Sooooooo, the Betsy Ross Flag is racist

[PaulS]

We don't have to abandon the American flag - just don't put it on sneakers so the racists can buy them.

Your complaint is more with Nike instead of the racists and it should be the other way.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by PaulS

We don't have to abandon the American flag - just don't put it on sneakers so the racists can buy them.

Your complaint is more with Nike instead of the racists and it should be the other way.

My only issue with Nike putting the flag on shoes is it might violate the US Flag code.

My stand on racists doesn't change, they are as$holes and should be defeated on the field of ideas. This goes back far longer than Nike's use of a hack (Kap) to roll some free Advertising Agitprop.

So don't tell me what my complaint should be ; ) .

[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

- just don't put it on sneakers so the racists can buy them.

are you saying someone who buys sneakers with an American flag on them is a racist?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by scottw

are you saying someone who buys sneakers with an American flag on them is a racist?

That's where they're going with it.

....and its Trump that's dividing this country
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

That's where they're going with it.

....and its Trump that's dividing this country
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Trump and his racist followers who are using a BR American flag .

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by scottw

are you saying someone who buys sneakers with an American flag on them is a racist?

I'm saying that if Nike sells a sneaker with a BR American flag on it and someone buys the sneaker bc they view the BR flag as a racist symbol then those people are racists. Why would Nike want to get involved in putting a symbol on their sneakers that some are using to express some sort of racist view when they can put the current American flag on the shoe and it wouldn't be controversial (other than the fact it is going to get dirty, etc)?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

IWhy would Nike want to get involved in putting a symbol on their sneakers that some are using to express some sort of racist view when they can put the current American flag on the shoe and it wouldn't be controversial (other than the fact it is going to get dirty, etc)?

because there’s no rational way to
connect the dots between that flag and racism. obviously, disgraceful racism existed at the time that flag was created. that doesn’t mean the flag is a symbol of racism.

why don’t people
boycott cotton today? or since people ate beef back in the days of slavery, should we do away with beef now, because it’s a painful reminder of slavery? should
we ban everything that existed back then? do you see how stupid that is?

why would Kap be any more ok with the current flag ( which existed during segregation), than he is with the national anthem?

Nonsense.
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

because there’s no rational way to
connect the dots between that flag and racismThe dots are that the racists use that flag to promote their racist agenda.. obviously, disgraceful racism existed at the time that flag was created. that doesn’t mean the flag is a symbol of racism.Yet the racist are now using that same exact flag as a symbol of racism..

why don’t people
boycott cotton today? or since people ate beef back in the days of slavery, should we do away with beef now, because it’s a painful reminder of slavery? should
we ban everything that existed back then? do you see how stupid that is?

why would Kap be any more ok with the current flag ( which existed during segregation), than he is with the national anthem?

Nonsense.
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Then wear a BR flag. Knock your self out. Or better yet, wear a Nazi symbol bc it origins had something to do with Buddism.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Then wear a BR flag. Knock your self out. Or better yet, wear a Nazi symbol bc it origins had something to do with Buddism.

racists ( democrats mostly) used german shepherds to keep blacks in line in the segregated south. should we ban german shepherds?

anyone can use anything as a symbol of racism. that doesn’t mean its rational to connect that thing, with racism.
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

racists ( democrats mostly) used german shepherds to keep blacks in line in the segregated south. should we ban german shepherds?

anyone can use anything as a symbol of racism. that doesn’t mean its rational to connect that thing, with racism.
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I wouldn't ban GS but if racists started buying GS and bringing them to their racist meetings I would be leery if my neighbor later went out and bought a GS and sat on this porch under a confed. flag. It is what the item now represents bc it has been co-opted - just like the swastika was co-opted by the Nazis. No one would wear a swastika in 1941 bc it had been co-opted by the Nazi.

And those racist Dems. now find themselves much more in agreement with the Republican party than they would with the Democratic party and their votes all go to the Republican party.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by PaulS

I'm saying that if Nike sells a sneaker with a BR American flag on it and someone buys the sneaker bc they view the BR flag as a racist symbol then those people are racists. Why would Nike want to get involved in putting a symbol on their sneakers that some are using to express some sort of racist view when they can put the current American flag on the shoe and it wouldn't be controversial (other than the fact it is going to get dirty, etc)?

this is incredibly stupid...but I still love you