Current Events > Someone in my neighborhood has the blue American flag

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Are they racist?
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blue?

post example
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Nothing about that makes them racist.
I would lean more heavily towards, They want to be seen as being friendly to law enforcement.
Or someone in their family is a cop or works in corrections, or w/e. 90% That's what you're looking at.
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Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.
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I think that's the "police lives matter" flag which I think is still a stupid flag. Our neighbor has one too.
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Sounds racist
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CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM
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it's a stupid flag

if police abusing their power (esp against minorities) makes u double down (which is where this crap stems from) on ur defense of the police then your motives are kinda obvious
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ASithLord7 posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM

This. The movement was pretty much made to invalidate the much more legitimate Black Lives Matter movement.

does this mean it's okay to vandalize their house?
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Probably. The teacher that gave me the most unnecessary **** in high school has it on her Facebook profile, so I now consider it a "stronger than average" indicator of racism.
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Its not inherently racist but it is pretty suspect these days.

most people I see sporting the thin blue line have other questionable things. But I wouldnt make a judgement on the flag alone

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my neighbor has that flag, and he and his wife have only ever been kind and welcoming to me and my family
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Its racist, any American flag. North, south doesn't matter. Canadian, Brazil, every American flag.

What flags aren't racist anymore?

I thought it was just a flag for colorblind people.
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american flags are alt right
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AlephZero posted...

american flags are alt right

Every flag is alt left. Have to know .

On paper it just basically means that they are conservative. Some conservatives are racist but most aren't at least in my experience.

Not all Democrats are socialists for example.

Seems blasphemous to me to replace the actual American flag with something like that.

Even flying it under the real flag would be disingenuous, as it's meant to be a parody of the actual American flag.
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tri sapphire posted...

Seems blasphemous to me to replace the actual American flag with something like that.

Even flying it under the real flag would be disingenuous, as it's meant to be a parody of the actual American flag.

Yep. But don't kneel during the anthem!
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Questionmarktarius posted...

What flags aren't racist anymore?

Is surrendering racist? >_>

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AlisLandale posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

What flags aren't racist anymore?

Is surrendering racist? >_>

It's a white flag, so probably?

Should be imprisoned for 1 year filthy commie
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Oh man.
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SiO4 posted...

Nothing about that makes them racist.
I would lean more heavily towards, They want to be seen as being friendly to law enforcement.
Or someone in their family is a cop or works in corrections, or w/e. 90% That's what you're looking at.

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

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Some people get that flag because they have family in law enforcement.
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ASithLord7 posted...

tri sapphire posted...

Seems blasphemous to me to replace the actual American flag with something like that.

Even flying it under the real flag would be disingenuous, as it's meant to be a parody of the actual American flag.

Yep. But don't kneel during the anthem!

That is how I feel about the song, God Bless America.
At least when people treat it as if it were the National Anthem.
I've been thinking that for a while. Particularly when played a ballpark in the 7th inning.
It seems, to me, to lessen the significance of the actual Nation Anthem.

Having said that, I would change the Anthem to, This Land is Your Land, by Woody Guithery.
I feel it speaks more to the core of America than the War Anthem that is our National Anthem.
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Became a big thing here, especially since the Dallas shooting on cops.
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Bootlicking towards cops is dumb as hell
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modena posted...

Became a big thing here, especially since the Dallas shooting on cops.

I am not trying to laud my support of anything about that.
But I do find it an interesting situation, where a bunch of 'Good Guys"...with a gun that were trained, could not stop a maniac with a gun of his own. ~Just sayin '
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umax555 posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM

This. The movement was pretty much made to invalidate the much more legitimate Black Lives Matter movement.

"Much more legitimate" as if police aren't being targeted by specific anti-police hatred and rhetoric. When police are being targeted for assassination, and when people are throwing buckets of water or pieces of trash at police, I think it's an extremely valid movement.
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Gobstoppers12 posted...

umax555 posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM

This. The movement was pretty much made to invalidate the much more legitimate Black Lives Matter movement.

"Much more legitimate" as if police aren't being targeted by specific anti-police hatred and rhetoric. When police are being targeted for assassination, and when people are throwing buckets of water or pieces of trash at police, I think it's an extremely valid movement.

An occupation is not comparable to a race. And when "Blue Lives" is created as a direct response to "Black Lives" it's basically saying "fuck your movement, our movement is what matters" and implying black people as the enemy of cops.
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So blue lives matter more than America?
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Some families fly that flag who have lost a family member in law enforcement also. It's all context, but if someone had a husband or father die in the line of duty and they fly it as a result, and people automatically think racism first, this nation is in a pretty absurd state.

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ASithLord7 posted...

And when "Blue Lives" is created as a direct response to "Black Lives" it's basically saying "fuck your movement, our movement is what matters" and implying black people as the enemy of cops.

