Bitter Pill #2. Not Your Flag Anymore.

 

   We were little more than toddlers when they trained us to stand reverently facing the Red, White, and Blue while reciting a pseudo-prayer in the classroom morning ritual.  Many of us have seen friends and kin carried to their final resting places with the Star-Spangled Banner draped over their coffins.  It's been a symbol of the American people, heroism, and freedom for generations...

   And now it is an intellectual property of the Marxist usurpers.  We wish they were honest enough to adopt the Hammer & Sickle, Red Star, or UN Globe flag.  But I doubt they are that stupid.  The politicians issuing orders to strip you of your rights and property will be standing in front of  Old Glory as they do it.  The goons carrying out those orders will wear uniforms with Stars & Stripes patches on them.  The judges sentencing you to prisons, reeducation camps, and involuntary 'medical' procedures will have the flag hanging in their courtrooms.  (Probably with a gold fringe, but that's a whole 'nuther hornet's nest right there!)

   It's a horribly bitter pill to choke on.  But the republic for which it stood is defunct.  Don't let the lifelong conditioning to love and respect the SYMBOL of what we lost drive you to submit to tyranny.  This isn't a classic vampire movie.  The Devil has no difficulty holding a cross, and Marxists have no problem operating under the colors of the American Flag.

   Meanwhile, if you need a flag to rally around, might I suggest some alternatives...

Distress USA

   Popular on social media now.  Upside-down flags represent dire distress.  I suppose it doesn't get much more dire than demise.  

Betsy Ross
   Though the story of Ross designing this one is a bit sketchy, it is akin to flags flown by the original American patriots.

Gadsden

   Another original American patriot design.  The Timber Rattler depicted is known for being a fairly non-aggressive snake that will only strike people if provoked.  But can seriously fuck you up if threatened.

Bonnie Blue

   Early flag of Southern secession.  (Can't really call it that this time, since you can't secede from a republic that no longer exists.)  Indicative of breaking away from tyrannical central authority.  Kind of subtle, since most folks don't know it and may think the "Lone Star" means you're Texan.

   Of course, we southerners have our favorite symbol of rebellion against Washington tyranny, despite it being frequently usurped an maligned... But we're way past giving a damn about offending anyone.

   Maybe someday, after the Marxist regimes have passed, we can reclaim the symbol of the lost republic.  But for now, we have got to steel ourselves to the fact that it is firmly in enemy hands, and be willing to act against those operating under it.

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