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Has patriotism in the U.S. become political?

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Ok I have to tell the story of what happened yesterday.

To begin, I've noted here and elsewhere that I absolutely hate the Cole Haan's with the white soles or really anything with white soles besides pure tennis shoes. So I'm rooting around in the walk in closet looking for something and there are about 9000 boxes of shoes. Not gonna lie, upwards of 5 of those are mine.

For Christmas my wife bought me some Johnston and Murphy loafers. Which I love to death. Really. They're great.

I had placed them on top of what I thought was the johnston and murphy box which my previous set of loafers had come in. But then I nudged it and it was heavy. Which shouldn't be the case b/c the shoes were on my feet (for reference I don't store them in the boxes but I keep the boxes. No I don't know why).

So I pop this open and sitting there are these:

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I checked the receipt in the box. It was from September 2020. Apparently I had purchased these and then, without wearing them, developed an intense hatred for them.

So I tried them on and wore them today. Dammit they're comfortable. Shit.

Jesus Christ. I often forget the simpletoness of the psuedo-enlightened hippies in the Midwest.

Those shoes rule.

Get yourself some Biion's for summer...create your own, and then order some MILF repellent so you can get through dinner at the lake, club, beach, or pool (assuming you're into chicks, but not meaning to be offensive by assuming you're a dude, or that you're a dude that's into chicks), without interruptions.
 
Jesus Christ. I often forget the simpletoness of the psuedo-enlightened hippies in the Midwest.

Those shoes rule.

Get yourself some Biion's for summer...create your own, and then order some MILF repellent so you can get through dinner at the lake, club, beach, or pool (assuming you're into chicks, but not meaning to be offensive by assuming you're a dude, or that you're a dude that's into chicks), without interruptions.
That’s cute calling others simpletons at this point.
 
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Jesus Christ. I often forget the simpletoness of the psuedo-enlightened hippies in the Midwest.

Those shoes rule.

Get yourself some Biion's for summer...create your own, and then order some MILF repellent so you can get through dinner at the lake, club, beach, or pool (assuming you're into chicks, but not meaning to be offensive by assuming you're a dude, or that you're a dude that's into chicks), without interruptions.
Biions are awful. I already have a MILF at home and she’s even four years older than I am. The golden age difference where it’s appropriately dirty.

Also, you claim Dallas. Fly over country is fly over country.
 
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Biions are awful. I already have a MILF at home and she’s even four years older than I am. The golden age difference where it’s appropriately dirty.

Also, you claim Dallas. Fly over country is fly over country.
I'm supposed to wear these with my flatbill cap and lulus?

 
I'm supposed to wear these with my flatbill cap and lulus?


Maybe. Maybe not.

Roll w these at the pool, even w the flatbill.

 
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Biden is coming around. He was carrying a MAGA hat up the steps to Air force 1 today. I think maybe Orbrador gave it to him as a gift on his trip to Mexico.
 
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sadly... I have stopped wearing my red IU baseball cap, since at first glance, wearing any red hat makes you look like a MAGA Klansman.
If thats why you won’t wear an IU cap, you are one weak-minded pathecic individual. Not surprising you are a liberal Democrat. The cap is on your head, not a Trump head. I bet you think ignore buttons are useful things.
 
I saw these cool Americana caps (Aloha, thought of you on the 1812 cap):


I'd like to buy one. But where I live, I have to think about looking MAGA, which is sad.

I already wear a South Bend Cubs hat with the logo of the bear in stars and stripes, and I get looks from people. I think it started in 2020 after the George Floyd incident and protests, and it seems to me that in certain deep blue areas, patriotism is now frowned upon. I think the woke (or call them those heavily invested in the the current social justice movement if you hate the term) frown upon patriotism, and so do a lot of young people. (By the way, I'm not accusing anyone on here of being ashamed of the U.S. or frowning upon patriotism and don't think anyone does).

There are a lot of reasons to be critical of the U.S. past and present (and each party's policies and actions are to blame), and I am critical of it. But I still identify as an American.

