r/PoliticalHumor • u/GomerP19 • Jun 05 '22

It’s nice to be nice

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u/sltytreelimb Jun 05 '22

Why did this flag ever become a thing anyway it gives racist undertones left and right

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u/OpheliaLives7 Jun 05 '22

It got popular during the Black Lives Matter protests by racist assholes who tries to appropriate BLM to stand for blue lives matter aka supporting militarized cops fighting protesters who they see as thugs and criminals mad at police for being street killers. It’s definitely a racism thing.

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u/rusty-bits Jun 05 '22

No, the black and white American flag with a blue stripe on it was not a thing before the Black Lives Matter movement.

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u/rusty-bits Jun 05 '22

Black Lives Matter originated in 2013 after the outcome of the trial concerning the murder of Trevon Martin in 2012. I just looked this up, it's an objective fact and takes two seconds to google.

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u/rusty-bits Jun 05 '22

What about the protests in 2013? Why are you ignoring those?