I'm all for reclaiming the American flag from MAGA, but I've seen numerous posts telling people to ONLY bring American flags, and I'm going to tell you why the request alone is damaging:
- It only foments anger and argumentation. These people are facing violence, deportation, even potentially death, their families are being ripped apart, and you're lecturing them about flags? How would you feel if you were an American in a foreign country that started trying to kick all of the Americans out, sending them to some supermax prison and ripping kids from your arms, and everyone told you it was really really really important for you to hide your flags? Read the room. This is not how to support the people in LA
- It's anti-solidarity. The most important thing in all this is for people of various backgrounds to figure out a way to work together. Americans of Mexican or Puerto Rican or Dominican or Colombian or Venezuelan origin working with Americans that were born here, queer people working with Christians, Christians working with Jewish and Muslim people-- I've seen so many posts about welcoming former MAGA, so why are you not welcome if you come waving the flag of your homeland?
- It's a xenophobic and/or racist demand. Do you understand what that flag means? It means: I'm not hiding who I am. I'm not hiding where I come from. I'm proud of my heritage. WE CAN'T BE AGAINST THAT. If you find yourself asking for the same things a MAGA would ask for, think twice. We're not afraid of the Palestinian flag, we're not afraid of the Ukrainian flag. Let's not be afraid of the Mexican flag.
- We're never going to convince MAGA. They're pretty much past the point of no return. We're not protesting to convince Trump. We protest to encourage Democratic leadership to do something and push back against this, but we also protest to show solidarity with each other, to show people who are afraid of speaking out that they have friends everywhere. Mexican flags have been at protests from the beginning. Mexicans have been showing up from the beginning.
- The "damage" you're afraid of is already done. There are plenty of iconic pictures of what's going down in LA and the Mexican flag is centered in a lot of them. You will never convince every single person in this country to hide their Mexican flags. Bring your American flags to stand WITH the Mexican flags.
Viva Mexico. Viva America.
Originally Posted By u/Behemothwasagoodshot At 2025-06-10 11:38:02 AM | Source
