Why spit on that flag. It has a very important history and making it derogatory make the Right Wing win....it is NOT their flag.

define what it means for me.

Bryant

Christian symbols--for those who actually observe "real" Christianity and not the fundy RW hypocritical form.

Sadly, though, I immediately wonder if someone wearing a cross or displaying a US flag is a RWer though. That is sad...

I almost purchased one during shrub's reign of terror.

racists say the confederate flag is just about heritage, or other such crud.

I first saw it when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, and I didn't believe that it was or had ever been a real flag.

like the American Flag.

It may take a generation to take it back.

like a certain German party once did with a Hindu symbol.

or force me to spell rite. (that was intentional)

What a stupid symbol.

Snakes = sex = small equipment = guns = Tea Baggers obsessed with sex, small equipment and how much they hate the LGBT crowd.

Dang, I forgot to fit uneducated in there. Oh, well. I've got to do the laundry. Bye!

How about
Bears = honey=bees=hives=terrorists ?

If it's on a car or truck, I usually check for a certain states tags and a set of truck balls hanging off the bumper. If it's Delaware tags, I figure they're maybe visiting NCC from either Kent or Sussex.

I have a friend who used to fly the Gadsden flag with his Marine's flag, but because of the Tea Party, he removed the it from the flagpole in his front yard.

What? It flew from a USN sub after 911. So the morons captured it

Here in VA at my job there are a few license plates that have this symbol/flag on them, funny thing is those same cars used to have anti-Obama stickers but switched once he became the POTUS.

I flew it from the fantail of my cruiser in 2006...during the Bush Admin. I never EVER let it get to my head so much that I'd resort to violence over my displeasure in the Bush Admin. I went and voted, instead.

before they see it and use it. lol

Nobody wants to tread on you, flag wavers. Nobody is threatening you (so put down your guns). Paranoia and fear leads to bad things.

It's right up their with the Aryan Nations and Nazi Party flags these days.

Anyone can wrap themselves in a flag. Few know what it means to fly it.

Despite knowing it's history now I always think about my childhood buying that album

Whispers: I LOVE SUPER HEROS...and COMIC BOOKS. Manga too.

about the art form.

Besides, comic book writers and artists are, in mt experience, overwhelmingly (though not completely) liberal and progressive in their politics.

And...I' not too bright!

Whenever I see it flying at someone's house, I know a tea bagger lives there. Frankly I dislike that flag. Historical or not, the whole rattle snake with the "don't tread on me" threat screams too much of that rube-ish "boot in your ass because it's the American way" attitude.

To me, they desecrated the meaning.

When I see it now, I just think that whoever has it, is an "entitled dip-sh1t".

Seriously it is the flag of the sheeple. The sheeple claim to want freedom and run to the nearest person that will tell them they will be free if only they OBEY them.

The fact that Teabaggers have adopted this flag dating back to the American Revolution does not equate with the Confederate flag at all, which has been a long standing symbol of hatred and divisiveness. The baggers see themselves as American patriots, when in fact they are modern-day Tories, supporting policies that empower oligarchies and corporate interests over average citizens. The fact that conservatives in England have retained the Tory label is telling. During the American revolution, those who swore allegiance to the crown were also conservatives, intent on maintaining the status quo. Yes, these people are off by a full 180 degrees, and the three cornered hats and misappropriated use of historic banners do not offer them any redemption, merely delusion.

these days it usually signals the presence of someone who has NO understanding of history, drawing attention to the defiant ignorance that has come to typify the Tea Party.

That pretty-much sums it up.

because it has a snake on it. Well, not anymore. I relate it to patriot douchebags.

I like the design of the flag, and it has historic presidence that will LIVE BEYOND THE TEA BAGGERS. My thought always was, if they wanted to be original they should have designed their own flag... rather than steal a historic flag.

It's too bad the original message has been subverted.
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Goddamn, well I declare
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs,
Their motto is Don't Tread on Me

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/uncle.html

And the people who are treading on him are probably chortling at his stupidity.

American general and statesman Christopher Gadsden, who designed it in 1775, made it a symbol of the American revolution. It's a museum piece. I also see it as idiots using an outhouse and calling it a modern toilet facility. Apparently less than intelligent people also don't realize muskets and powder horns are a relic of a different time.

No matter what it used to be called.

gives me the creeps, plus it looks like dog poo, which I also would not want to tread on. That said, I don't think it is racist or yucky like the Stars and Bars. It's just bad heraldry. (While the Stars and Bars is great heraldry, but politically disgusting.)

tread upon others. Libertarians, IOW.

I have the symbol on a ball cap, had it for years, way before the tea party. I still wear it on occasion.

We're casually house hunting. (We want a garage, but we can't move until Ancient Kitty goes in search of the celestial catnip. She's 23, so it'll happen eventually, but until then, we'll wait and pick the right neighborhood for us.)

When I see a Gadsden or a Confederate flag, or Beauprez yard signs (in June) or cars with "For America"* on their back windows, or NRA stickers, I know we won't fit in and I'll spend too much of my time fuming. Not to mention the fact that I lost a cousin a few years ago when his neighbor decided to test a handgun and fired it long instead of into the ground. The bullet went through the wall of my cousin's house and killed him.

Our neighborhoods are pretty dense for suburbia, and I like that. I don't mind living near responsible gun owners, but I have no way of knowing which ones are which. It's a little safer to assume that someone who advertises their affiliations will be vocal about it, which will be irritating to me at minimum, and might end up with a shooting on the block (kid sneaks out, kid sneaks in. These things happen too often.)

So when I see those signs, I move on. It's a quick shorthand. I'm going to live in that neighborhood for the rest of my life -- I don't want to set myself up for being disgruntled.

* the Romney campaign sent out rear window decals that said Romney for America. After he lost, I've noticed that a lot of the Romney part got razor-bladed off, but the For America part stayed.

I give them nothing, nothing.