• BroBot9000@lemmy.world
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    These are the people that keep taking funding from education and put it towards more guns.

    I can’t possibly lower my expectations any further.

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      I’m not opposed to guns, but the idea of a less educated population having more of them doesn’t quite sit right with me.

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        Neh. The stupid people are getting way too many of them and will use tragedies to justify owning them.

        How many more mass shootings need to happen before it’s finally too much? And a good guy with a gun is not the answer. The Uvalde police had guns but that didn’t change anything.

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          Cops are not “good guys”. They have a duty to protect property, not life.

          Plus they’re the only job where they can refuse to hire you for being too smart.

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            While it wouldn’t stop them entirely, saying it’s irrelevant is completely wrong. There’s enough data out there from countries not buried in gun violence to prove there would be a difference.

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    Confederacy lasted 4 years. Star Trek lasted more than 50.

    The United Federation of Planets is more my heritage than some slack jaw redneck slavers.

    Also I know some people rep the confed flag cuz “I’m a rebel” well um maybe use the flag of the OG rebels aka The United States? Or the black flag🏴‍☠️ that’s cooler.

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    “I don’t get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I consider them to be symbols and I leave symbols to the symbol minded.” — George Carlin

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    “Don’t tread on me” for them always refers exclusively to the oppression from the federal government - especially towards state government, and not specifically people. Oppression from state government might as well not exist for them

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    top one is an american flag. a bit cliche and redundant but nothing wrong with that one. or at least, would be nothing wrong, had you just flown that by itself.

    the second one is a heinous crime against the very concept of vexillology. beyond F-. a toddler could redraw the flag of wisconsin using mismatched leftover crayons from the MRE of your cousin at the marines and it would look official than this bullshit. do not ever desecrate a flagpole again with that crap. what the fuck do you think this is, a linustechtips video with sponsor spots?

    the third one outright violates the US flag code. i don’t know what the hell your goal was but unless it was to make a mockery of the country, this ain’t it. there is no blue line in the american flag there and there is no black anywhere in it – are you a pirate? is that what you’re trying to say? are you trying to establish the united states as an estonian colony? are you dividing what the original flag declares as indivisible? do you just hate delaware? this is the flag equivalent of a one hour business presentation by middle management: technically coherent and rich in vocabulary but completely devoid of any meaning. i guess it’s better than the billboard above but you managed to underperform the average minecraft banner. D for not breaking the basic rules and nothing else.

    the fourth one is outright treason, especially with the american flag on top, and the pretendo-american above. i mean why the fuck are you flying the flags of two nations that were at war the last time both of them existed? are you just an edgelord who likes to play both sides? or are you serious about staging a coup, which is what your flags communicate? pick a side already, you’re not switzerland.

    and the fifth one is a cheap knockoff. it’s extremely disrespectful to take the no step on snek flag and change the motto on it. plus your font choice suggests you made that in MS word. what the hell. this was a fun, albeit at best C+ tier flag that you managed to shove down to D- category through seriousposting some moronic crap.

    overall, this flag pole conveys nothing but ignorance. are you an enemy of the united states, mocking its flag (#3) and flying the flag of its enemies (#4), or are you an american patriot (#1)? what the actual fuck is that ad break in #2? and pay up for the og flags, don’t be cheap.

  • ArgonautVehicle@lemmy.world
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    I have a friend who flies both a Black Lives Matter flag and the Thin Blue Line flag. He thinks he can support both. shrug