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When I see it, the first thought that goes through my mind is, "Far right nut lives there. Probably a birther, listens to talk radio, and believes a bunch of conspiracy theories. Stay back." I don't dislike the flag itself, because its history is older than the current far right, but I'm still leery of the people who fly it.
I agree 100%, I immediately think that I am dealing with a far right wacko that is all butthurt about Obama winning the election.
Of course it has nothing to do with the actual behavior of many people who boast about flying this flag. The poster you're responding to completely made up his opinion out of nothing, right?
You're probably a great guy with honest feelings about the flag. But if you're honest, you also have to admit that there are a lot of nutjobs out there boasting about their "Don't Tread on Me" beliefs making the rest of us wonder about their sanity, and also making the rest of you look bad.
I feel the same way when someone starts ranting about how they're a great patriot. Since there are so many scary people out there living on white supremacist compounds and stuff who believe the rest of us are the enemy ... I always look hard before I accept that the person doing the ranting isn't one of them.
It's also like the gun owners on another current thread who are feel that other gun owners who rant about "watering the tree of liberty" are excessive and make the gun owner crowd look bad.
Yes, it's the nuts that have ruined it all. And yes, it tourques me that I get classified thus. This current trend of symbols and even word getting hijacked by nut cases is annoying, beyond words. That such a national symbol be tossed to the garbage beap like this is criminal. And, judgement is always immediate and absolute. Such frustrating times we live in.
If I see it as a bumper sticker on a car I immediately assume the driver has a gun. Most also have a bumper sticker that is anti-Obama and one that says something like "Gun Control Means Using Both Hands". Which means I don't honk at him no matter how lousy his driving is.
Thankfully I'm seeing fewer and fewer. I'd like to see Gadsden (and the rest of America) get his flag back.
I agree 100%, I immediately think that I am dealing with a far right wacko that is all butthurt about Obama winning the election.
This statement doesn't make me think YOU are mentally stable.
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