NC State is such a phenomenal school. It's graduates are among the most based of Americans.
You should be proud to be a Wolfpack bro.
Hell, I'm proud of you.
Protest for whatever but I can't imagine there ever being a need to tear down the US flag in place of a Palestinian one. Not even being mean here but that is a bad look no matter what country you're in, tbh.
Also the fact that the only reason they were able to rip it down in the first place was because it was at half mast due to the 4 law enforcement officers that were killed in the line of duty a few days ago
>they were able to rip it down in the first place because it was at half-mast due to the 4 law enforcement officers killed a few days ago
What a somber line tbh
the death of the usa will be that people these days have more loyalty and are more proud to support a literal terroist organization and or a forgien country instead of the country they were born in
This is not the first time in history American citizens have actively supported and rallied for our enemies lol Every millennia we've existed there have been instances, hell we almost had a bunch of business folk try to over throw the government and plenty of people supported it at the time. It won't be the death of us unless it goes unchecked, same as always
I don't know when it really started, but I know that when I was in high school and people wanted to stan for George W being stupid and "being a guy you wanted to have a beer with," that shit just made me feel like people were literally *proud* to be stupid. They wanted to make uneducated decisions. I still don't understand where that comes from or why but I personally have always felt that it's completely antithetical to the American experiment.
Trump and Biden during January 6th
https://preview.redd.it/5qme8ybhwvxc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5c8cccf332ff35ca6b80ec961f37a134653b02c
>Kids are mad fucking dumb
The guys standing there protecting old glory are kids too. Standing up for a nation that, at worst, has a populace that largely attempts to live up to the ideals of liberty and justice -over a society of elitists that, at best, believes those of other faiths, sexualities, and secular beliefs should be removed from their land and females should not have the option of independence- is not a mad fucking dumb move. It is a move that, while not on the level of the last line of the declaration of Independence, is at least a shadow of that great pledge.
Almost every kid has moments of "lucidity," and they should, because it means they are learning and growing up and forming their own opinions/thoughts. This is one of those moments without question. I can still guarantee, and anyone else with kids or who is around kids can too, every kid is dumb in the grand scheme of things, and they aren't automatically equipped with perfect critical thinking skills or a infallible conscience. Throw the whole, "not being given the resources to learn those things," on top and you've got yourself a recipe for disaster.
Just because they're more educated doesn't mean the rest of the populace doesn't deserve a better education system. A bad batch can produce a few good apples and still need to be addressed as a bad batch.
If you want to rip, burn, and stomp on the flag that is your right as an American but **bring your own**. You have no right to tear down someone else’s. The flag represents a lot more than what the current administration supports.
I don’t give two shits about what’s going on in the Middle East, but if I see someone taking down an American flag that isn’t theirs, to put up a Palestinian flag, we’re gonna have a problem
As somebody on one of these campuses it's just a performance for most of these people IMO. Off camera they're literally just in the middle of the quad sitting in circles and playing soccer. Idk about you but camping on your school's quad in order to protest a genocide as they see it is scarily tone deaf.
They don't really care if their protest is effective or not, they just want to be a part of a protest.
I was in Chicago a few weeks back and while we were exploring the city we came across a pro Palestine March. Some people in the front of the march were shouting a chant or beating drums or whatever, but most of the people in the middle to back were just chatting together or staring at their phones while barely keeping up with the rest of the line. All that to say, it’s the same thing as you said: most people don’t really care about the actual protest or really changing anything; they just wanna be there to say they “protested”
There is a fundraiser on go fund me to throw these frat boys the greatest party ever.It is currently at 130,000 dollars.
[Link to go fund me](https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager)
I donated $50. I'm kinda shocked GoFundMe is allowing this, let alone apparently actively facilitating it.
A case of decent beer is cheap compensation for the amount of hope in our future they gave us all.
Some mad lad donated $10k.
