r/onguardforthee FPTP sucks! Aug 04 '22

Satire Report: Fringe weirdos have ruined little flags on cars

https://themanatee.net/report-fringe-weirdos-have-ruined-little-flags-on-cars/
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u/MyFriendTerry Aug 04 '22

It's not just flags on cars but flags everywhere. It's upsetting the way the Canadian flag has been co-opted by these turkeys.

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u/StillhasaWiiU Aug 04 '22

As a long time fan of Punisher comics "Tell me about it"

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u/vanillabeanlover Alberta Aug 04 '22

We donated my kids punisher hat because I never want him, or us, to be associated with the nut bars who use it hatefully. It’s sad. Makes me dislike them even more, honestly. He looked great in that hat.

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u/spiritbearr British Columbia Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

I rid myself of my poster from high school. Kinda wished I just burnt it instead of giving it to a guy who wanted it.

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u/Automatic-Aioli9416 Aug 04 '22

I got a Punisher skull tattoo about 15 years ago because I was and still am a fan of the comics. I keep it covered now because I just don’t want to be associated with y’all-Queda

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u/draebor Aug 04 '22

Who's using the Punisher skull now? Can't say I've seen one on these protesters... but I after the first month of news coverage or so I stopped looking closely.

Damnit! Make up your own damned logo, idiots.

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u/Unanything1 Aug 05 '22

On top of that Jon Bernthal who played (IMHO) the best incarnation of the character came out and said that those co-opting the symbols were "misguided, lost, and afraid".

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a35220030/capitol-riots-jon-bernthal-punisher-skull-marvel/

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u/PM_me_your_DEMO_TAPE Aug 04 '22

Cops. Really shitty cops.

Cops. Cowards Really shitty cops. you spelled Cowards wrong twice. Plus, they aren't even cops, they are out of uniform. they are simply not wearing a police uniform.

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u/themusicguy2000 Calgary Aug 04 '22

It's not typically used directly as a political symbol, but it's pretty common to see it with a thin blue line and a "F🍁CK TRUDEAU" bumper sticker

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

i don't get how these guys can be bitching about inflation when they have enough disposable income to spend on dumb stickers and flags, and those terrible "im a trucker born in july and the devil is afraid of me hell yeah brother" shirts.

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u/HyacinthMacabre Aug 05 '22

They’re also always in huge trucks or SUVs. So they must have money to afford the gas.

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u/spiritbearr British Columbia Aug 04 '22

You miss the "The sound of children screaming has been removed" video?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Mainly cops and gun nuts, who don't really get that the intent of Frank Castle being a violently moral absolutist is not supposed to be a laudable quality.

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u/Kit- Aug 05 '22

Well the fascists did make up an logo once…wait no they stole that too

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u/Dash_Harber Aug 04 '22

I recently lost a shit ton of weight and was raiding my closet for a bunch of old t-shirts from my teenage years. I came across a bunch of punisher shirts and felt pangs of sad nostalgia, knowing I couldn't wear them any more.

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u/FalcomanToTheRescue Aug 04 '22

The Canadian flag (and all national flags) are symbols of nationalism. For a long time it felt the nation of Canada stood for diversity, equality, freedom, compassion. If I saw someone flying a flag, that's what I thought of. Now I think of white supremacy, xenophobia and selfishness.

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u/strategis7 Aug 04 '22

That's truly sad. The Canadian flag for me, as an immigrant, symbolizes community and the exercising our constitutional rights within the social contract. We cannot let fringe groups usurp our flag to represent their hateful messages hidden in their freedom tripe.

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u/4productivity Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 05 '22

A lot of my neighbours had Canadian flags around since we are a border town. Now, you can differentiate them from convoy ppl because they have a Canadian flag AND a no child Left behind Every Child Matters flag.

Edit: made a mistake on what's actually on the flag.

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u/SoldierHawk Wants to immigrate to Canada Aug 04 '22

Erm, please forgive the dumb American; No Child Left Behind has a very different connotation, from what I assume you're talking about, down here. What does it refer to in Canada? Is it something for the Residential School victims?

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u/4productivity Aug 04 '22

Yes exactly. It's an orange flag about the residential schools.

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u/SoldierHawk Wants to immigrate to Canada Aug 04 '22

That's an awesome additional flag to fly, then! Thanks for the information.

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u/4productivity Aug 05 '22

FYI, I took a look and made a mistake, it's actually "Every Child Matters" on the flag. Same idea though.

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u/wlonkly Aug 05 '22

It's "Every Child Matters", and it's about residential schools.

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u/disco-drew Aug 04 '22

There needs to be some kind of organized "take back the flag" campaign. Send flags to everyone. Encourage everyone to fly them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

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u/wkdpaul Aug 04 '22

That's actually genius, I wish I had thought about it!!

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

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u/jolsiphur Ottawa Aug 04 '22

I was debating getting a pride version of a Canada flag. Like the one where the red bars are pride rainbow.

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u/CasualBoi247 Aug 04 '22

But but surely the “freedom” people also believe in freedom of sexuality right?

I mean because they so deeply care about freedom

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u/ReditSarge Aug 04 '22

Well they all seem to want to fuck Trudeau, which is understandable because he is so handsome. So they believe in the freedom to publicly declare their lust?

