cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4249593

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis called the Gadsden flag ‘a proud symbol of the American revolution’ after a a Colorado student was told to remove a patch of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag from his backpack.

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
    318·
    3 years ago

    The story is about Progressives banning Right-Wing imagery they believe promotes gun violence.

    • Soulg@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 years ago

      What evidence do you have that they are progressive beyond the fact that you don’t like them?

    • xerazal@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      3 years ago

      Except “progressive” doesn’t appear anywhere in the article…

      Maybe you should read the article you’re telling others to read before you say that… maybe this part of the article kinda would explain why the Gadsden flag has a bad rap today

      In recent years, the flag has become the symbol of the American Tea Party political movement and has also been adopted by far-right extremists.

      In 2014, a Las Vegas couple who espoused anti-government, pro-gun beliefs killed two police officers at a pizza restaurant and draped over one of their bodies a swastika and a Gadsden flag.