I'm a racist, he's a racist, she's a racist we're all racist wouldn't you like to be a racist, too
Posted on 07/16/2019 6:44:35 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Chris Pratt is facing criticism over a T-shirt he was pictured wearing featuring a controversial symbol. The Marvel star’s top shows the American flag with a coiled snake over the top and a message underneath which reads “Don’t Tread On Me.” The writing and snake combo on its own is depicted on the Gadsden flag; a symbol created by Christopher Gadsden, a Charleston-born brigadier general in the Continental Army. It came to prominence during the Revolutionary War of the US by colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain. View image on TwitterView image on Twitter hunter harris ✔ @hunteryharris 2,374 4:33 PM - Jul 15, 2019 762 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Although it is one of the symbols and flags used by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, Metallica, as well as some libertarian groups, over the years the flag has been adopted by Far Right political groups like the Tea Party, as well as gun-toting supporters of the Second Amendment. It has therefore become a symbol of more conservative and far right individuals and, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the US, it also is “sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts.” Gadsden Flag came to prominence during the Revolutionary WarView photos Gadsden Flag came to prominence during the Revolutionary War It’s why some people are critical of Pratt wearing a T-shirt featuring the Gadsden flag iconography. Many have posted their feelings about it on Twitter Although Pratt has not come out as a supporter of the Republican party it seems he shares conservative viewpoints on the gun lobby and is a member of the Hillsong Church which has been accused by ex-members, as well as Ellen Page, as being homophobic. 0.
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I'm a racist, he's a racist, she's a racist we're all racist wouldn't you like to be a racist, too
Yeah, but his favorite Velociraptor is blue.
LOL- i’ve had one of these “white supremacist” flags hanging on a big flag pole outside my house- for about six years now...oh yeh, i live about three miles down the road from the clinton’s in NY...
If anyone near me has a problem with my flag they are free to knock on my door and we’ll take care of the situation...
I am bored as f*** of racism.
Damn!
Conjugation lesson.
Toilet paper is white. Is that racist somehow?
EEOC ?
More inflammatory fairy tales from yahoo fake news, they just cant seem to be able to pull their heads out of their backside "raceisms."
Will be ordering T-shirt this weekend.
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The Dems pronounce anything ‘racist’ or ‘White supremicist’ and it is forever thus. They sure do control the narrative IN EVERY AREA OF THE MEDIA!! Even good guy Chris Pratt doesn’t catch a break.
What on earth is this mess you posted?
I TOTALLY dig this flag. Always have, always will.
It this is racist, then sign me up.
100%. Right now.
Sign me right up. This is the hill I choose.
Right here.
This “guilt by association” thing is juvenile.
Hitler loved dogs. By their logic everyone should get rid of their pets.
Racism and white supremacy is apparently defined today as “Anything We Don’t Like.”
F these people.
And equally tired of Twitter outrage culture.
"Hey! Let's find six pissed-off tweets about something and write a story!"
With beliefs such as those, he might as well just get himself a swastika shirt and be done with it.
Paul Joseph Watson
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They are sick of it too.
So ... Colonials used it in their fight for freedom from a tyrannical government and it’s a good flag. The US men’s soccer team used it but it didn’t get called a soccer flag. Metallica used it but it didn’t get called a heavy metal symbol. Libertarian groups used it but it didn’t get called the flag of the Libertarian party. But some fringe hate groups use it and all of a sudden it’s evil and loses all of it’s previous meaning? Really?
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