I think I like the hat that says "Liberty" in the crescent the best, in terms of style and symbol. But two things make me pause: (1) Liberty has become the buzz word of the anti-maskers to such an extent some of the left seem to openly mock the term; and (2) the symbol was created and used by American Revolutionaries in South Carolina--so they were fighting for liberty while simultaneously supporting a system of slavery. That bothers me, although I guess it's a great reminder of the contradiction at the heart of the U.S. founding.

This is something that I experienced two weekends ago at the Rolex Sail Grand Prix Chicago. I went down to watch it and there was a place where you could buy ridiculously overpriced “stuff”. A cap was $50. And I saw people walking around with New Zealand, Australia, UK, and every other team that was there. There were obviously a lot of people wearing American hats too, but I was hesitant to buy a cap for that reason, which is tragic.

I ended up thinking…why am I letting these idiots define who is American? So I bought one and wore it proudly. I’m tired of Trumpian, Boebertian, Taylor-Greenians, etc. telling/dictating to the rest of us who are “real” Americans or “patriots”.

I know damned well Aloha, Rockport Zebra, Cajun, and some others who I’m not politically aligned with are patriots. Some others, who scream the loudest, I’m not so sure.
 
This is something that I experienced two weekends ago at the Rolex Sail Grand Prix Chicago. I went down to watch it and there was a place where you could buy ridiculously overpriced “stuff”. A cap was $50. And I saw people walking around with New Zealand, Australia, UK, and every other team that was there. There were obviously a lot of people wearing American hats too, but I was hesitant to buy a cap for that reason, which is tragic.

I ended up thinking…why am I letting these idiots define who is American? So I bought one and wore it proudly. I’m tired of Trumpian, Boebertian, Taylor-Greenians, etc. telling/dictating to the rest of us who are “real” Americans or “patriots”.

I know damned well Aloha, Rockport Zebra, Cajun, and some others who I’m not politically aligned with are patriots. Some others, who scream the loudest, I’m not so sure.
In your skechers?!!! Did you get punched? If you didn’t I don’t believe your story.
 
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In your sketchers?!!! Did you get punched? If you didn’t I don’t believe your story.
Sketchers are your world, not mine. And here was the event, moron:


But, then again, you’d have to be in a world class city to see something like this. It doesn’t happen in Missouri. Plus, the black people would terrify you.
 
Sketchers are your world, not mine. And here was the event, moron:


But, then again, you’d have to be in a world class city to see something like this. It doesn’t happen in Missouri. Plus, the black people would terrify you.

 
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I have also decided to not let MAGA scum set the standards for what is acceptable.

They want to put out 20 flags in their yard for the 4th of July, with (not surprisingly) 20 violations of the flag code, since they don't take them down at dusk and they don't illuminate them.

I will put out my one well-illuminated flag, and display it proudly. I will also wear my Reds cap or my IU cap, proudly, whenever I feel like it. if someone remarks that my hat looks like MAGA hat, I will tell them that I am not a member of that gang of a$sholes.
 
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I have also decided to not let MAGA scum set the standards for what is acceptable.

They want to put out 20 flags in their yard for the 4th of July, with (not surprisingly) 20 violations of the flag code, since they don't take them down at dusk and they don't illuminate them.

I will put out my one well-illuminated flag, and display it proudly. I will also wear my Reds cap or my IU cap, proudly, whenever I feel like it. if someone remarks that my hat looks like MAGA hat, I will tell them that I am not a member of that gang of a$sholes.
They love America, as long as it’s their way.
 
This is something that I experienced two weekends ago at the Rolex Sail Grand Prix Chicago. I went down to watch it and there was a place where you could buy ridiculously overpriced “stuff”. A cap was $50. And I saw people walking around with New Zealand, Australia, UK, and every other team that was there. There were obviously a lot of people wearing American hats too, but I was hesitant to buy a cap for that reason, which is tragic.

I ended up thinking…why am I letting these idiots define who is American? So I bought one and wore it proudly. I’m tired of Trumpian, Boebertian, Taylor-Greenians, etc. telling/dictating to the rest of us who are “real” Americans or “patriots”.

I know damned well Aloha, Rockport Zebra, Cajun, and some others who I’m not politically aligned with are patriots. Some others, who scream the loudest, I’m not so sure.
Your stories lately have been really inspiring. I’m glad you were able to overcome MAGA and buy the hat. Stay strong my friend.
 
