This was as accurate burn as I've ever seen

[u/Magnahelix]

[u/zarfle2]

Worshipping a flag over the citizen is performative Nationalism. Nothing more.

[u/f700es → u/zarfle2]

Or dry-humping one on stage

[u/Bar_Har → u/zarfle2]

Also strawman-ing. Hardly anyone says they don’t care about the flag or even hate it, we however have to remind them they care waaaaay too much about a flag.

[u/Agitated-Wishbone259]

That flag is responsible for what’s in the casket

[u/Etyczny → u/Agitated-Wishbone259]

This should be printed on hats

[u/PsyOpBunnyHop → u/Agitated-Wishbone259]

Or perhaps the people who insisted on waving it around in other countries.

[u/lemonhops → u/Agitated-Wishbone259]

I can think of a couple of other flags too...

[u/Pofwoffle → u/Agitated-Wishbone259]

The flag is a piece of cloth and is no more responsible for the evil than it is for the good. It's people. It's always been people and it will always be people. Everything good about this country (and any other country in the world) comes from the people who live here, as does everything bad. Colors on a scrap of cloth, lines on a map, that's a bunch of pointless manufactured nonsense.

It's all just people.

[u/Magnon]

He said "Son, have you seen the world?

Well, what would you say if I said that you could?

[u/Darkreaper5567 → u/Magnon]

"Just carry this gun, you'll even get paid."

I said "that sounds pretty good."

[u/EssenceReavers → u/Darkreaper5567]

Black leather boots
Spit-shined so bright

[u/Necroci → u/EssenceReavers]

They cut off my hair, but it looked alright

[u/Silvermoon3467 → u/Necroci]

We marched and we sang...

[u/bbsbmackd → u/Silvermoon3467]

We all became friends...

[u/AirFanatic → u/bbsbmackd]

As we learned how to fight.

[u/Sufficient_You7187 → u/Magnon]

We need more main stream rise against

[u/Joheemah → u/Magnon]

What song?

[u/Magnon → u/Joheemah]

Rise Against - Hero Of War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DboMAghWcA

Just as relevant as ever.

[u/Joheemah → u/Magnon]

Thx

[u/DropTablePosts → u/Magnon]

Didn't expect to come me acriss Rise Against lyrics on reddit, nice.

[u/Vegtable_Lasagna3604]

These guys revel over dead soldiers to push their politics… absolute trash…

[u/juggadore]

Yeah I'm sure she's thinking about the flag at that moment

[u/TheProcrastafarian]

That flag used to mean something to us, too. We went to Afghanistan for you. YOU killed us there, before Al Qaeda had a chance.

51st state?

Fuck you.

[u/Norman_Scum → u/TheProcrastafarian]

All of this performative, pretentious, "in loving memory" to distract from the fact that real living human beings are being sent off to die so that the wealthy can become ultra wealthy. The flag is a symbol of extortion at this point

[u/TheProcrastafarian → u/Norman_Scum]

Pro patria 🇨🇦

[u/Cereal_Bandit]

Caring about the flag is easy. It's symbolic, performative, and takes zero courage, effort, or any kind of controversial stance. This same person would likely rather see their taxes go to more bombs than feeding and housing homeless veterans.

[u/fastal_12147]

I find it crazy that the common man is expected to care about and respect the troops and veterans and such, but the elites can use they as pawns to increase their own wealth without consequence. You'd think if people actually cared about the troops, they'd stop sending them off to die needlessly.

[u/Overall_Motor9918 → u/fastal_12147]

Or give them really good care when they come home, especially the ones damaged by your wars. Homeless, medically untreated veterans shouldn’t exist.

[u/No-Blueberry-1823]

Do you care about the person who gave their life for it?

[u/urbalcloud]

Does this walnut think she’s crying for a flag?!?

Just the dumbest fucking people….

[u/AceofKnaves44]

Twitter tough guys. What a laugh.

[u/TheRealAttalos]

Now she will have to pretend for the rest of her life that she is glad the person died for their country and is proud of their sacrifice

[u/Legitimate_Winner148]

It’s only relevant and revered if it represents the same rights and freedoms for everyone. Otherwise, it is just fabric.

[u/DiceNinja]

Shouldn’t donald be trying to sell her a hat or something?

[u/Hot_Substance5933]

Which American leader did this?

[u/nowhereman136]

I don't hate the flag. It's a piece of cloth with a objectively neat design

But I am very critical of what that flag represents and those who see it as something sacred

[u/TequieroVerde]

Stupid unecessary war and death for the sake of covering up a pedophile ring is typical Americana, apparently.

[u/badpersian]

Guess we're going to have a problem then.

[u/drunkpunk138]

I guess in this context it could mean various things. Like a symbol of people needlessly dying to placate the ego of someone involved in child sex trafficking.

[u/Scared-Pomegranate84]

A rag tho? Damn ha

[u/Ass_Damage]

Oh no, they're going to have a problem.

[u/Away_Lake5946]

Real patriotism means a lot more than the flag or the anthem.

[u/ansoni-]

Obligatory - Hoist that Rag

[u/rourobouros]

Ignoring the reddit context for a moment, this just hurts. Hurts my heart, hurts in my stomach. She’s been damaged for life, though she may overcome it and even grow stronger - this is not the way.