r/pics • u/LEEROY_MF_JENKINS • Jul 30 '26
Politics Anti-Trump flags flown from pickup truck in Winston-Salem, North Carolina today.
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u/Overall_Falcon_8526 Jul 30 '26
The problem with this (beyond road safety) is that the legibility is so low it's probably just being interpreted as Pro-Trump.
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u/GainHealMark Jul 30 '26
Whenever I see a truck with that many flags, I assume they’re Conservative; first one I’ve seen that was anti-Trump. Gives me flashbacks to the convoy days.
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u/Neuchacho Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
That's why I appreciated my local anti-Trump flag runnner mounting all his flags to his Prius lol
Probably gives his Prius the MPG of a truck with all that drag, though.
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u/eastalawest Jul 30 '26
This guy flags.
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u/needs_help_badly Jul 30 '26
God hates flags, though?
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u/GivenToFlyGuy Jul 31 '26
No. He hates figs. Common misconception.
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u/EquinsuOcha Jul 31 '26
I never understood this. Figs are fucking delicious.
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u/Draco-REX Jul 30 '26
It's surprising how much drag a flag makes. I do some amateur racing and at one even someone showed up with an American flag that size on the back of his car. He was having trouble keeping up and when he removed the flag he gained 2 seconds per lap!
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u/ptv83 Jul 31 '26
Can be conservative and still hate trump.
I know plenty of die hard conservatives, and even more borderline conservative-libertarians that fucking hate him, wish he was dead.. and always have.
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u/og_capsuleer_593 Jul 31 '26
Some have even shot at him, but will any vote against the party that enables them?
Thats the real "okay but what are you gonna do about it?" For them
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u/Satins_Cock Aug 01 '26
My conservative co-worker was talking about how terrible our health insurance system is. To my surprise he was all for Medicare for everyone. The mind boggling part was, he was like "to bad they won't get enough votes to make it happen". Like dude, that's you! You're the reason they aren't getting the votes needed 😂
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u/Hunk_Hogan Jul 31 '26
The funny thing is that this is most likely a conservative who finally got tired of the bullshit. Even in my area, when we hit $5 for fuel, I saw so many trucks with shiny rectangles on their bumper where their trump stickers used to be.
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u/AdagioDesperate Jul 31 '26
In all honesty, this probably was a T supporter and they finally stopped drinking the Kool-aid.
They went from 1 extreme to another.
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u/crow_crone Jul 31 '26
Maybe they just stopped drinking.
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u/AdagioDesperate Jul 31 '26
That was my dad. He was a bad alcoholic according to him in his youth (didnt meet him until my 20s) and when he stopped drinking he changed his drinking habit for religion.
One extreme for another.
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u/crow_crone Jul 31 '26
I found that in many AA members. It can seem like substituting one type of substance for another, although the good they do (AA in total) is indisputable.
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u/weedhead2 Jul 31 '26
I mean, you're probably right in a way. This reeks of one of the MAGAts that have woken up. Different message, same level of class.
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u/sheikahstealth Jul 31 '26
I'm convinced that former Trumpers make some of the best anti-Trump protesters. Saw one at a rally this year in lifted pickup and upside-down flag honking enthusiastically along the route. That couple already had all the protest gear.
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u/ButtFucksRUs Jul 30 '26
There was a lifted truck in a Trader Joe's parking lot around me and it had two flags hanging off the back. All that I could read was "ICE" on one and "TRUMP" on the other as I passed by it on the way into the store.
I happened to leave at the same time as that person and, as they drove away, it was revealed that the flags said "FUCK ICE" and "FUCK TRUMP".So, yeah, you're right. I definitely associate trucks with conservatives.
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u/Katicflis1 Jul 30 '26
To be fair, the absolute largest two words among all visible words is
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u/Am094 Jul 30 '26
Tbh at a glance it did seem the opposite
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u/krush_groove Jul 30 '26
Any truck with multiple flags hanging off the back will instantly be initially perceived like any white dude wearing a red cap would be.