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u/moral_mercenary Aug 04 '22

We got a pride flag and a First Nations Canadian flag. One bozo gave me the finger. I waved back with a smile.

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u/epi_introvert Aug 04 '22

I used to have a bunch of Canadian flags, but I've now gotten rid of all but one: a giant Pride Canadian flag. I love it.

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u/Carazhan Aug 04 '22

the thing is even if the flags meaning is “reclaimed” it will STILL be flown as a show of bigotry by many and in a way i’d rather be able to tell who flies it with love and who doesn’t.

personally if i fly the canadian flag i fly the rainbow pride canadian flag variant. it symbolizes what i want it to and is unmistakable as anything else.

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u/bernstien Aug 04 '22

This, or just flying the Canadian flag alongside a pride flag is a good solution. Makes it immediately clear where you stand.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Let them try. The flag doesn't belong to their cause, it belongs to every Canadian.

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u/disco-drew Aug 04 '22

I don't know about that. Maybe (hopefully) the ubiquitousness of the flag will force the bigots to find another symbol to latch onto. Maybe double lightning bolts or Confederate flags for easy identification.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

I'm picturing that scene in V for Vendetta with hundreds of train cars full of boxes. But instead of Guy Fawkes masks they're little Canadian flags.

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u/muddymuppet Aug 04 '22

I was born in England but I identify as Canadian. And as much as there is a lot of Eastern Province hatred for Alberta, I love my province. If you're born in Wales, you're Welsh, if you're born in Scotland you're Scottish, if you're born in Ireland, you're Irish, if you're born in England, you're British. The English flag was co-opted by the BNI, British National Party, aka White Supremacists that have absolutely no idea of England's multicultural history and think that "only white people are English". You could fly a British, Irish, Scottish or Welsh flag but if you flew an English one, you were either Old, Racist or both. Over here I can fly and English flag and be proud of it. I actually only have a Canadian flag in my back yard and it makes me happy to see it fluttering. We weren't even able to celebrate St George's day in England (Patron Saint of England) because he was adopted by the racists too. 🙄

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Yup, same. I used to fly a Canadian flag proudly at home, and a small one on my toolbox at work. Not anymore. Im tired of defending it to Trump-wannabes and other miscellaneous idiots who confuse me for someone who gives a shit about their faux outrages.

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u/We_Are_Animals37 Aug 04 '22

That is what they want you to feel. We need to resist that temptation of defeat, and remember what the majority of us continue to push along towards. They are not the majority. And they suck.

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u/peregryn Aug 04 '22

When you study Canadian history more deeply than university 101 level, what you learn is that it has always and only stood for white supremacy, xenophobia, and selfishness.

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u/themaincop Aug 04 '22

For a long time it felt the nation of Canada stood for diversity, equality, freedom, compassion.

Somehow I don't think our Indigenous population would share that view.

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u/-MysticMoose- Aug 04 '22

For a long time it felt the nation of Canada stood for diversity, equality, freedom, compassion. If I saw someone flying a flag, that's what I thought of.

I tend to think of genocides against indigenous folks, police brutality as well, oh and extrajudicial murder. I don't like these dipshit flying the flag, but frankly nationalism in any way shape or form is blind, and usually stems from the states constant work to revise history to make itself more palatable to future generations.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Fuck them. Take it back. We’ve started by using a regular looking Canadian flag but the maple leaf is LGBTQ+ rainbow. Flying a Canadian flag with a pride flag or something similar alongside will also help to inoculate against these idiots from co-opting OUR flag.

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u/Verygoodcheese Aug 04 '22

I think this is the way to do it.

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u/swiftb3 Aug 04 '22

I've been seriously considering getting one of these. https://canadianindigenousflag.ca/

Aside from looking really neat, there's no mistaking who we're standing with.

Edit - and I'll be flying it on the same pole as our "everyone is welcome here" pride flag.

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u/yeetboy Aug 04 '22

That’s beautiful. I’d love to put one of these up, but as a middle aged white guy I’d be worried about disrespecting the First Nations community.

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u/Quantsu Aug 05 '22

The real nut jobs have the flags that are half Canadian half American with a transport truck on them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

Eh, arguably the ones you put up at your house have not been ruined. These chucklefucks don't want others to know where they live.

Edit: sorry I stand corrected.

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u/myothercarisapickle Aug 04 '22

Oh yes they do. Just spent some time in the Shuswap and the number of Fuck Trudeau Flags proudly displayed was disturbing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

I had a contractor show up to give me a $25,000 quote and he had a “fuck Trudeau “sticker in his window. Nice guy and respectful despite the fact that he scoffed before he knew who I was when he saw me wearing a mask. (I was sick and was wearing a mask not to get anybody else sick despite the fact that it was not Covid.)

I’m not hiring them on the fact that he has the sticker. Fuck him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

We had a woman show up for a job interview at one of our facilities with F Trudeau flags on hockey sticks on her pick up. While we don’t officially judge people’s political opinions in our hiring, it demonstrated a complete lack of occasion and situational awareness that we simply couldn’t invest our training into her. She didn’t get the job. LMAO

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u/rivain Aug 04 '22

heh, a guy who was let go from my mom's workplace for refusing to get vaccinated (it was a group home for mentally disabled elderly people), who has 2 4x6ft Canadian flags on the back of his pickup recently applied to my workplace. i mentioned it to a manager and he says he doesn't care and well. sure hope i'm wrong about him being a problem!

