It's not racist. It pre-dates the American flag. The first Navy Jack is still flown aboard US Navy ships.Is it offensive? Is it Racist?
Would you still fly this flag?
Would you still wear a shirt or hat?
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Not at all racist but it is incredibly cliche at this point.
I grew up in Middle Tennessee during Jim Crow. I recall the separate water coolers, restrooms, and even the YMCA in Nashville with the "Colored" YMCA entrance below to the basement. I recall racists and racism being prevalent, my family never knew anyone who was in the Klan, but we did know they were around us. Use of the "n" word was just part of daily conversations. Trying to set the stage for the following, never did I once hear or understand at any time by all the racists and white supremacists of the day around me during childhood one of them mention or even suggest there was a racist connotation to the Betsey Ross or Gadsden flags. It's purely a recent contrivance by somebody and neither flag has anything to do with racism.
Interesting stuff... these days, I tend to stay away from drawing attention... don't like to wear shirts or hats that could lead to issues with some idiots out in the public.
That being said... I never leave the house to run errands without my I served-VietNam hat... have several, and wear them with pride. Pretty sure I would get my azz kicked in real deal, but I know I would be hell for 2 minutes.
For me... its been 50 years since I served ... and for the first 40 years I never shared my service openly... now I have no issues with doing so... f'em.
So... I really think some of the hats and shirts and logos representing our history are going to create big time issues with the libbies, socailists, and commies... but I do admire those who stand up for this county and hope they can go more than 2 minutes. Me... I am going to get back at em at the voting booth.
Thank you for posting this as it is an EXCELLENT example of misleading right wing nonsense amongst bloggers, taking on the imprimatur of "news" or "fact."
The article claims that in 2016 the EEOC ruled that the flag could be viewed as "racial harassment in the workplace" because it could "convey racially-tinged messages" in some contexts.
Cue the right wing nutjobs losing their collective sh!t because they think the EEOC actually proclaimed that. Let's take a look at how this happened.
1) OP, the article you posted is on Yahoo in the Style section. That should have been the first clue to you that you were being taken for a ride.
2) The article in turn is from some site entitled "she knows," which bills itself as a website for women discussing things like cooking and beauty tips. So that's tip # 2 that maybe the "outrage" component of this is being ginned up, maybe just a tad.
3) So then we look at who did the linking. It is not surprisingly on Fox News in an opinion piece which, gasp, expresses much feigned outrage. Same thing on Townhall and presumably reverberating throughout the right wing blogosphere based on just a simple Google search.
So is it true that in some case the EEOC actually ruled that the "don't tread on me" flag is racist, or even could be racist, as suggested by the article?
ABSOLUTELY THE f*** NOT.
The EEOC has a page about this, and here it is: What You Should Know about EEOC and Shelton D. v. U.S. Postal Service (Gadsden Flag case)
For those too lazy to bother to read it -- which is evidently the entire right wing echo chamber that posts and reposts crap like this to rile up their idiotic base-- here is the bottom line:
The EEOC goes on to specifically note that no determination was ever made as to racial component. The issue was just one of procedure having to do with an employee complaint.
No, Virginia, the EEOC has not ruled that the flag is racist, or even could be racist. So damn you to ignorant hell, all that bought into the notion that this is legit. Its another fake outrage piece, championed by the usual morons. Sadly, there will be many ignorant folks like yourselves wallowing in junk like this for a long time.
Is it offensive? Is it Racist?
Would you still fly this flag?
Would you still wear a shirt or hat?
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But they're not all over Chris Pratt. This is a fake news story. Yahoo took a handful of tweets and created a clickbait story pretending like this was some big controversy. This happens all the time and we begin to think the miniscule minority of a group represents the majority.
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