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u/krush_groove Jul 30 '26
I do like the red hats that say something like "Made Ya Look" but red hats are pretty much forever poisoned.
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u/FlyAirLari Jul 30 '26
Tbf, a Wings cap would identify you as a dumbass anyway
Regards,
dumbass wearing a Blackhawks jersey.
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u/k_bomb Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
It's a MAGA hat, but Larry David is intentionally wearing it so people won't want to be around him, not because he's pro-Trump.
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u/ollieperido Jul 30 '26
No, IIRC in this episode he didn't want to have lunch with the blue shirt guy, but instead of just saying that he is trying to save face by making him call off the lunch. Because of the MAGA hat
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u/bingcognito Jul 30 '26
Loved this episode. He also wore it to get out of a confrontation with a road raging biker.
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u/Reonlive420 Jul 30 '26
I cant even fathom the existence of such a man https://youtu.be/J04e6wC7iTM
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u/Shadpool Jul 30 '26
Fuck MAGA, but the only way they’re stopping me from repping my Red Wings cap is by prying it from my cold dead fingers.
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u/BMWbill Jul 30 '26
Agreed. My anti-MAGA sticker on the back of my pickup truck is the Columbia University sticker cuz my daughter goes to Columbia. Nobody ever confuses me for a Trump supporter!
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u/guy30000 Jul 30 '26
But you see this crazy behavior and assume it's a Trumper.
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u/Hot_Shot04 Jul 30 '26
I assume it's a former magat who finally figured out he got conned by a pedophile.
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u/mekamoari Jul 30 '26
I mean if you think about it, there's nothing preventing this cult of insane swinging over to the other side of the fence at some point in the future.
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u/UglyMcFugly Jul 30 '26
I've been saying for awhile that if the pardoned Jan 6ers decide to storm mar a lago it would be pretty awesome.
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u/cybercuzco Jul 30 '26
To be fair, he used to be pro-Trump until one of trumps policies affected him directly
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u/Inferiex Jul 30 '26
That may be the case, but I'll take anyone that turns away from Trump now. We need all the wins we can get to turn this country around.
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u/jrochkind Jul 30 '26
Bingo. If we're gonna win, we're gonna need a lot of people to change their mind. Driving em away from changing their mind is a sure route to fascism for the next few generations instead.
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u/Smallmyfunger Jul 30 '26
Agreed, plus it's easier to have meaningful conversations with someone coming from a place of common ground vs. political "enemy".
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u/elconquistador1985 Jul 30 '26
And then he decided "Ah have dis-here 5 way flag mount fer muh tow hitch, reckon Ah mightaswell use it".
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u/Pesty__Magician Jul 30 '26
There’s a Daniel Tosh joke about putting number stickers on your car. “It’s doesn’t really matter what’s written on them bc they only read one way….youre poor.”
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u/Terlis Jul 30 '26
This has always been the problem with anti-Trump stuff. “Trump” is always so large on flag/banner that a casual glance makes one think it’s pro-Trump. Really need to be FOR something instead of against Trump/Maga. Don’t even put them on the merchandise.
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u/Onespokeovertheline Jul 30 '26
I agree. We need to develop better anti-trump brand colors or patterns. Then it would be easier to signal our collective disgust and hatred for him. We deserve clearer resistance.
Maybe we can use orange and yellow somehow, to signify his fake ass skin and his cowardice.
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u/Kiff_S Jul 30 '26
At first glance on reddit that is what it seemed. Kind of like if they took a nazi flag and flipped the swastika to the proper Buddhist orientation, but keeping the harsh red and black color scheme
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u/Sweaty-Durian-892 Jul 30 '26
Is it legal to attach flags like that on a car?
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u/Neuchacho Jul 30 '26
Falls under "Eh". Biggest thing would be blocking the plate which this doesn't, but a particularly bitchy cop could make an argument for obscured vision.