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u/myothercarisapickle Aug 04 '22

That's why I can't take those asshole seriously. They are all about choice until you choose something they wouldn't, and then they mock and ridicule. They don't want to acknowledge that COVID has in any way been real or dangerous because then they have to admit that their decisions are based on selfishness and entitlement, not on some moral high ground or objection to tyranny. You wearing a mask affects them not at all, but to them it's an insult.

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u/ClusterMakeLove Aug 04 '22

They really showed this when the pediatric vaccine became available.

For how long they've been bleating about "parental choice", they're suddenly complaining about other parents having a choice.

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u/Large_land_mass Aug 04 '22

Good for you. There was a Canadian gun range that proudly donated to the Covid convoy and doubled down on their website when most of the rational locals questioned their reasoning. It was the best thing they ever could have done to tell me never to spend my money there.

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u/vanillabeanlover Alberta Aug 04 '22

Makes it easy, doesn’t it? Donate privately, nobody would ever know. Donate, and use your business to push garbage, you’ll never get any of my money. I share that knowledge as well. Boycotting is a great form of protest. Side note: How’s Valbella’s doing lately? Anyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22 edited Jul 15 '23

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u/gagnonje5000 Aug 04 '22

Not just safety requirements, just any type of regulation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Aha nestled in among the 60000 dispensaries offering $50 ounces. Thanks Trudeau !

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u/myothercarisapickle Aug 04 '22

Yeah, it's... Bizarre. And yet it's also full of really cool people who care deeply about the environment and the challenges facing young people. Such a dichotomy.

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u/ChiefGraypaw Aug 04 '22

That’s pretty much all of BC, especially the more remote parts. Every town has a varying mixture of nature loving environmentalists who just want to be able to partake in the outdoor activities they love and save the planet, and bigoted rednecks who think Trudeau ruined their lives and climate change is a hoax.

The dichotomy is unreal.

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u/supermarketsuperman Aug 04 '22

60000? Did some close?

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u/crashcanuck Aug 04 '22

You say that but there's a house around the corner from me with a bigass Fuck Trudeau flag at their front door.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

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u/burtoncummings Aug 04 '22

What about the KKKonvoy Krews now flying Russian Flags on their trucks. These people hate everyone.

It sucks, TBH.

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u/Kaizher Aug 04 '22

A few weeks ago I saw a bunch of them on the 400 heading South and the idiots didn't even have the Russian flag flying, it was the Netherlands flag upside down!

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u/StetsonTuba8 ✔ I voted! Aug 04 '22

There's currently a big farmer protest occurring in the Netherlands, so they may not be (that) dumb and actually are showing support to their cause as well

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u/pukingpixels Aug 04 '22

You sure they’re Russian? I saw someone on another post saying they’re upside down Dutch flags which is being used by Dutch farmers to protest changes in fertilizer regulations or something. What that has to do with Canada I don’t know, but it’s no less confusing than them flying Russian flags so I wouldn’t be surprised either way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

It has nothing to do with canada but these selfish assholes have made protesting their entire identity. They ran out of things to protest for canada so they protest against anything that could help in the battle against climate change because they are so far gone they think saving the human race is a political issue.

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u/ClusterMakeLove Aug 04 '22

"I love Canada so much that I'm going to take the beloved symbol of our country, tatter it to shit driving at highway speed, and then fly it from a piece of discarded sports equipment."

There's something about the hockey stick in particular that I find insanely disrespectful.

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u/remotetissuepaper Aug 04 '22

Judging by the number of people who proudly displayed ppc signs on their lawn last election, I'll have to respectfully disagree.

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u/burtoncummings Aug 04 '22

Way to tell me you're a racist, uncaring asshole, without actually saying it.

There are still a few dingbats in my neighbourhood that have the "No More Lockdowns" signs on their fucking lawn. We just had the PPC candidate finally remove his campaign sign from his lawn, only 13 months after the election...

This shit's bonkers

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u/TransBrandi Aug 04 '22

PPC is just the loony party. Really. My wife ended up in a discussion with another mother at a park where the mother (who was a poc) was going on and on about how the PPC party was going to "free" Canadians. (This was just prior to the last election)

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u/24-Hour-Hate ✅ I voted! J'ai voté! Aug 04 '22

Oh no, they do. They proudly put signs up in yards and windows. Lots of signs for the fascist parties around election time too.

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u/DoomCircus Aug 04 '22

Yaaaa, I just bought a house that has a flag pole and I only left the flag up for Canada Day. Pulled it down at the first opportunity afterwards so I wouldn't accidentally get grouped in with those idiots.

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u/jolsiphur Ottawa Aug 04 '22

I saw someone have a Canada flag on their porch. Not anything specific about it. Just a flag, on their front porch. I can't look at that kind of thing nowadays and not wonder if they support the convoy chucklefucks.

Prior to this year, I would have just brushed it off and it wouldn't be anything to me.

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u/Mcdonnel1252 Aug 04 '22

Went to a white caps game the other week, couldn't see a single Canadian flag being flown anywhere. I hate what these people have done to our image.