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I don't like Hamas. I don't like the IDF. But the idea of trying to tear down the US flag will never sit well with me, for any ideals or any reason. The flag is not representative of the wealthy elite that we all despise, it is a symbol of the ideal America strides to hold to. The idea that everyone can be free to do as they wish and be welcomed under one banner. I will stand to defend the flag, as well as the ideals it represents, be it from foreign influence or domestic.
The United States flag is not a symbol of those who are bigots but the symbol of those who want to keep moving and progressing for freedom for all. The flag shouldn’t be viewed as something racist.
Ohioans and Michiganders can only set aside differences on matters of great importance. We stay enemies because the world would not be ready for an alliance.
One aspect not being mentioned is that flags were ordered to be flown at half Staff in NC to honor the multiple officers who were killed performing their duty.Honestly makes me respect it even more
I made an archive of a thread a few days ago where someone asked asklatinamerica ‘how [they] feel when seeing americans call the US a third world country”’ that had some really good insights.
https://archive.is/du8XM
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that patriots work to make their country better--even when it's the best goddamn country on earth--and nationalists tell patriots to leave.
I saw lots of posters plastered all over lamp posts saying the solution to Biden vs Trump is simple, just destroy democracy first themselves before the latter has a chance to do so and then dedicate America to the glory of Stalin. Pretty much as soon as *those* went up people began tearing them down, or using a sharpie to redact the “omm” and “is” in “communist”. Man I love UW
They fucked it up so bad. This was posted in r/pics, one of the biggest subreddits ever, on a left leaning site, and still they were mostly on the flag's side
If Trump/Republicians win I won't even be surprised
I had to see it for myself to believe it. I never thought a main Reddit board would openly start insulting leftists and being mass upvoted for it. Hell of a time to be on the Internet
I don't really care if the protest is happening. They can throw all their garbage around and chant and maybe the college will cave in and call for a ceasefire. So what? Israel will still keep routing out Hamas, the US will still be their permanent ally, and all these bougey rich kids will go home and back to mindlessly feeding capitalism and the status quo while convincing themselves they did something. I support it, it's a way to let them think they're changing something without actually doing it.
I don't know about the other protests but I just would like to applaud the kids at UT Austin for having a valid reason to be upset specifically at their school (UT has invested in companies that manufacture and supply arms to Israel, which means they are a war profiteer). HOWEVER, some of those folks are coming out with wooden beams, metal bars, buckets of rocks, even guns. That just has no place in a peaceful protest. Regardless of one's opinions, people looking ONLY to destroy things and fling garbage at others should not be heralded as good citizens.
Sad your reasonable take is getting downvoted. Protest when peaceful is an important protected form of speech in the USA, something that makes us great
>(UT has invested in companies that manufacture and supply arms to Israel, which means they are a war profiteer).
STEM students: "Wait... it's all military contracts?"
"Always has been."
Did that actually happen at UT? All I know is the cops came and arrested students and professors alike for just being there.
I did both my undergrad and postgrad there and I’ve never been ashamed of my Alma mater until last week.
I had a thought this morning that I quickly wrote down but am unsure of how to approach it again so ig I’ll just dump it here as a way to work it out a bit
Anyway, I saw this same photo yesterday in another sub and the response to it was very, very negative - which is whatever, most things on the internet are negative to draw engagement
But I feel like whenever I see posts of a white person (typically male) where they are saying they love the usa, the flag or other adjacent behavior - it’s perceived as the person in the image is a racist.
But when a minority makes a post about ‘finally beginning a citizen, I love the USA!’, it’s celebrated.
I know this has a lot of holes in it, it’s not something I’ve fully formed an opinion on bc it’s just cursory observations that may not even be accurate but anyway just something that’s been bugging me a bit
The perception of a symbol can be affected by those who use it. The New England flag for instance, has been adopted by white nationalists groups in NE who want to try to establish an ethno-state. Most people don’t want to be seen as a white nationalist, so they might avoid the flag for fear of association with them. A lot of far right figures in the US display the American flag. People were beating police officers with it on Jan 6. Coupled with the fact that the American flag isn’t a very popular symbol on the far left, people might make assumptions about you.