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u/Sweaty-Durian-892 Jul 30 '26
I'm pretty sure that here in my country (northern EU) this would be illegal af, as with everything crazy and fun I see from the US 😁
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u/Aware-Locksmith8433 Jul 30 '26
Y but is the Confed flag still over his front porch?
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u/CaptScoobertDoobert Jul 30 '26
Especially to his supporters that are unable to read the other words
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u/popcultureretrofit Jul 30 '26
Like him or hate him, flying flags from your truck is just a bad look.
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u/pres465 Jul 30 '26
It screams: I need attention!!!
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u/independent_observe Jul 31 '26
Usually with a side of rolling coal , a lift kit, and truck nuts hanging from the hitch. Really odd that this truck has none of that.
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u/JThereseD Jul 30 '26
This! I find that the majority of Trump supporters who behave this way don’t even know anything about politics. They just repeat the same buzzwords they hear from people screaming on Fox News in their diatribes about illegal immigrants and communists taking over the country.
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u/midnightsbane04 Jul 30 '26
If you want to actually fly flags on your truck then the weird fan holder they're using is about the most useless. Should just have four flag bases in each corner for the truck bed. At least that way they're off the road, our of the the drivers rear mirror view, and doesn't look like an idiotic peacock.
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u/Greystone361 Jul 30 '26
And it looks just as tacky as if they were pro Trump flags.
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u/summon_pot_of_greed Jul 30 '26
Right, no one wants this road warrior garbage.
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u/gotBooched Jul 30 '26
Sometimes winning is ugly. Those ugly flags put Trump in office twice.
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u/summon_pot_of_greed Jul 30 '26
Both the flags and the votes are symptoms, not causes.
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u/Subject_Translator_7 Jul 30 '26
Someone in Winston-Salem North Carolina is driving around in their old pickup trick flying anti-Trump flags. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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u/perchancenewbie Jul 31 '26
Yeah none of these people get it lol.
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u/Subject_Translator_7 Jul 31 '26
It’s wild. To me, this seems like an early sign that the tide might be turning and I am loving that. I couldn’t give less of a fuck if it’s aesthetically pleasing.
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u/helicopterfortress Jul 30 '26
I have a pretty rural house and while most people in the area are normal, the Trump people are crazy, like 100s of flags, life-size cutouts of Trump, etc. One house even had a giant "F*GS FOR TRUMP" sign that looked custom made to me. I've been so tempted to go out in the middle of the night and replace some of these signs or flags with something identical but instead says something about choking on Trump's loose hairy nutsack (first draft). That or buy like a 5'x5' plot of land across from one of these houses just to plant a sign they would hate like "the guy across the street with the flags loves pedophiles"
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u/M-G Jul 30 '26
Yeah, I hate the whole flag thing, but it does provide hope that the type of person who is into it is making this statement.
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u/Electrical-Sun6267 Jul 30 '26
You know, it doesn't look any better when one of ours does it. But maybe MAGA can then begin to understand how ridiculous it looks.
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u/Pretty-Mention-7769 Jul 30 '26
He's speaking their language. Perhaps seeing a local critic will encourage some unhappy dumpers to reflect a little, and not feel like they'll be completely ostracized if they allow some acknowledgement of reality to skitter across their smooth brainpan.
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u/floog Jul 30 '26
What’s funny is MAGA will see all of those flags and say “Geeze, obviously that person is mentally unstable to not like someone so much” Completely oblivious to how crazy they look and how much crazier it is to have that level of crazy for a politician you like that is also such a crook. Wild times.
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u/Neuchacho Jul 30 '26
TrUmP DeRaNgEmEnT sYnDrOmE uttered unironically from people who defend him constantly but can't actually produce a single salient example of something he's actually improved.
Totally not a cult, though.
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u/SheepRoll Jul 30 '26
First thing is they need to able to read and identify that’s anti trump… if I were to come across this on the street the first thing come across my mind without reading is this must be another trump lunatics.