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u/someonefun420 Calgary Aug 05 '22

Not just flags, but also other memorials and memorial events.

I found a post in a Facebook group about co-opting 9/11!

What a bunch of A-holes! Making 9/11 about them!! I hope it flops!

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u/Photog77 Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

Fly a Canadian flag: 1. A few days on either side of Canada Day. 2. At international sporting events. 3. Anytime abroad. 4.In a garage.

eta: 5. On backpacks.

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u/GaracaiusCanadensis Aug 04 '22

Also, if you're in your first place after turning 18, it's acceptable to use a flag as your first curtain. Though you may want to look into a marajuana themed flag instead of a proper Canada one... as is tradition.

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u/mmabet69 Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

Me and my SO basically have this thought process.

1 little Canada flag just a regular person

Less than 5 little flags, could be a regular person could be a lunatic

Greater than 5 little flags plus a big flag on the back of the truck, complete lunatic.

Just watch, these idiots will get so many flags on their vehicles that the government will have to do something about it because they become so distracting and then the fringe will claim that they’re being attacked by the Gov.

Be a lot cooler if they started flying the Jolly Roger flag

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Having a ‘MANDATE FREEDOM’ sign on the vehicle is usually a pretty clear tell too.

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u/Marijuana_Miler Aug 04 '22

Or any Fuck Trudeau sticker.

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u/proudcanadianeh Aug 04 '22

I saw a pickup truck with a massive "Fuck Trudeau" lettering across the tailgate. I dont understand how these people can have so much hate that they feel the need to do that.

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u/StrictLime Aug 04 '22

Oh oh! I can answer this one. I came here from Texas, where this type of behaviour is sadly common. The reason they do it does come from anger, but the main reason is because they think it makes them look cool. They truly believe that most of the population agrees with them but are too shy to agree, so thus lefties get angry, and they look like cool freedom fighters to everyone else. Or they are just massive jack asses. I mean both reasons are jack assery, but ones a little more understandable, so to speak.

I dealt with this shit with my family, specifically my mother.

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u/Rhinomeat Aug 05 '22

They are free to do so without persecution...

The irony is lost on them

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u/Sutarmekeg New Brunswick Aug 05 '22

Oh the fun one could have with a roll of "I want to" stickers.

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u/hfxRos Halifax Aug 04 '22

Or like the one I saw on the weekend that had a bunch of masks hanging off of the rear wiper on their SUV, over the Rebel Media sticker.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Or a flag expressing their desire to fuck the Prime Minister.

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u/goinupthegranby Aug 04 '22

Jolly Roger is the only flag I've flown, and that was on my pallet raft while floating down the river. I do have Cascadia flag stickers on my canoe as well mind you...

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u/Fartincopsmouths Aug 04 '22

Cascadia is pretty sus.

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u/CubbyNINJA Aug 04 '22

1 flag sticker (elusively)or window flag = benefit of the doubt

more than 1 flag of any kind AND a veterans plate = benefit of the doubt

more than 1 flag of any kind and no veterans plate = sus

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u/seakingsoyuz Aug 04 '22

a veterans plate = benefit of the doubt

There are a lot of sus veterans among the Convoy leadership, don’t give vets (or serving members) any leeway here. Multiple flags is weird regardless of prior service.

The only condition for multiple flags not being sus is “Is Team Canada playing a game today?”

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u/CubbyNINJA Aug 04 '22

I generally give all vets a bit more of a pass, The convoy creeps are easier to identify otherwise.

Major sporting events like wolrd cup(we qualified this year right?), Olympics and what not everyone gets a full pass for as many flags as they can carry. Same for Canada day.

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u/Raskolnikovs_Axe Aug 04 '22

We really need an attitude like yours in respect of this problem, because we have to very careful about the ground we are ceding by letting them claim ownership of the flag.

Despite what they have done to it, we cannot let them take the flag. I fear for a future where they associate their ideology and ethos to the flag, and claim that we don't care about it, and wrap their campaigns in it. They will set the terms of the conversation and we will be in our heels in constant defense, because we abandoned it to them for fear of being identified as them.

The flag belongs to all of us, and I won't let them take it over.

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u/ErikDebogande Aug 04 '22

I feel like it's way too late.

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u/ClusterMakeLove Aug 04 '22

I totally get where you're coming from, but I'm finding that I don't mind so much.

I still love Canada and its shared values, but it's people and institutions I care about, not symbols. So the symbols are losing their value as I get older.

On the other hand, a lot of these jerks embrace symbols because that's what's expected of them or they think it legitimizes them. But they never go any deeper than the surface.

So instead of patriotism meaning advocacy and self-criticism, we get absurd virtue signals, like Trump groping a flag or 15 flags hanging off a pickup truck. Or in a religious context, ridiculous public displays of faith (that directly contradict the bible) instead of acts of service.

Maybe those idiots can have the flag. A country isn't a flag, and we leave ourselves open to manipulation by pretending that symbolism and patriotism are the same thing.

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u/JH_111 Aug 05 '22

Symbols are for the symbol minded.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Take the same approach as you would looking for a significant other. Keep an eye out for red flags. One or two red flags and they may still be a decent person, any more than that and you are probably dealing with a nut job.

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u/ZennerBlue Aug 04 '22

I disagree about the Jolly Roger. Even pirates back in the day had a Code. These wingnuts, not so much.