So what you're saying is that only one kind of life is allowed to matter? It's disingenuous to assume that saying "Blue Lives Matter" must be the same thing as saying "Black Lives Don't Matter."

They are allowed to coexist. Blue Lives Matter is nothing but a movement to show support and appreciation for police officers by recognizing the danger of their occupation and the risks they put themselves through to protect the rest of us from criminals.
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ASithLord7 posted...

Gobstoppers12 posted...

umax555 posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM

This. The movement was pretty much made to invalidate the much more legitimate Black Lives Matter movement.

"Much more legitimate" as if police aren't being targeted by specific anti-police hatred and rhetoric. When police are being targeted for assassination, and when people are throwing buckets of water or pieces of trash at police, I think it's an extremely valid movement.

An occupation is not comparable to a race. And when "Blue Lives" is created as a direct response to "Black Lives" it's basically saying "fuck your movement, our movement is what matters" and implying black people as the enemy of cops.

I think this is a matter of opinion. I never saw Blue Lives Matter as a fuck you, or "our movement is the only important one" to Black Lives Matter.
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boxington posted...

my neighbor has that flag, and he and his wife have only ever been kind and welcoming to me and my family

Same. Well, not same as in your neighbors have been kind to me lol. My neighbors are great. Super considerate. They also have the flag, but I'm assuming it's out of support for their son who happens to be a cop.
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Ooh damn post 37 and 38 has me blocked first time I seen that shit. Pretty cool.
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ConfessPlease posted...

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Ow my eyes
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I don't block anyone lol
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fhqwhgads posted...

Ooh damn post 37 and 38 has me blocked first time I seen that shit. Pretty cool.

I don't have you blocked. Maybe you have me ignored?
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monkeysRfunny posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

Gobstoppers12 posted...

umax555 posted...

ASithLord7 posted...

CapnMuffin posted...

Supporting cops isn't inherently racist. More information is required.

The whole hurr Blue Lives Matter nonsense is a pretty sketchy reaction to BLM

This. The movement was pretty much made to invalidate the much more legitimate Black Lives Matter movement.

"Much more legitimate" as if police aren't being targeted by specific anti-police hatred and rhetoric. When police are being targeted for assassination, and when people are throwing buckets of water or pieces of trash at police, I think it's an extremely valid movement.

An occupation is not comparable to a race. And when "Blue Lives" is created as a direct response to "Black Lives" it's basically saying "fuck your movement, our movement is what matters" and implying black people as the enemy of cops.

I think this is a matter of opinion. I never saw Blue Lives Matter as a fuck you, or "our movement is the only important one" to Black Lives Matter.

It's used both within non-racist and racist contexts, but the timing for when the "movement" started and the rapid traction it gained in more conservative spaces makes it seem as though its original intent was to be a deliberate reaction to BLM.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

Some families fly that flag who have lost a family member in law enforcement also. It's all context, but if someone had a husband or father die in the line of duty and they fly it as a result, and people automatically think racism first, this nation is in a pretty absurd state.

If you're going to be flying a flag at your residence, you should at least attempt to follow flag etiquette. While I feel sorry for their loss, the American flag is not for personal displays of mourning, much less replacement with a false American flag for such purposes.

Tweek the design so that it's not a blatant copy of the American flag, and fly it under the real American flag.
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racist this, racist that, everybody forgets what the term Racism actually means.

racism:
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races

Racist:
a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

So you cannot really call "blue lives matter" racist because not all cops are white. so that invalidates the whole argument right there.

I would never be called racist, mainly because i don't consider myself better than anyone else, whether they are asian, black, chinese, korean. We are all equal to each other.
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Some of those shitstains at Charlottesville had that flag.
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The_OD posted...

racist this, racist that, everybody forgets what the term Racism actually means.

racism:
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races

Racist:
a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races, or who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

So you cannot really call "blue lives matter" racist because not all cops are white. so that invalidates the whole argument right there.

I would never be called racist, mainly because i don't consider myself better than anyone else, whether they are asian, black, chinese, korean. We are all equal to each other.

I agree with most of your post, but we are not all equal. There are basic rights but some people are definitely better than others, regardless of their race.

While I agree that when it comes to rights, unfortunately we are not all equal, same as physical or mental abilities. Race has nothing to do with either of those. I was more referring to the fact that we all bleed red, and our skeletons and muscles are the same. in that sense, we are all equal.
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monkeysRfunny posted...

I don't block anyone lol

Gobstoppers12 posted...

fhqwhgads posted...

Ooh damn post 37 and 38 has me blocked first time I seen that shit. Pretty cool.

I don't have you blocked. Maybe you have me ignored?

No I see these posts thats real weird. But 37 and 38 are just gone for me.
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