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I've heard others say it and I'm really feeling it too. We should definitely embrace the American flag as part of the resistance to fascism and the authoritarian government. It must stand as a symbol of decency and democracy, not what the GOP is trying to rebrand it as.

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We cannot forget how Jan6ers used flagpoles to assault Capitol Police Officers. US Flags, trump flags, don't tread on me flags (oh the irony!) & the confederate flags waved as weapons to destroy the essence of our democracy.

To the GOP & MAGA morons flying your American flags & stickers & hats it doesn’t make you patriotic as you all support an authoritarian dictator who denies our Constitution, attacks our people & cities, threatens allies & is a raging lunatic & sexual predator. You all helped create the problem!

I disagree. Flaggs are "things" . Embracing "things" can make it more difficult to make good decisions. A flag is often a symbol, however it can mean something completely different to someone else. Embracing principles and sayings are much more rewarding.

I proudly fly my American Flag upside down until the Tyrant is removed from the Office of President. Our Republic is in distress as long as Our Constitution is violated and Congress is failing their oaths.

unfortunately, using it to "oppose" what they're selling only makes one seem in "support" of what is being done in its name... it's heartbreaking what's happening both here and abroad 💔 jm2¢

💯- It’s been front and center at every rally I’ve attended since 2016 - like No Kings Day, the Women’s March, etc 🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

The American flag is a symbol of oppression and exploitation in wast parts of the world. You will not be able to wash it off. It didn’t just start January 2025. Maybe ask you black American friends what they think of your flag and what it stands for. Also, flag shagging is more of a far right hobby

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True. We keep the US flag. They are more than happy to switch to a flag with trump or a snake or anything else on it. Just like the Confederates did. They have no loyalty to the US flag or the ideas/values it stands for.

I hate to say, but I stopped flying my flag early last spring because of the lawlessness of the Trump administration. I won't fly it again until they are all gone. I live in a Red State. If you fly a flag, everyone assumes you are MAGA.

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The reason: a definition of a (cultural) symbol (Victor Turner) is that it is a multivocal reference to many things all at once. This requires personal interpretation and associative ability. If MAGA feeds meaning, that becomes the meaning. Likewise if you do.

So recode / load the flag with new and old references of decency, values, common sense, antifacism and whatever needs to be communicated to stand up against the ideas (and references) of MAGAmerica. Or simply inverse a Kid Rock music video.

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I disagree. It is forever tainted with Hatred and is the new Nazi flag as far as I am concerned and we need a different flag to convey what we thought the American idea was but obviously never was, Inclusivity.The strength of our country was built by immigrants and we let the rich tell us otherwise.

Brilliant. MAGA seems to have co-opted our flag as an anti-lib symbol. Protestors need to use our flag to show what America stands for, what democracy means, how patriotic supporting the constitution is! It’s a symbol the right cannot attack.

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Our 🇺🇸 is the most powerful symbol of hearts and minds. Fly an American flag 🇺🇸 as YOU fight American fascism. (upside down in distress ok) We must *INTENTIONALLY* #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump & MAGA Protest is patriotic: Bring 🇺🇸 to protests Bring extras Form a flag corps www.reclaimourflag.org

The flag should represent (not substitute for) our founding ideals. It has been tarnished over the years by empty headed patriotism capped by the BLOTUS hug when what we should be embracing the constitution as a resistance to fascism. It also would help if Congress did their f'in job.

No, burn it. Get a better symbol. One that demonstrates that you're willing to abandon that failed country, built on slavery and imperialism, and start over with a better constitution and a commitment to excluding and punishing the people who made this happen.

If we rise up against the imbecile, then maybe that’s what we do to differentiate ourselves from the evil. However, until then, it’s still our country, and our flag. The flag preoccupation here is a bit strange to outsiders but it has a lot of meaning to Americans.

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Our 🇺🇸 is the most powerful symbol of hearts and minds. Fly an American flag 🇺🇸 as YOU fight American fascism. (upside down in distress ok) We must *INTENTIONALLY* #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump & MAGA Protest is patriotic: Bring 🇺🇸 to protests Bring extras Form a flag corps www.reclaimourflag.org

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Been saying this for years, and glad that leftist protestors are now out there doing it. It's both a symbol and a shield. Those with a shred of patriotism and decency won't attack someone waving the American flag, and even the traitorous scum know it's terrible optics. Wave the stars and bars!

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Precisely. You can see on this thread how many people have surrendered it rather than reclaim it. Help #ReclaimOurFlag bsky.app/profile/recl...

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Our 🇺🇸 is the most powerful symbol of hearts and minds. Fly an American flag 🇺🇸 as YOU fight American fascism. (upside down in distress ok) We must *INTENTIONALLY* #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump & MAGA Protest is patriotic: Bring 🇺🇸 to protests Bring extras Form a flag corps www.reclaimourflag.org

Used to be 🇺🇸 had a negative connotation for a while. Then I noticed it had come into its own and became a symbol of what it was intended. No more dopy divisive stuff. Then it became tangled in Vulgarian’s sophomoric Red ‘n Blue garbage. I hope ‘n think we got that outta our system. Ugh.