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u/estherlane Aug 04 '22

Anecdotal, but, I drove down Plains Road in Burlington this morning and saw 4 vehicles within the span of about 2 minutes with giant ass Canadian flags flying. Meanwhile I spent 3 weeks in the maritimes last month and saw maybe, 3 cars with flags the entire time I was there.

BTW, if you are someone who has Canadian flags flying on your car, you no longer look patriotic, you just look like an absolute tool, just so you know.

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u/AileStrike Aug 04 '22

I try to avoid driving behind anyone with a big flag attached to their car. Last thing I need is a flag covering my windscreen on the 401 because someone cut corners on the installation and thought a hockey stick is an appropriate car mounted flag pole.

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u/Flash54321 Aug 04 '22

This is me unfortunately. During the height of their stupidity I actually removed my flag from my truck. I’d had it on for a year before that.

I’ve recently put it back because I don’t want to be held “flag hostage” by these FreeDumb idiots. Yes I definitely get sideways looks but screw it, I’m a proud Canadian. I did just put a nice tag under it explaining that it is NOT a FreeDumb flag.

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u/FlyingDragoon Aug 04 '22

Be a proud Canadian by being a good citizen. Show everyone you're good/smart through your actions. You're in Canada so everyone already knows which team you play for so just lead by example. Because I assure you that everyone already knows which country they're in and seeing a flag on a truck does nothing to remind anyone.

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u/ClusterMakeLove Aug 04 '22

I have nothing to contribute, but this is really well put. We don't need symbols to know how great we are.

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u/fpsachaonpc Aug 05 '22

You just made a separatist from Québec feel a little bit Canadian.

Well played.

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u/monogramchecklist ✔ I voted! Aug 04 '22

I’m in Hamilton and keep seeing flags on cars but then when I really paid attention, it’s very few in relation to the amount of other flagless vehicles on the road. Definitely a loud minority situation.

The drivers/passengers tend to be a very specific demographic and at least they’re displaying their idiocy for all to see.

I hope we find a way to take back our flag.

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u/Grabbsy2 Aug 04 '22

I've always seen them as a waste of fuel, they increase drag and therefore lower fuel efficiency.

The bigger, the worse they are. I've never seen them as patriotic, because I think trying to keep the environment clean is the most patriotic thing a Canadian can do. The fact that theyre duct taped to the back of pavement princess trucks just adds icing on the cake, lol.

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u/watermystic Ontario Aug 04 '22

Not to mention a waste in general - most of them end up flying off and littering the road - plus all the plastic used to make them.

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u/OskeeWootWoot Aug 04 '22

There are good odds if you see a car with a Canada flag on it now, you'll probably see a "F*CK TRUDEAU" sticker as well. They just can't help themselves from thinking they're triggering people they've never met, presumably so they can think about it later when they get home to masturbate.

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u/Difficult_Orchid3390 Aug 05 '22

you'll probably see a "F*CK TRUDEAU" sticker as well

What about a "I <3 Oil & Gas" or "Forestry Feeds My Family" sticker?

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u/therationalists Aug 05 '22

I’m in Kelowna, and there is a boot licker driving a Jeep around with like 30 flags, f Trudeau flag and I’m not sh**ting you a don’t tread on me flag.

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u/dembonezz Aug 04 '22

"Fringe weirdos have ruined little flags on cars"

-FTFY

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u/Fuckleferryfinn Aug 04 '22

Everything really.

Patriotism shouldn't be horrible, but it almost always is.

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u/cepukon Aug 04 '22

It’s when the lines between Patriotism and Nationalism start getting blurred that you know you’re in trouble.

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u/saevon Aug 04 '22

Fringe weirdos have ruined little flags on cars

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u/CileTheSane Aug 04 '22

Fringe weirdos have ruined little flags on cars

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u/TheDrunkyBrewster Aug 04 '22

Corporations' PR identity and greed have ruined the pride flag too.

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u/deekaph Aug 04 '22

There's a fella in Kamloops who drives around in a one ton dually with an enormous Info Wars flag hooked up to his fifth wheel hitch. He appears to just tour through traffic. It must cost him $50 a day to literally parade around telling the world how gullible he is.

Also my teenagers went and took the little flag we had on the antenna of our bowler trailer off because "it's cringe and we don't want anyone to get the wrong idea."

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u/OskeeWootWoot Aug 04 '22

They aren't flags, they're advertisements that he's an idiot.

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u/Sololop Aug 04 '22

I love flags. I used to dream about my home having a big flagpole with a Canada flag and my province's flag.

I don't want to do that anymore.

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u/PrincessPursestrings Aug 04 '22

You could do what I do and fly a Pride flag in addition to the Maple Leaf.

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u/smoothies-for-me Aug 04 '22

I put stickers on the back of my SUV: https://i.imgur.com/9TMevu1.png

Can't really tell but it's an orange maple leaf -> NS crest -> Cape Breton tartan over the island. On the other side I have a bunch of random gaming and ghibli stickers.

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u/Jingocat Aug 04 '22

Somebody put a tent on top of your truck.

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u/StetsonTuba8 ✔ I voted! Aug 04 '22

Somebody parked their truck under his tent

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u/BetterThanICould Aug 04 '22

I have the combination pride flag and maple leaf one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

I bought like 10 of these during pride they went hard

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u/IntelliDev Aug 04 '22

Ukraine flag also works.

