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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI saw a car with a Gadsen flag bumper sticker today.
You know, one of these things:
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It caught my attention partly because it's very unusual to see any kind of bumper stickers on cars around here. I don't think I saw a single one during the entire 2024 election cycle, for any candidate. As a result, this one really jumped out at me.
I've been trying to figure out exactly what message this thing is intended to convey. I seem to recall seeing at least one of these flags on January 6.
Is this sticker a way of saying the car's owner is a Trumper without actually using the Orange One's name? If so, fuck that guy.
SheltieLover
(59,792 posts)hillbillies in TN are all too proud of their license plates of that image. I mean state license plates.
proud patriot
(101,179 posts)before the tea party used it , I was flying one under the bush jr presidency .
I felt threatened by john ashcroft and Opposed the patriot act .
I also flew the culpepper minuteman flag
seems like I should break them out again considering ....
SheltieLover
(59,792 posts)Unfortunately for me, I currently reside in the not so great state of shithole TN.
Where are you geographically?
proud patriot
(101,179 posts)I was is the SF bay area , I currently reside in Hawaii ..
I aknowledge that magats use it and hyjacked it . but they don't own it IMO
It should fly next to a rainbow flag
it's meaning under king Trump can be adopted by anyone who
is anti trump's fascist regime .
SheltieLover
(59,792 posts)to fly it next to a Rainbow flag!!!
proud patriot
(101,179 posts)SheltieLover
(59,792 posts)Ontheboundry
(294 posts)If Tennessee is so bad ?
I'm from here, and my family is nearly all here so I'm here, but I just keep to myself
LeftInTX
(30,279 posts)I bought it at Army Surplus store.
I still have a Gadsen flag bumper sticker on my beater redneck truck. I don't necessarily equate it to a political party, seeing why you would sport it changes from decade to decade.
Klarkashton
(2,217 posts)Government is going to tread on their lives.
Response to ShazzieB (Original post)
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magicarpet
(16,718 posts)Hyper conservative,
Libertarian,
Fascist Bro or trDUMPee Bro like you mentioned.
DON'T TREAD ON ME - is his message,.. whatever that means to him.
Bernardo de La Paz
(51,074 posts)magicarpet
(16,718 posts).... not a good one to be flipping the bird at.
Amishman
(5,824 posts)It's long been popular with that crowd.
Trumper is still most likely, but not a 100% certainty
beaglelover
(4,088 posts)ShazzieB
(18,843 posts)It has historically meant a lot of different things to different people. Here's an example of the kind of thing I found when I tried to research it:
In recent years, the words Dont tread on me have come to represent a more general opposition to government overreach in the US.
The flag itself began to gain popularity in Libertarian circles as a symbol boosting minimal government beginning in the 1970s.
Its popularity then surged on everything from T-shirts to bumper stickers after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the New Yorker.
The flag soon became a favorite of Tea Party enthusiasts and die-hard Second Amendment supporters along with an all-purpose emblem of independence, liberty and defiance.
As the US became more politically polarized, some extremist groups adopted it. In 2020, members of the Proud Boys were photographed waving the flag at a heated rally in Portland, Ore.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/30/the-meaning-of-the-gadsden-flag-symbol-that-got-colorado-boy-booted-from-school/
And of course, this flag made an appearance on January 6:
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/symbols-hate-extremism-display-pro-trump-capitol-siege/story?id=75177671
So I guess there's no way to be absolutely sure what someone means by it, but it will ALWAYS be associated with the Capitol insurrection, at least in my mind.
Theproletariat
(42 posts)The snake resembles the unity of the 13 colonies during the Revolutionary War. The flag was adopted in 1775.
Gore1FL
(21,944 posts)It's gonna take a while for that to wash out.
Glen Livid
(2 posts)What's the implied meaning?
Gore1FL
(21,944 posts)That may not be the meaning the person has when they placed it on their bumper, flagpole, or whatever. That is how it will largely be interpreted, though.
Only time will get the stain out.
blm
(113,840 posts)MAGA blasphemes the Gadsden flag when they use it.
Both Ben Franklin and Christopher Gadsden were progressives.
k55f5r
(451 posts)UpInArms
(51,843 posts)Except it says
No tread on snake
ShazzieB
(18,843 posts)Amishman
(5,824 posts)One in my wife's RW cousins has that as a patch on his motorcycle jacket.
UpInArms
(51,843 posts)👍🏻
Shrek
(4,150 posts)Part of the license fee goes to the Kansas State Rifle Association.
Make of that what you will.
Wuddles440
(1,419 posts)many fly the Gadsen flag along with the Trump flag and sometimes the Besty Ross and Confederate battle flag.