• Roundcat@kbin.socialOP
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      It is sad how the Gadsden flag has been appropriate, and is now almost synonymous with fascists, when the point of it was to be anti-authority.

      I guess it’s like how the nazis stole and ruined the swastika. Or how jerks on Twitter stole anime avatars.

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        I used to be a right-libertarian when I was a teenager. I could have seen myself going down the fascist pipeline if I hadn’t been exposed to critiques of capitalism. It’s undeniable that there are problems with society now. We’re a capitalist society that’s been deregulating for decades and things have gotten worse. It’s obvious the problem wasn’t “lack of free-markets”. At this point you either have to reject social progressiveism as the problem or capitalism. Many of my friends chose the former I chose the later. Now everyone here on Lemmy is beating me up.

        I just want people to have control over their own lives and a big part of people’s lives are their place of work.

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          They won’t win. They can’t get a corporate sponsored mod to control Lemmy as it’s decentralized. Just keep calling these losers like OP out and eventually they’ll pick up their toys and go back to their corporate controlled hellscapes like reddit and threads.

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        I know a couple old school punks that have Gadsden flag tattoos that are such lefties you would blush. It’s a shame what appropriating can accomplish.

        They can never wear a wife beater ever again.

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          I’m all for reclaiming the flag, especially in queer circles where many are facing very real threats of violence. Just because we’re transgender doesn’t mean we’re transtender!

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        Or how jerks on Twitter stole anime avatars.

        OMG I’ve never been a part of anime culture or knowledge. But anime avatar def = alt right red pill incel in my mind

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      Or when they are. The Confederate flag is synonymous with the Nazi flag at this point.