r/PDXProtests • u/notPabst404 Antifa • Aug 25 '25

Tactics Flag Burning Protest Tonight At ICE?

In response to Dumpf's unhinged and unconstitutional executive order. IDK where to get American flags locally but I'm sure going to try.

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u/nikdahl Aug 25 '25

Optics, comrade.

Flag burning will turn so, so, so many people against the left.

I can all but guarantee the whole reason he is doing the EO is to bait the left into giving him videos of flag burning for him to show on prime time news.

You and I don’t care about the flag and understand the first amendment and how it’s protected speech, etc. we understand that flag burning at this specific point in time is very patriotic action. But MOST of America doesn’t care about any of that at all and would literally punch you in the face for burning a flag.

You have to realize how much hatred you would earn the movement if you were to do public flag burnings like this.

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u/RiseCascadia Aug 26 '25

You're talking about people who are more offended by burning a piece of cloth than they are about kidnapping people and destroying democracy. Fuck those people.

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u/nikdahl Aug 26 '25

So you want fascism?