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    It is not really the opposite, the “don’t tread on me”-pissflag is from a slave trader, the US cops originate from slave catchers.

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      It was used against the British during the American Revolution. Saying it is the same as supporting police allows zero historical understanding or nuance. Everyone in America originated from the Revolution as all were affected.

      Also, the don’t tread on me flag which originated from Virginia used to be more clearly anti authoritarianism and has been co-opted in the past few years by MAGA fans

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        The dude who made the falg, Gadsen, was a slave trader.

        The notion is “I don’t want to pay taxes. But I have no problem with selling human beings.”

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          Your misspelling and mislabeling wanting representation as not wanting taxes continues to make your point null.

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            LMAO dude we don’t have time for your yankee cracKKKer nonsense. You, your trash genocidal “country” and your fucking “revolution” (more like slave trader infighting) can go fuck yourselves

            Thank every deity China is going to clap your yakubian cheeks

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                pathetic

                cardboard-monsters

                RFA scare stories were all you chauvinist losers had, and now it’s gone

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                I’m Iranian. I don’t need to fuck off all the way to China to know if they’re better than World Genocide Supporter #1 or not lmaoooo

                Also if they would give me a scholarship I’d move there in a heartbeat. They’re not a decrepit shithole like americKKKa

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        Idk, seems pretty easy to simply not use the slogan since it apparently originated from a slave trader. Not exactly the best slogan anyway. Incredibly vague, like anti-boot I guess in connotation, which isn’t the worst thing ever outside of any historical context of its origins. But could easily just be a mindless anarchism cry, which means nothing if you aren’t taking into account who is doing the ruling and who is resisting the rule.