Anytime I see an American flag flown off of someone’s house (or God forbid, their truck), my assumption anymore is that they’re a repugnant chud who hates every principle the country was founded on, but loves every horrific atrocity it’s indulged in.
Oh hey, you just described my in-laws. sub a minivan for the truck though.
They sure do love going on about how this nation was founded on “CHRISTIAN principles and beliefs”, yet every single word out of their mouths, every vote they cast, every action they take says “if Jesus were in front of me today I’d be the first to grab a nail gun to put that commie-social-Marxist in his place with the other snowflakes”.
one is acceptable. there’s a lot of nice, decent people who have a flag up at their house or business.
more than one, though, and you can pretty much tell how big a raging hateful asshole they are by how many flags they have up and how poorly they’re displayed. bonus points for bastardizations like ‘thin blue line’.
Dunno man, the only folks with OUTSIDE American flags I’ve ever met who weren’t chuds were the kind who have like a bunch of flags outside of their house, one of which is usually Pride.
I mean, I hate a lot of the principles the country was founded on, too. But mainly because those principles caused and excused the atrocities.
I can empathize a lot with Thomas Paine, who died in penury, rejected by his “countrymen” for daring to carry their revolutionary ideals to the logical conclusion.
Anytime I see an American flag flown off of someone’s house (or God forbid, their truck), my assumption anymore is that they’re a repugnant chud who hates every principle the country was founded on, but loves every horrific atrocity it’s indulged in.
Oh hey, you just described my in-laws. sub a minivan for the truck though.
They sure do love going on about how this nation was founded on “CHRISTIAN principles and beliefs”, yet every single word out of their mouths, every vote they cast, every action they take says “if Jesus were in front of me today I’d be the first to grab a nail gun to put that commie-social-Marxist in his place with the other snowflakes”.
one is acceptable. there’s a lot of nice, decent people who have a flag up at their house or business.
more than one, though, and you can pretty much tell how big a raging hateful asshole they are by how many flags they have up and how poorly they’re displayed. bonus points for bastardizations like ‘thin blue line’.
I’ve been noticing a lot of trump flags going above the American flag around Ohio.
It’s not surprising, but it is very telling.
Dunno man, the only folks with OUTSIDE American flags I’ve ever met who weren’t chuds were the kind who have like a bunch of flags outside of their house, one of which is usually Pride.
only one stars-and-stripes? the pride and others don’t count in the asshole meter.
Without a flag, Americans won’t know what country they’re in and they’ll try and bomb it.
Bahahaha.
“Loves every atrocity it’s indulged in” sums up my feelings and impression of R/conservative voters better than I’ve come across yet
I mean, I hate a lot of the principles the country was founded on, too. But mainly because those principles caused and excused the atrocities.
I can empathize a lot with Thomas Paine, who died in penury, rejected by his “countrymen” for daring to carry their revolutionary ideals to the logical conclusion.
And also his atheism.
George Washington also never spoke out declaring Christian faith and went to great lengths to avoid it altogether. (If I’m not mistaken)
“The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
-1797 Treaty of Tripoli begun by George, signed by John Adams and ratified by the Senate.
Ironically, expecting Americans to know their history is like expecting Christians to have read the entire bible.