Anything the fascists touch is tainted. People forgot about this flag for decades and now it'll be associated with treason and hate for decades longer. Anyone trying to pretend it's anything but support for insurrection is lying to you because they are too cowardly to admit they are traitors.
They saw the word "heaven" and thought it was about religion so they just ran with it. Certainly not the first time that group has misunderstood and appropriated (inappropriated?) something
Maybe progressives have to start appropriating far-right imagery with a progressive twist.
That's what memes are for
Misappropriated
There's a catch 22 here. Symbols get adopted by groups who recontextualize them. Then people only view them in the context of those groups. Effectively ceding symbols to them.
Right. It happens to symbols that aren't widely used. Fascists couldn't co-opt the Disney logo or something. Even if copyright or trademark wasn't a thing, no one would cede it.
The most common thing I can think of is the OK symbol, which people mostly didn't let them take for very long.
What is with these people and needing to find secret “tells” to show the world their plan? It’s like staring at a Bond villain in real life…
It does kind of explain how qanon took hold though.
I have never heard of this flag having any sort of fascist connotation. It's a Revolutionary War flag, and is very very commonly seen throughout Massachusetts (and probably much of the rest of the northeast), by liberals and conservatives alike, due to its historical significance to the culture of New England. It's so common that I find it odd to assume he has negative intentions for flying it without some other evidence.
No shit. Of course that is going to be used by Christian nationalists.
Also, can we all agree that it looks like a child designed that flag?
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