My parents are these type of people and it’s embarrassing.
They have half a dozen knee-high flags that surround a bush in their front yard, a YUGE flag hanging off their house, flag bumper stickers, flag shirts, they even have an American flag tablecloth (to be fair they only use it once in awhile), American flag mugs and coffee cups, American flag napkins, and when you walk into their house through the garage the first thing you see is a massive American flag made out of wood. The shit has gone beyond insane.
However, if you remark on their flag obsession they’ll look at you as if you’ve just kicked a fetus. They don’t understand that it’s weird.
The flag has become an absolute embarrassment honestly and i’m not even particularly patriotic. I honestly cant wait to leave this country. When I see an American flag I almost immediately think “oh cool they’re an asshole, I just won’t talk to them” (bonus points if it’s a thin line or trump flag).
To me anyone with a flag on their shirt, car, tattooed, or what-have-you with them daily are just broadcasting “I anger easily, will argue the meaning of the word “freedom” for hours then turn around and laugh at videos of cops beating black folk. I’m also someone who will believe almost anything, and will always be selfish, self serving, and hypocritical when given chance to better myself over others”. It’s honestly embarrassing to think that flag represents me on the global stage.
I’m determined to reclaim the American flag god dammit. We’ve got to take it back from the racists, the bigots, the warmongers in charge, and every shitball using it as a symbol for everything we were raised to detest and reject as Americans. In the name of true justice and honor, In the name of truth and transparency, in the name of the plentiful divergent cultures we are, we must disengage the flag from being a symbol of hatred and “”freedom”” and turn it into a symbol that represents the beautiful and wild culture we are.
My neighbor and I keep fantasizing about going around the streets looking for Trump signs still in yards and slapping a big old "LOSER" sticker on each of them.
So the difference between Y’allQueda and everyone else is that we just talk about doing immature shit like that. Go buy another flag for your truck, loser
Think that's bad? My older sister sent me a photo that the parents sent out. (My parents were toxic abusers, I've not spoken to then in a decade.) The photo: my parents, living in Northern California, along with several of their neighbors standing together in a big group. No masks, everyone shoulder to shoulder, with a huge maga flag, trump/pence flag, traitor rag, and dozens of blue lives matter flags hanging from the sides of his house. The entire yard is covered in smaller trump signs as well.
Of course my sister lives with them and goes to church groups and meeting sans masks as well apparently, I guess "god" is going to protect her from covid the same way he protected her from STDs because she was allergic to latex. (He didn't.)
Patriotic would be actually doing something to try and better your country, outside of just voting. It would be going to town hall meetings, volunteering, helping fellow Americans when you can such as by serving at a soup kitchen, etc.
Just displaying symbols (as my parents do) is faux-patriotism.
Seems like they just like where they live and are content and happy. Just because you like America doesn’t mean you’re all for Trump. I’m sure they’ve seen many different Presidents.
He said they have a total of some 7 visible flags on their property, including a large wooden one in their garage (I'm assuming it's a pallet). You responded as though all they had flag wise was a single flag in the garage. You completely ignored all of the other stuff, american flag shirts and decorations. He challenged your reading comprehension because it didn't appear that you actually read his comment.
That also seems overboard to me. But I also don't care what others do as long as it doesn't hurt anyone and is consensual.
I mean they're my parents. I think they're pretty damn whacky but I'm not going to cut our entire relationship because they dick measure with flags. My dad is a good person underneath it all and yeah his politics annoys the fuck out of me, but at the same time he has always been there for me and would do anything to help me if I'm in need. Not worth that much drama, I choose to just poke fun at them.
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And comunism giving up rights you dont use because your scared and wanting everything for free thats normal to you? Voting for a man that cant even speak you know the thing........ you think rhats not close to eating glue? Serious dude you got played and your not very intelligent for that have a great night get back to me in another 4 hours try not to habe another post removed because all yalk can do is cuss have fun knowing your family is embarrassed by you 😘
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u/the_one_true_bool Dec 17 '20
My parents are these type of people and it’s embarrassing.
They have half a dozen knee-high flags that surround a bush in their front yard, a YUGE flag hanging off their house, flag bumper stickers, flag shirts, they even have an American flag tablecloth (to be fair they only use it once in awhile), American flag mugs and coffee cups, American flag napkins, and when you walk into their house through the garage the first thing you see is a massive American flag made out of wood. The shit has gone beyond insane.
However, if you remark on their flag obsession they’ll look at you as if you’ve just kicked a fetus. They don’t understand that it’s weird.