

LOL AStern Jun 11 #21

Aww, someone wasn't actually looking for a straight answer, but got one anyway. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #22

Cry more AStern Jun 11 #23

I'm doing fine, thanks. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #28

Post removed Post removed Jun 11 #32

These parades and festivals are important cultural and in some places religious events in displacedvermoter Jun 11 #44

There's a time and place for peacocking and strutting one's ethnic pride. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #46

I don't think the people from communities not at risk of arbitrary arrest can disparage them as "peacocking" muriel_volestrangler Jun 11 #47

Things aren't fair. We're in a whole new world now, where Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #49

You could control your praise of the fascists as "savvy", however (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 11 #50

Savvy is a fair word. They know what they're trying to achieve-- Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #51

Do not obey in advance. muriel_volestrangler Jun 11 #54

Anticipatory obedience in this case would be to advise everyone to just accept Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #55

Ok, glad we have some savvy folks here on DU displacedvermoter Jun 11 #48

Any flag messaging problems from today's displacedvermoter Jun 15 #56

Fuck those Roman saluting bastards newdeal2 Jun 11 #2

What isn't fodder for the republican shit heads? William769 Jun 11 #3

Exactly MustLoveBeagles Jun 11 #42

Well, for starters B.See Jun 11 #53

Good for the protestors: don't let fascist GOPers and cowardly Dems frame the issue Prairie Gates Jun 11 #4

Just because some of us would like to see yorkster Jun 11 #25

Join them in the streets and wave an American flag. LuvLoogie Jun 11 #30

If I were there I would probably have both flags. US and Mexican. yorkster Jun 11 #36

Interesting that you mentioned that, because there are plenty of US and Mexican flags - if only the news would show you AStern Jun 11 #38

Agree that media is focusing on the burning yorkster Jun 11 #41

The area involve is less than a square mile AStern Jun 11 #43

Yes, of course just like Trump's idiotic comment yorkster Jun 11 #45

we wave a lot of flags in this country cadoman Jun 11 #5

Nobody's business to tell them how to protest. Jirel Jun 11 #6

Do you really think they wouldn't get just as worked up by US flags? Mariana Jun 11 #7

I tend to think the Optics argument has also turned into conservative fodder. Torchlight Jun 11 #8

I think the argument was sourced from the same entities that brought us "Genocide Joe" AStern Jun 11 #13

Too bad. So sad. Ms. Toad Jun 11 #9

In El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora la Reina de los Angeles? Reader Rabbit Jun 11 #10

It wasn't just Republicans who were mad about it lol WhiskeyGrinder Jun 11 #11

That is mentioned in the article AStern Jun 11 #14

"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds & Ping Tung Jun 11 #12

Thought the protests were to draw negative attention to ICE's tactics. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #15

Why would a group of people tagged as criminals and rapists show pride in their community? AStern Jun 11 #20

From the article: Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #24

I hope to see more flags from Mexicans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Panamanians AStern Jun 11 #26

Well, OK, you do you. Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author AStern Jun 11 #34

Yet none of them are carrying California flags either. ms liberty Jun 11 #37

Yep. Actually, flags in general are a bad idea because you just know Wingus Dingus Jun 11 #39

White Wingers would complain if "Mexicans" were carrying American flags. Silent Type Jun 11 #16

Republicans don't let truth get in their way. They will even fabricate things for their own propaganda DSandra Jun 11 #27

Down with gatekeeping Basso8vb Jun 11 #29

The fact that they're complaining about flags means they aren't able to complain about violence ck4829 Jun 11 #31

If you look at the live feeds. LuvLoogie Jun 11 #35

I think I'll fly the Mexican flag Cirsium Jun 11 #40

NYT is ass GenThePerservering Jun 11 #52