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In uk im afraid our flag has long been usurped by the far right, and currently there is a campaign to fly it under the guise of patriotism. Not done supportively though: an aggressive tribal challenge to others. great idea to embrace your flag now as symbol of usa liberty and justice, and protect it

I bought a 3x5 Super Deluxe embroidery heavy nylon I got it at a TV shopping channel of quality Goods. There's a difference in raising the flag with reverence and raising the flag in anger and Hate. It is near my front door and it reminds me everyday of what I could possibly lose.

I've always embraced the American flag. Just like I've always embraced my Christianity. I'm not letting the phonies who use the American flag or who use Christianity to justify their evil.

Even the Democrat words are stolen and fed back to MAGA as Trump words. His regime of future “Felons” immediately spins our words into their words. He showed that in a video taken after the Harris speech over a year ago. Cheating, stealing and lying… Never normal behavior!

I'd bet every dollar I have that Trump has no idea what the stars and stripes on the flag actually represent... well, I'll give him the stars--he may know what they represent, but I'll bet he couldn't name the 50 states if his life depended on it.

I have a small flag I bring to every protest along with my sign. We are the real patriots. They are a mindless cult backing a corrupt moron. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I wrote on my flag the names of all the veterans I know that have passed. I added “with liberty and justice for all”! I’m thinking of adding “by any means necessary”!

I've said this in another post. While I fully embrace the idea to do so, where I live could get my house firebombed. There is one flying right next door to a trump flag right next door.

While I agree with the idea I don't think it will necessarily be seen as defending the flag. When I see an American flag flying from a house, like the one next door, I think Trump. I believe most people are going to think Trump. Maybe if you fly a peace sign right beside it. Otherwise?

When I saw senior service men and women out for No Kings protest, holding large American flags as is their right. They claimed, embraced that no one party can own what America stands for.

Agree! I got 2 dozen 12 x 18” flags last year. I put them along my road (a state highway) every federal holiday. We’re in a very red hat area, but everyone around here knows where we stand. I got them from vfw.org

Wearing a cross necklace has been taken over by the conservatives as a sign of being a MAga. I quit wearing my cross. People will know I’m a Christian by my actions towards humanity. Those ladies can wear their cross, but their actions prove they lack humanity.

John 13:35 “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” This statement also works to point out people who are full of it when they act with hatred and prejudice.

This bothers me. I want to take back the cross but i do t want people to think im maga or feel threatened/etc. I think a cross with a paperclip (a sign of resistance in wwii) could be a sign

Right now wearing a cross is associated with being a MAGA. The MAGA have taken the symbol of Christ and perverted it, just like the KKK took the symbol of the cross and used it to represent fear and death.

I’m not even Christian but I wear a cross because I received it as a gift from an important person in my life recently. I don’t think it belongs to anyone.

My husband (RIP) gave me a beautiful cross on our 25th wedding anniversary. I’ve never left the house without wearing it showing until last year when it would be under my shirt because I didn’t want to be mistaken for magat. On 1/1/2026, that changed. It now shows. No longer will they ruin that too!

I agree 100%. I still believe in the American dream and democracy. While we will never return to what it was, we can make it better in time. I can't think of anything that this regime can do that will shock me. They're capable of anything. Time to pull ourselves up and out.

the last of real military, real vets all gone now, would be rolling in their graves to see what present day miliary serves, the betrayal of that flag. For some, it symbolized home, home they would live to see again trying to save it from....THIS!!!! They did not die for Stephen Miller, for bonespurs

Then we get into a discussion about signs and signifiers and symbols. Now when I see an American flag I automatically believe the person flying it is fascist. I guess they have the Trump flag too, but at a glance, the flag’s been so co-opted and sullied, I wonder if we can ever resurrect it.

In theory, I agree. In practice, it has been appropriated by MAGA to tacitly show support for Trump right now. I know this because the few in my neighborhood who openly supported him in Nov 2024 and still do, all fly the flag right now.

Sadly for the USA what the people think does not matter a jot to Trump and his cabal nor the eye bulging red neck MAGA hicks that do his bidding. In fact the more they see themselves on the media assaulting, arresting, disappearing, killing 'the people' with impunity the more they are emboldened.

To much of the world the US flag already is a symbol of threats, violence and imperialist dreams -the world knows not all Americans voted for Trump, but half did! TWICE! They knew what they were getting and STILL voted for him! Says a lot about Americans to the rest of the world. Nothing good! Sadly

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Our 🇺🇸 is the most powerful symbol of hearts and minds. Fly an American flag 🇺🇸 as YOU fight American fascism. (upside down in distress ok) We must *INTENTIONALLY* #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump & MAGA Protest is patriotic: Bring 🇺🇸 to protests Bring extras Form a flag corps www.reclaimourflag.org

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Our 🇺🇸 is the most powerful symbol of hearts and minds. Fly an American flag 🇺🇸 as YOU fight American fascism. (upside down in distress ok) We must *INTENTIONALLY* #ReclaimOurFlag from Trump & MAGA Protest is patriotic: Bring 🇺🇸 to protests Bring extras Form a flag corps www.reclaimourflag.org