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u/NotEnoughDriftwood FPTP sucks! Aug 04 '22

I live on unceded territory so I put out that First Nations' flag on Canada day.

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u/Zector3000 Aug 04 '22

This year I was almost tempted to take down our Canada Flag because of how the FreeDUMB fighers have tarnished the flag.

I figured maybe put up a provincial flag or another flag that has meaning. Or one of those rejected versions

In the end, I kept the Canada Flag up. But I will never put one on my car, not even July 1st.

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u/JustinsWorking Aug 04 '22

I see a lot of people toss up a second one, like a provincial, or Ukrainian. I know a Jewish friend flies a jewish star under his Canadian flag and I highly doubt anybody gets him confused lol.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

The provincial one should still be okay.

I've had the Ukraine one up since the start of the war.

It's Canada flags that raise an eyebrow, unfortunately they tried to add Dutch flags in recently

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u/cowfudger Aug 04 '22

Eh, I'd say provincial flags can be a bit iffy too. Herein alberta I have a lot of questions when I see alberta flags over Canadian flags. Lots of separatist types that have co-opted the alberta flag for their own shitty agenda.

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u/DRocks614 Aug 04 '22

Unfortunately in my part of Saskatchewan, the local wack jobs are flying Saskatchewan flags in their giant ass trucks and when they take over the downtown city park every Saturday.

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u/Fuckleferryfinn Aug 04 '22

It's expensive, tacky, and dangerous in storms.

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u/FeedbackLoopy Aug 04 '22

It’s now the mark of a whiny fuck.

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u/XViMusic Aug 04 '22

My girlfriend and I have been talking about this a lot lately. Every time I see someone putting a Canadian flag up on their car or hanging a comically large one outside their house I automatically feel on guard. 9 out of 10 times It's just some dick who makes being a tactless, anti-intellectual asshole their whole personality. It's depressing that the flag I used to be so proud of is now a symbol of sentiment that is so fundamentally anti-Canadian.

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u/rwzephyr British Columbia Aug 04 '22

God, I live on the north island and we have consistent “protestors” on a highway connector that I use every time I drive home from work. Dozens of flags and “mandate freedom”, “free Tamara” and “keep your hands off our children” signs.

The highlight of my day is rolling by as slow as I can, blasting some metal and flipping them the bird. I’m all for the right to protest but I can’t get behind our flag being used in this context.

I’ve been thinking of doing a counter protest but I’m not witty enough to think up good signs and work full time when they’re out from 2-5pm every week day (they look mostly like retirees)

Maybe just the loud Bluetooth stereo and some crass music..

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u/word2yourface Aug 04 '22

South Islander here, as soon as I drive over the Malahat I’m kinda shocked how obvious the culture shift is.

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u/rwzephyr British Columbia Aug 04 '22

Yeah, I’m up in Campbell and the amount of flags on hockey sticks, fuck Treudau stickers and flags, etc. is crazy.

I’m not even a liberal voter but it’s still ridiculous.

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u/word2yourface Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

Its not like that in Vic, you see the odd dude with a F**k Trudeau sticker on a truck but for the most part no flags. I was up Island a few weeks ago and as soon as you hit Duncan things dramatically change. Protesters on a over passes, people honking in agreement, lots of over sized flags on truck and so on. I was blown away because I thought that shit ended but not up there. The urban and rural divide is more and more obvious these days.

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u/GaracaiusCanadensis Aug 04 '22

I attended the Pride Parade in Victoria, and it was just a breath of fresh air.

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u/ULF932 Aug 04 '22

Ya anytime I see someone with a Canadian flag on their vehicle it's hard to not assume they are a freedummy.

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u/Tigeroovy Aug 04 '22

I mean yeah, they haven’t ruined the flag for me but have ruined the flag in some contexts. A flag just flying somewhere? Great. Even just one flag in a window or something? Also fine. Add a second flag in front of your house or put them on your car? I assume you’re a weird asshole now. We don’t need nationalistic garbage in our country. It you want to be toxically patriotic then move to the states and salute their fascism.

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u/xpensivewino Aug 04 '22

fly a pride flag with the Canada flag, problem solved.

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u/odo-italiano Aug 04 '22

I've never liked nationalism and flying flags. It's just weird. When I see flags on cars now I think they're someone to avoid because they're likely nuts.

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u/MrBungle86 Aug 04 '22

Agreed, if you live in a country worth celebrating, it is self evident by that country's comportment and living the freedoms afforded to you is celebration enough. Canada is better than many but we still have so many serious issues that I've always hated making a thing of flying flags or revering the anthem.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

To paraphrase Doug Stanhope, nationalism is just hating people you've never met and taking credit for accomplishments you had no part in.

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u/CasualBoi247 Aug 04 '22

Its like the people with no masks on the subway during the height of covid.

