Antigays use American Flag filter on Facebook

[Mycroft]

People are American flagging their Facebook profile pictures in response to those rainbow flagging them - Americas - World - The Independent

Which is ironic, really. Because the star spangled banner sounds like the gayest thing ever,

 

[Nietzsche]

Goddamn it. You want an anti-gay flag? Here's one;

Yes, I just Godwin'ed. Why? Because **** you, I can.

 

[leibowde84]

People are American flagging their Facebook profile pictures in response to those rainbow flagging them - Americas - World - The Independent

Which is ironic, really. Because the star spangled banner sounds like the gayest thing ever,

So ironic. It's funny because the decision provided more freedom for people, not less.

 

[Mycroft]

So ironic. It's funny because the decision provided more freedom for people, not less.

Americans don't care about freedom. They care about their version of freedom. Which is that everyone is free to do what everyone else thinks they ought to do.

 

[Mycroft]

Goddamn it. You want an anti-gay flag? Here's one;

Yes, I just Godwin'ed. Why? Because **** you, I can.

Decidedly less gay than something with homostars all over it. 10/10.

 

[leibowde84]

Americans don't care about freedom. They care about their version of freedom. Which is that everyone is free to do what everyone else thinks they ought to do.

I disagree, but I live in a pretty liberal area of the country. In DC we are pretty much free to do whatever we want, within reason.

 

[Nietzsche]

Decidedly less gay than something with homostars all over it. 10/10.

No strips either. Stripes are fabulous.

 

[Nietzsche]

I disagree, but I live in a pretty liberal area of the country. In DC we are pretty much free to do whatever we want, within reason.

**** that. YOU AREN'T MY DAD!

 

[Mycroft]

No strips either. Stripes are fabulous.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

People are American flagging their Facebook profile pictures in response to those rainbow flagging them - Americas - World - The Independent

Good for them.

 

[leibowde84]

**** that. YOU AREN'T MY DAD!

You've got that straight.

 

[Nietzsche]

Good for them.

Bleh. They're desecrating what should be a symbol of liberty for all peoples'. An ideal that rests above the reality of the situation. Yes, it's a flag designed for what was a slave-holding, plutocratic republic. But that's not what it meant. It means "all men were created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights". The flag has always stood for the freedom of women, blacks, homosexuals, ect. It's the republic that has to catch up to it.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

Bleh. They're desecrating what should be a symbol of liberty for all peoples'. An ideal that rests above the reality of the situation. Yes, it's a flag designed for what was a slave-holding, plutocratic republic. But that's not what it meant. It means "all men were created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights". The flag has always stood for the freedom of women, blacks, homosexuals, ect. It's the republic that has to catch up to it.

I agree with you.

Consider my first response on the level of a "bless their hearts" or "well, isn't that special" kind of response.

 

[Nietzsche]

I agree with you.

Consider my first response on the level of a "bless their hearts" or "well, isn't that special" kind of response.

Oh. Fair enough.

 

[HonestJoe]

I put a transparent filter on my Facebook picture as a symbol of my looking through all this political grandstanding and getting on with real stuff.

 

[Jumi]

I put a transparent filter on my Facebook picture as a symbol of my looking through all this political grandstanding and getting on with real stuff.

Sadly, I think this phase will still take decades for some people to get over. But I'm surprised the US got there this fast. Some hope restored that things will get better.

 

[LuisDantas]

I guess it is inevitable. Sad, for sure, but maybe expressing their frustration will help them in some way.