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I have also decided to not let MAGA scum set the standards for what is acceptable.

They want to put out 20 flags in their yard for the 4th of July, with (not surprisingly) 20 violations of the flag code, since they don't take them down at dusk and they don't illuminate them.

I will put out my one well-illuminated flag, and display it proudly. I will also wear my Reds cap or my IU cap, proudly, whenever I feel like it. if someone remarks that my hat looks like MAGA hat, I will tell them that I am not a member of that gang of a$sholes.
Atta boy, Bob!
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Got damn, when you mean business, you really bring the fire don't ya ? I can't imagine them MAGA's not runnin for mercy. God save the Ayatollah .
I have also decided to not let MAGA scum set the standards for what is acceptable.

They want to put out 20 flags in their yard for the 4th of July, with (not surprisingly) 20 violations of the flag code, since they don't take them down at dusk and they don't illuminate them.

I will put out my one well-illuminated flag, and display it proudly. I will also wear my Reds cap or my IU cap, proudly, whenever I feel like it. if someone remarks that my hat looks like MAGA hat, I will tell them that I am not a member of that gang of a$sholes.
 
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Three years ago, Kapernick and his cronies browbeat Nike into halting production of their Betsy Ross shoe with an American flag so I’d say you’re right.
Examples from nuts on both ends but the magas have made it an art form. Hell they have their own lines from Under Armor
 
sadly... I have stopped wearing my red IU baseball cap, since at first glance, wearing any red hat makes you look like a MAGA Klansman.
Just left a restaurant here in Cali. Sat at the bar for dinner. "Sorry we broke your coach " from a guy a few tables behind us who was an Illinois fan.

Neither MAGA, nor Klansman was in play.

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sadly... I have stopped wearing my red IU baseball cap, since at first glance, wearing any red hat makes you look like a MAGA Klansman.
wtf, not a thought in my head, and if it’s in others heads I dgaf. Somebody else on here a way back said their wife said and did the same thing about putting an American flag up on their house to honor Veterans Day or Memorial Day. People need help.
 
Just left a restaurant here in Cali. Sat at the bar for dinner. "Sorry we broke your coach " from a guy a few tables behind us who was an Illinois fan.

Neither MAGA, nor Klansman was in play.

😺
You should have gone all MAGA on him.
 
wtf, not a thought in my head, and if it’s in others heads I dgaf. Somebody else on here a way back said their wife said and did the same thing about putting an American flag up on their house to honor Veterans Day or Memorial Day. People need help.
He's a clown who lives in fear of red hats in the distance. Plenty of posts where he equates red hats to dumb shit like that.
 
wtf, not a thought in my head, and if it’s in others heads I dgaf. Somebody else on here a way back said their wife said and did the same thing about putting an American flag up on their house to honor Veterans Day or Memorial Day. People need help.
I fly the US flag and a variety of flags under it every day on my 25 foot flagpole.
 
And so do all of these MAGAs that you hate
I'm glad you posted that because actually, they don't. Not all of them. Some flew them upside down the last four years, which is exceptionally disrespectful when they're not in personal distress. Many rarely flew them at all, but flew Trump flags. Yes, some flew them same as me, but some also added a "**** Joe Biden" flag underneath it (disrespectful assholes). At least most flew them for the 4th of July. One street I travel along often on my way to town is about 60 to 70 percent MAGA (based on Trump election signs) and I noticed that almost none of them flew a flag for four years. The week after the election almost all of them were flying flags or had multiple flags displayed for the week or so after the election. Most don't have a flag flying now though and my guess is that it's because Biden is still our President. I have no respect for situational patriots. They're the same people that say, "Biden is not my President." The President is OUR President - all of us. Trump will be our President on Monday. I expect the MAGAs to fly the flags again starting that day and maybe for longer than a week or so. My flag will continue to fly through his Presidency. Patriotism is not about who the President is.

I don't hate MAGAs. I have friends and family that are pretty much MAGA in that they are pretty solid Trump supporters. What I hate are those that emulate the incivility, dishonesty, disrespectful behavior, etc., etc., which constitutes MAGA culture.
 
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