The GOP Twitter account tweeted, then deleted an image in celebration of U.S. Independence Day that appeared to erroneously feature the Liberian flag.

The GOP Twitter account tweeted, then deleted an image in celebration of U.S. Independence Day that appeared to erroneously feature the Liberian flag.

  • Arin
    26•2 years ago

    Flying confederate flags and Trump flags all the time they forgot what the USA flag looks like

  • @[email protected]
    -5•2 years ago

    It’s a bit funny and all, but this is basically the definition of a non story.

    I’m sure there were actual news today.

  • @[email protected]
    23•2 years ago

    You say erroneously, I say dog whistle. Slaves were repatriated there. It’s a troll, and not the first time they’ve done this, see CPAC nazi symbol in 2021

    • Flying Squid
      7•2 years ago

      Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity. They aren’t that smart and they are very stupid.

      • tekktrix
        3•2 years ago

        You should also never underestimate evil - that’s how they win.

        • Flying Squid
          4•2 years ago

          I’m not underestimating evil. I’m estimating intelligence. And they aren’t that intelligent or crafty. Their evil is far more banal.

          • Unaware7013
            2•2 years ago

            m not underestimating evil. I’m estimating intelligence. And they aren’t that intelligent or crafty.

            This is textbook underestimating evil, friend. Don’t confuse the stupid act they put on for their constituents with their actual intelligence.

            These assholes are ivy league educated and have (successfully) shaped the republican party under them to engender the support of the dumbest among us and eliminate just about every trace of coherent thoughts. But just because that’s their base doesn’t mean the leadership is just as dumb.

            Granted, you have real idiots like Ms Bowling Alley Flasher or I Can’t Believe it’s not Jewish Space Lasers, but a lot of the leadership is moral-less bottom feeders desperate for power and willing to sell away the country and our democracy for it.

            Say what you will about the idiots running the republican party, but those fuckers got shit done. Here’s hoping the democratic party can take a page from their book and finally get their shit together, but I won’t hold my breath.

    • kbity
      14•2 years ago

      I mean, this isn’t an uncommon graphic design mistake, there’s a whole subreddit for it. In this case it’s far more likely to be a dumb mistake than an intentional dogwhistle like that suspiciously Odal rune shaped stage at CPAC may have been.

  • wrath-sedan
    13•2 years ago

    This is made all the more hilarious by the fact that Liberia declared its independence from… the US.

    EDIT: small correction as independence was technically declared from the private “American Colonization Society” which is somehow even worse

    • tal
      3•2 years ago

      Ehhh. The US granted it independence.

      EDIT: No, I guess not. It was never a US territory. I thought that it was a state initiative, but apparently it was a private one.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Liberia

      It is unclear whether or not Liberia was ever technically a colony at all. Unlike most other colonies in the 19th century, it had no charter and had no official allegiance or relationship with a sovereign nation.

      I know that Lincoln supported the idea, but it looks like it was in the context of supporting a private initiative.

  • @[email protected]
    5•2 years ago

    When’s the last time you Googled a stock image of an American flag and found a Liberian one? Feign mistake, correct, repeat.

  • ArugulaZ
    6•2 years ago

    “No stupid, put the Nazi flag up AFTER Trump wins!”