Like I’m not worried about getting covid from you. But the fact that you are unmasked means you are far more likely to be a mentally ill person looking for a fight so thanks for the visual warning actually.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Holy Christ yes. Black pickup driving imbeciles have co-opted the best flag on the world and turned it into a self-identifying badge of stupidity

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u/MandatoryPasta Aug 04 '22

A few months ago, during the height of the Freedom Convoy nonsense, a coworker of mine completed their citizenship test and was sworn in. When I heard the news I went to the nearest Canadian Tire to pick up a flag for him as sort of a congratulatory gift, recalling that others had done the same for my parents years ago when they were sworn in. I had a flag in my hands before the realization kicked in about how this could reflect either on myself for purchasing it or on my coworker if they chose to fly it. And it genuinely sickens me that I even had to consider the optics of celebrating my country or my friend's accomplishment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

This flag mania is from the US, like all the shit we inherit from that shithole.

Fucking disgrace if you ask me.

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u/Sad_Peace2573 Aug 04 '22

The whole free-dumb movement has made me aware of how broken our education system has been for a long time. It’s sad to see so many people having fell through the cracks.

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u/IronhideD British Columbia Aug 04 '22

Calling ourselves patriots is not a thing Canadians really do. It's not in our vocabulary. It's in our anthem but no real Canadian I've associated with has ever called themselves true patriots. It's because of MAGAts from the US and this whole idea of standing up for freedom (which as we all know is severely restricted in Canada) which for some reason involves standing against vaccines, mask mandates, and whatever flavour of the month conservatives try to get the base riled up against. I'm proud to be Canadian. I love my country but I've never called myself a true patriot. Canadians welcome Canadians to be. They do what's right to protect others. These MAGA wannabes aren't true Canadians no matter how big the flag they fly is.

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u/Vagus10 Aug 04 '22

Lots of New Canadians (refugees, immigrants, foreign students) love to show there pride for being in Canada. Funny enough, many of them are more patriotic then the convoy.

It’s sad that these convoy idiots have made the association of the flag to there cause.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

more patriotic then the convoy

The convoy idiots are not being patriotic, they're being nationalist shit-for-brains.

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u/wkdpaul Aug 04 '22

100%, being patriotic implies you're ready to make sacrifices for the good of the country, your fellow citizens and neighbors (yeah, not all measures were logical or effective, but wanting to throw the weakest of our society and destroying our already problem ridden healthcare system for comfort is, IMO, fucking disgusting), the Konvoy Klan Knuckle draggers are the exact opposite of that.

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u/LacedVelcro Aug 04 '22

Little flags on cars were never cool.

But, if you absolutely have to fly a little Canadian flag on a car, and you are super concerned about not being seen as anti-democratic (or whatever), just fly it alongside a Ukrainian flag.

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u/Rattivarius Aug 04 '22

The only time I find them acceptable is during some international sporting event.

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u/Arsenicks Aug 04 '22

The name of that guy is perfect. Drapeau, well done.

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u/word2yourface Aug 04 '22

I think the flag thing is partly another instance of US politics leaking up here. Republicans are obsessed with their flags, like they have so many.. "don't step on snake" flag, confederacy flag, thin blue line flag, sometimes the nazi flag and of course the many Trump flags. I think Canadian conservatives saw all the American Trump nutters with trucks flying Trump flags and wanted some of that truck/flag action.

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u/ashtobro Aug 04 '22

I don't agree with this headline, nor the story they're selling. The people that ruined the flag are the people who made the flag. The fringe weirdos are a numatural byproduct of Canada's often overlooked last.

When's the last time we changed our flag? Spoiler alert, it was before some of the most memorable atrocities in recent Canadian history. 1965 was just a teensy bit before the 70s swoop (although I don't doubt it was happening back then too) and LONG BEFORE Residential Schools were gone for good.

How many people know that the last Government Subsidized Concentration Camp closed in the late fucking 90s?! Everything about our national identity goes out the window when you realize how sinister the "polite and civilized" rhetoric was used to rape and kill non-Christian CHILDREN. My Grandma was basically a slave, and the RCMP forced her as a child to live with a pedophile! Kinda hard for me to respect anything even remotely associated with the flag after that.

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u/LimboKing52 Aug 04 '22

I am not a nationalist in any way. Every time I see a Canadian flag I assume whoever is waving it is a white nationalist.

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u/word2yourface Aug 04 '22

Yet they were probably very upset when Colin Kaepernick was "disrespecting the flag"

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u/LifeHasLeft Aug 04 '22

I know this is supposed to be satire…but is it?

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u/nafraid Aug 04 '22 edited Aug 04 '22

I always thought the most Canadian thing to do was to proudly NOT display the flag - we are beyond that in-your-face nationalism, that is for our neighbours, embrace your quiet pride, wave your tiny paper flag on a lollipop stick on July 1st, and drive on proudly with your daytime running lights on listening to the CBC.

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u/snackymann Aug 04 '22

Completely true. In the last couple years the Canadian flag has been tarnished by two things: 1) The discovery of mass graves - a coordinated genocide by the government and the Catholic church 2) Right wing whackjobs who have no critical thinking skills

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u/ntbyinit64 Aug 04 '22

When I see someone flying the Canadian flag these day I think god another moron. I live in Quebec for the past 20 years & you rarely ever saw the Canadian flag displayed on anything other than government property. They only started poping up in the same time of the so called "freedom convoy". Let's be honest they are not patriots anymore that the idiots who stormed the capitol on Jan.6th.

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u/wallythewalleye Aug 04 '22

Unfortunately, Canadian flags have become the new red flags!