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u/LEEROY_MF_JENKINS Jul 30 '26
Flags say "Is he dead yet?" and depict a dog shitting on Trump's name, among others.
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u/sixmilesoldier Jul 30 '26
This strikes me as someone who was an adamant Trump supporter and then became anti-Trump...just using the same methods to show their stance.
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u/regoapps Jul 30 '26
He didn't care about all the bad policies and past/current crimes. He drew the line at $4 per gallon gas.
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u/knsaber Jul 30 '26
I saw a similar truck in my neighborhood recently and I started judging the driver as Pro Trump, then I read the flag at a stop light and got so confused what to think about the driver at that point.
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u/RadSocialistScum Jul 31 '26
I see that guy all the time. He’s rly nice and he always acknowledges you if you cheeer or honk.
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u/GlassCannon81 Jul 30 '26
This person is every bit as unhinged as their rabid maga counterpart, but their message is better.
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u/TonyAtNN Jul 30 '26
It's probably the same person, but he's mad that Trump's helping Israel, thus the Jews.
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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jul 30 '26
I still maintain this rule is undefeated-
If you have political bumper stickers on your car regardless of candidate, you're probably unbearable.
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u/SmartAlec13 Jul 30 '26
lol idk I do see one in my area sometimes that reads “This man ate my child!” And it’s a picture of Ted Cruz. I chuckle when I see it, though I guess I haven’t met the driver
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u/CelerMortis Jul 30 '26
shitty rule, anyone who has the balls to publicly express solidarity with minorities and the environment is cool and should be celebrated
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u/greg19735 Jul 30 '26
100%
we need people to stand up for their beliefs and for people. especially the people who have the ability to stand up for other people.
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u/chompythebeast Jul 30 '26
I dunno, taking this too seriously feels like just more of the white american "no politics or religion at dinner" shtick, impressed upon people so that they don't rock the boat and things don't really change.
I'll grant that it can be done a little obnoxiously sometimes, but when it is I usually get the impression that that's the point
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u/nesper Jul 30 '26
i think you can lower the bar to "if you buy political merchandise"
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u/greg19735 Jul 30 '26
I think it depends on your definition of political merchandise.
Like yeah, some people legit buy trump merchandise. but for every other politician those shirts and bumper stickers and such are given for donating the the platform.
And like, we're going to need people to support, endorse and spread new political platforms to get us out of this mess. if we rely on the mainstream media we're gonna get nowhere.
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u/Specific-Parsnip9001 Jul 30 '26
At least it's not pro any particular politician. Those are the most cringe. Becoming a walking advertisement on behalf of a politician is unbelievably pathetic. Being mad at a politician is much more understandable.
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u/MergenTheAler Jul 30 '26
What do you bet this same dude had pro trump flags flying 10 years ago?
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u/cheapbastardsinc Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
Eh, if I hadn't met him I'd think so too but he's really just a weird old biker named Rob who is really scornful of the president's morality and policy...not that Rob isn't coarse...and in need of a few firmware updates himself.
Source: I live near him.
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u/eeke1 Jul 30 '26
It's tacky and cringe. But if they used to be a trump supporter this might be the only thing they know so I'll take it.
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u/trakrad99 Jul 30 '26
I’ve noticed a lot of the Trump signs in what I call “MAGA Alley” in my area have come down. Hopefully that’s a good sign. <haha
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u/xT1TANx Jul 30 '26
They take them down to hide from the social backlash. They will still vote red blindly.
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u/jaygeezythreezy Jul 30 '26
I love this. My dad is a Trumper who lives in WS and it gives me hope that he might see this.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Log-111 Jul 30 '26
Wow, that’s like an Uno reverse card. Haha.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anti-Trump flags truck mounted going for the ride. It’s always pro-Trump folks.
