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displacedvermoter

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1. Nobody seems to be too worked up by Irish flags at St Patrick's Day parades

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:28 AM

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Columbus Day parades always featured Italian flags. Go to your local Greek Orthodox church for the annual festivities there and you will see Greek flags with your stuffed grape leaves.

What do you want think the big difference here is? Hmmm...racism, no it can't be, can it?

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Nobody seems to be too worked up by Irish flags at St Patrick's Day parades displacedvermoter Wednesday #1

Wait...was this a parade, with clowns passing out lollipops and colorful floats and Wingus Dingus Wednesday #17

You seem rather concerned AStern Wednesday #18

I'd leave out the violence and the flags, for sure. Wingus Dingus Wednesday #19

LOL AStern Wednesday #21

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Cry more AStern Wednesday #23

I'm doing fine, thanks. Wingus Dingus Wednesday #28

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These parades and festivals are important cultural and in some places religious events in displacedvermoter Wednesday #44

There's a time and place for peacocking and strutting one's ethnic pride. Wingus Dingus Wednesday #46

I don't think the people from communities not at risk of arbitrary arrest can disparage them as "peacocking" muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #47

Things aren't fair. We're in a whole new world now, where Wingus Dingus Wednesday #49

You could control your praise of the fascists as "savvy", however (nt) muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #50

Savvy is a fair word. They know what they're trying to achieve-- Wingus Dingus Wednesday #51

Do not obey in advance. muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #54

Anticipatory obedience in this case would be to advise everyone to just accept Wingus Dingus Wednesday #55

Ok, glad we have some savvy folks here on DU displacedvermoter Wednesday #48

Any flag messaging problems from today's displacedvermoter 17 hrs ago #56

Fuck those Roman saluting bastards newdeal2 Wednesday #2

What isn't fodder for the republican shit heads? William769 Wednesday #3

Exactly MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #42

Well, for starters B.See Wednesday #53

Good for the protestors: don't let fascist GOPers and cowardly Dems frame the issue Prairie Gates Wednesday #4

Just because some of us would like to see yorkster Wednesday #25

Join them in the streets and wave an American flag. LuvLoogie Wednesday #30

If I were there I would probably have both flags. US and Mexican. yorkster Wednesday #36

Interesting that you mentioned that, because there are plenty of US and Mexican flags - if only the news would show you AStern Wednesday #38

Agree that media is focusing on the burning yorkster Wednesday #41

The area involve is less than a square mile AStern Wednesday #43

Yes, of course just like Trump's idiotic comment yorkster Wednesday #45

we wave a lot of flags in this country cadoman Wednesday #5

Nobody's business to tell them how to protest. Jirel Wednesday #6

Do you really think they wouldn't get just as worked up by US flags? Mariana Wednesday #7

I tend to think the Optics argument has also turned into conservative fodder. Torchlight Wednesday #8

I think the argument was sourced from the same entities that brought us "Genocide Joe" AStern Wednesday #13

Too bad. So sad. Ms. Toad Wednesday #9

In El Pueblo de Nuestra Seora la Reina de los Angeles? Reader Rabbit Wednesday #10

It wasn't just Republicans who were mad about it lol WhiskeyGrinder Wednesday #11

That is mentioned in the article AStern Wednesday #14

"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds & Ping Tung Wednesday #12

Thought the protests were to draw negative attention to ICE's tactics. Wingus Dingus Wednesday #15

Why would a group of people tagged as criminals and rapists show pride in their community? AStern Wednesday #20

From the article: Wingus Dingus Wednesday #24

I hope to see more flags from Mexicans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Panamanians AStern Wednesday #26

Well, OK, you do you. Wingus Dingus Wednesday #33

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Yet none of them are carrying California flags either. ms liberty Wednesday #37

Yep. Actually, flags in general are a bad idea because you just know Wingus Dingus Wednesday #39

White Wingers would complain if "Mexicans" were carrying American flags. Silent Type Wednesday #16

Republicans don't let truth get in their way. They will even fabricate things for their own propaganda DSandra Wednesday #27

Down with gatekeeping Basso8vb Wednesday #29

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If you look at the live feeds. LuvLoogie Wednesday #35

I think I'll fly the Mexican flag Cirsium Wednesday #40

NYT is ass GenThePerservering Wednesday #52