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Should I wave the Iranian flag at a protest in America (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 12 hours ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I will avoid saying why I'm planning on doing it now only because it will color people's interpretation of why I'm doing it.

Hopefully my Iran flag will come in time, but it will the a 3' by 5' flag and it will tough be 10' in the air and I will be with other protestors.

I have waves the Palestine flag in multiple previous protests and I get the sense that people don't recognize it like the LGBT flag

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[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I could interpret that as Being pro American citizens since all Americans are taught to unite under flag and constitution, I can see wanting to exclude support of the federal government when supporting Americans people.

I was thinking about making a sign that said ZOHRAN 2028 as a way to push more leftist/DSA agenda, but ZOHRAN i thought that would give more credence to crazy Trump 2028 people. Solidarity was a better message anyway

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I tend to have an upside down american flag. It might set some of them off but that is because they are ignorant in the use of flags in maritine situations. I figure I can't really cure ignorance and maybe someone will explain to them at some point what an upsidedown flag means. Besides that my message is its unacceptable to violate the constitution. I mean there is a lot more stuff but its like any project. You got to prioritize.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I forgot what the upside down flag means. I know backwards flag is meant for running into battle. But educating hundreds of people on upsidedown flag on top of getting out that message would be hard. Protesting is iterative to get as much of what you want out there

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago

That is the thing. Those who don't look more or engage around it are pretty much a lost cause. Nothing will move them. Those who can manage to look a bit into things can be brought into engagement by finding things out and they might be brought over. My theory anyway.