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u/Weird_Jerk Jul 30 '26
More of this. I don't care if it's tacky or cringe or in bad taste. People always say that about the real protesters who go above and beyond. If everything was fine I might agree with you but we all need to rise up and be loud.
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u/NizTheWhiz Jul 31 '26
No matter what you are supporting, you look like an insane person when you do this
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u/FauxReal Jul 31 '26
FIghting insanity with insanity. It just might work.
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u/BreakImaginary1661 Aug 01 '26
What else is left? We’ve tried reason, facts, observations, historical evidence, literally everything that makes sense has failed.
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u/mike_sl Jul 30 '26
Progress
Drove through rural western MD and West Virginia this weekend and saw only 1 maga sign on a house. And 0 hats or shirts or truck flags.
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u/hoofglormuss Jul 30 '26
it's weird you really are seeing less and less of that stuff. this is like when bush crashed the economy so his supporters said they didn't like bush BUT NO WAY ARE WE GOING TO PAY TAXES LETS JOIN THE TEA PARTY OBAMA IS A MUSLIM SOCIALIST ALL DEMOCRATS DO IS RAISE TAXES AND GIVE OUR COUNTRY AWAY and then finally they found maga. wonder what the next astroturfed movement they'll gobble up so they can stay mad at democrats
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u/Alleged3443 Jul 30 '26
Traveled to Winston-Salem in the past, it is pretty liberal compared to a lot of the rest of the Carolinas
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u/mothzilla Jul 30 '26
I only have one way of talking to my neighbours and that's through flags and trucks.
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u/Curious-Sector-2157 Jul 30 '26
Finally! Plenty of I worship the ground my orange god walks on decorated trucks and yards.
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u/MostOfWhatILike Jul 30 '26
I'll take it and I don't care how it looks. If flag truck guys want to start voting correct- I am all for it.
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u/burnshimself Jul 30 '26
Just as dumb as driving around with pro-Trump flags hanging off the back of your truck if you ask me. A bumper sticker or yard sign, especially a vulgar one, has never swayed anyone’s opinion. This is some mix of vanity and a need for attention on the part of the driver. Feels performative and unserious.
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u/Falcon1625 Jul 30 '26
50 flags. Still 1 vote. Making politics this much of your personaility is not healthy
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u/YellowAggravating172 Jul 30 '26
As idiotic as any MAGA who flies pro-Trump flags on their truck.
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u/Expensive_Meal6280 Jul 30 '26
Aye, my old college stomping grounds. NC has little pockets of liberal towns and I love it
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u/TheMage18 Jul 30 '26
Makes me curious if the driver was flying the opposite back in 2023/2024/2025.
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u/realparkingbrake Jul 30 '26
That sort of display normally comes from the opposite end of the political spectrum. Maybe it's a former Trump supporter whose govt. job was killed off by DOGE.
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u/GabeNewellExperience Jul 31 '26
you can tell that this guy was definitely MAGA beforehand because only they would have flags like this.
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u/Optimal_Wear_878 Aug 01 '26
I’m so sick of seeing flags on peoples cars, it makes me nervous driving around them. Fuck Trump tho.
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u/Forward_Material616 Aug 02 '26
I mean, I agree with him, but it’s not necessary. Rage baiting people is never going to beneficial to your quality of life, even if you’re right.
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u/LandscapeNo775 Aug 02 '26
This isn’t speaking to us. This is speaking to current MAGA supporters questioning their cult support.
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u/dcole103107 Jul 30 '26
As much as i love the meaning behind all this. Im not sure if stooping to magas level is going to help. Magats clearly need attention, best to ignore them
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u/WarLawck Jul 30 '26
I'm not a fan of this sort of thing in general, but for the pickup truck flag wielding community, I'm happy they see an alternative manner to express themselves other than being MAGA
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u/Thetman38 Jul 30 '26
Maybe its supposed to be the point to get across to Trump voters that this looks stupid. That is really the only acceptable reason to look this tacky and probably unsafe.
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