A viral video of a 12-year-old Colorado student being told to remove a patch depicting the "Don't Tread on Me" flag prompted the governor to respond.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4249593

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis called the Gadsden flag ‘a proud symbol of the American revolution’ after a a Colorado student was told to remove a patch of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag from his backpack.

  • xerazal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    No we don’t lol. The DToM flag is fine, altho admittedly right wingers and libertarians fly it without understanding it at all.

    The only flags that should be banned are those of enemy powers and traitors that the right wing loves to fly, such as the Nazi flag and the Confederate flag. Those two literally serve no purpose being flown in modern America because 1 was the flag of genocide and the other the flag of traitors and slavery.

      • Soulg@lemmy.world
        11·
        10 months ago

        What evidence do you have that they are progressive beyond the fact that you don’t like them?

      • xerazal@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        Except “progressive” doesn’t appear anywhere in the article…

        Maybe you should read the article you’re telling others to read before you say that… maybe this part of the article kinda would explain why the Gadsden flag has a bad rap today

        In recent years, the flag has become the symbol of the American Tea Party political movement and has also been adopted by far-right extremists.

        In 2014, a Las Vegas couple who espoused anti-government, pro-gun beliefs killed two police officers at a pizza restaurant and draped over one of their bodies a swastika and a Gadsden flag.

    • Kalcifer@lemm.ee
      1·
      10 months ago

      libertarians fly it without understanding it at all.

      What? The Gadsden flag is, in effect, a symbol of Libertarianism.

      The only flags that should be banned are those of enemy powers and traitors that the right wing loves to fly, such as the Nazi flag and the Confederate flag. Those two literally serve no purpose being flown in modern America because 1 was the flag of genocide and the other the flag of traitors and slavery.

      Ignoring the fact that the 1st Ammendment would prohibit any such legislation from ever being passed, why ban hateful symbols? If the symbols are truly terrible, then the court of public opinion will handle it – the solution to bad speech is better speech.