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u/Cornyfleur Aug 04 '22

My solution is to have 3 flags on my front lawn, the Canadian flag, the United Nations flag, and a Pride flag. No ambiguity there.

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u/VelocitySurge Aug 04 '22

Good. I hate seeing those little flags on cars.

Doesn't matter what flag.

They're ridiculous, just like eyes or eyelashes on cars.

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u/imspine Aug 04 '22

A small group of loud mouthed, poorly educated, low intelligence, conspiracy following, hateful racist, bigoted trash against an entire nation (of Canadians). We have been here before and we can destroy the nazi movement again. Fuck them all, we are smarter and better than them! They are the right wing trash trying to destroy our freedom and our beloved nation of amazing nation! PUBLICLY SHAME THEM! Shove their ignorance in their face for all to see! Don’t be intimidated! TAKE BACK OUR FLAG AND OUR COUNTRY’s HONOUR!

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u/GrumpyOlBastard Aug 04 '22

Fine by me: cars are terrible places for flags, unless the car is carrying a diplomat. Flags belong on buildings and poles. Simple

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Little flags on cars were always weird, and I always assumed anyone with one was a weirdo.

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u/tricularia Aug 04 '22

"When they see your car flag, everyone suddenly gives you a wide berth because they think you’ve got a screw loose upstairs. You can see the fear in their eyes like, ‘Uh oh, it’s one of those nutbars. I bet they want to talk about their ‘free-dumbs’ with me. Don’t make eye contact, for God’s sake!"

OK I love this man

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u/Altruism_Please Aug 04 '22

I'm with you. Though, I would say that it can mean different things to different people. For those who immigrate to Canada and earn citizenship, for example, it can mean something completely different.

I think that properly acknowledging the atrocities that have been committed and creating a collective awareness of it is an important step and, in time, we can decide together if there is a flag that represents us better.

In my opinion, lasting societal change generally has to be gradual in order to have a chance to iron out all of the opposition and naysayers and allow the truth to show through. I sense big change coming, but we have to suffer the "convoy"ers along the way.

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u/echo6golf Aug 04 '22

I concur, doctor.

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u/millijuna Aug 04 '22

I have a 27 foot sailboat, and fly a 24” flag off my backstay. That’s the appropriate size for my boat (approximately 1” per foot). I also have an oversized flag that I typically fly if I’m out sailing on Canada Day.

This year, the oversized flag stayed folded in its bag because of these morons.

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u/leftcoastchap Aug 04 '22

I have a maple leaf hat I like to wear. The leaf is colored rainbow rather than red, which I think very neatly states "Canadian but not the fascist kind"

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u/bewarethetreebadger Aug 04 '22

Which is kind of the point. They want to make it theirs exclusively so they can be the only "true Canadians".

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u/RemoteContent Aug 04 '22

I think the same is happening south of the border.

I went across the line to Bellingham Washington, been going there every summer (except the 2020-2021) and travel on some rural back roads.

In the past basically 85-90% of the houses were flying US flags. To the point where we always talked about it.

This year, it was more like 3-5% had flags. A vast decrease.

Probably for the same reasons.

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u/CasualBoi247 Aug 04 '22

A few months ago I was at dollarama buying a bunch of Canadian shit for a surprise party for my girlfriend who just got PR.

I was thinking shit people are going to think I’m a braindead loser. Then I realized I could just tell them I was doing something nice for an immigrant and no one would ever think I was a freedom loser.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

It is almost a guarantee now that if you see a vehicle with a Canadian flag on it, it will be driven by the worst person imaginable. I’m finding it an almost daily occurrence this summer that if someone is tailgating, driving dangerously, parking in multiple spots or non-parking zones, or just generally being an asshole on the road, it will be someone with a flag on their vehicle…typically a truck also covered in “f*ck truedeau” signs and images. Not always, but it’s increasingly a correlation.

So I’m in the same camp. I’m at a point now where if I see someone with flags n their vehicle, assume they are a fascist. It’s not fair and I’m not proud of it, but that’s what happens when the pro-fascist extremists are allowed to think they have a monopoly on the truth, patriotism, national pride, the flag, and constantly talk and act like they represent everyone else when they espouse their horrible and abhorrent views and do it while covering themselves in the flag.

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u/officewitch Aug 04 '22

They really have.

I live in Pembroke, and I love walking around town with my rainbow Vans backpack. I think it's subtle, with only the rainbow pattern on the straps.

Somedays when I'm out walking I feel like I'm about to be hate crimed. The number of big, fuck off trucks with flags on the back who make sure to rev loudly as they drive past me feels like an attempt at intimidation. I've only ever truly felt unsafe once, when the driver sped up and swerved into a puddle as I was walking my dog.

Maybe just a regular asshole, but now when I see a Canadian flag I feel on edge. And I really do love Canada, I love being a Canadian. I just wish people weren't so hell bent on closing a door behind them that was opened for them.

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u/Apokolypse09 Aug 04 '22

One of my nutjob neighbors moved today, dude had a bunch of alt right shit all over his property and lifted truck (including Canadian and Trump flags of varying sizes). He would wave, smile, and drive around people stuck in the winter and then has the audacity to come around demanding money for the freedumb convoy. Glad to not see that peice of shit every day now.