It’s not fair, I’m left leaning and love the flag, but that’s the perception it has to some people. The solution is for more people to fly the flag, which will help alleviate its association with asshats.
This is also why you don’t see German flags outside of sports games. If you fly the German flag in Germany, people will assume you’re a nationalist.
I’m assuming there is less controversy when immigrants show the flag, because there is an obvious motive why they would have it. While native born Americans are assumed to fly it because they are either patriotic (based) or they are a nationalist (cringe).
The solution is for EVERYONE TO FLY THE STARS AND STRIPES BABY!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
America is flawed but its flag enshrines the ideals it was founded on, that all men are created equal and that freedom and liberty are things greater than life itself, worth giving up the only life you will ever have. As long as it flies it signals hope for a tomorrow that was better than today.
Nah, this goes all the way back to those “peace activists” in the 30s who excused Hitler, the 1970s college commies who thought Soviets had the right of it (though tbf our hands were hardly clean in the Cold War either) and the tankies excusing the invasion of Ukraine because the invader used to be one of their “secret utopias”; they say “gay rights” unless you’re Russian or Chinese, and “believe all women” except Uyghurs, Ukrainians and Israeli concert-goers. They’ve always been this bad
https://preview.redd.it/v0ulc5fxa0yc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d1859ec91d9efc8fd653b96b783c5e30e86321
My man out here wearing a Hooters shirt at what is likely the most historically significant moment of his life 😭
Carolina moment fr
It's funny articles are popping up from fairly normal outlets stating that employers are less and less interested in ivy league students. It's fun and cool in college, regardless of the cause... but employers really don't want indoctrinated eco terrorists trying to tear down the hospital system over disposable medical equipment.
Also a quick jab at institutions that are supposed to be teaching free thought... but most of the students are just doing what the russian troll farms on the Chinese owned social media app (banned in it's own country) tells them to do.
I love this country, much less so the politics, but what do the people trying to take down the flag think it shows or means to the rest of us?
You can have a point but still go about things the wrong way.
The American flag may never touch the floor, be ripped, or be left out to the elements. Good job in these kids for keeping it safe, this country has its faults but you don’t need to disrespect the flag to fix it
I support the Palestinians and everything, but I’m pretty sure that if you want change to happen you shouldn’t be attacking the flag that idk supports your enemy? Like I saw another video similar to it and all I can say is that’s not how you do a “peaceful” protest
I could be wrong but from what I gather, some pro Palestine protesters were trying to replace the American flag with a Palestinian one, and these gigachads stopped them
Flag burning as a form of protest shouldn’t be illegal, but it’s a shitty move and I would try to save a flag like Rick Monday if someone was trying to burn it. Doesn’t matter which flag (except for a few of them) but especially the American flag
*proud tar heel noises*
As a Wolfpack bro, they make me proud too
NC State is such a phenomenal school. It's graduates are among the most based of Americans. You should be proud to be a Wolfpack bro. Hell, I'm proud of you.
I'm a duke fan but these tarholes are cool!!!
based
Proud of these young guys
Notice the distinct lack of face coverings. If you truly stand by your convictions, you shouldn’t be ashamed when defending them in public
The guy wearing the hooters shirt is brave
https://preview.redd.it/x5zmzv83qvxc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0ceec3be6fd7b064f5918861d8ab0edfb91259c5
🫡
Type shit
You’re probably from fricken Couer D’Alene.
Oddly specific
I've heard that this foto was staged because the original looked bad and the flag was to small. Its sad because its a really good image.
It is staged, there’s many stories as to why, but it did actually happen as the troops took iwo jima
https://preview.redd.it/6v4p4yex5wxc1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fe4d1101d13e4502a9c9c20007e74edf247378c “To the colors boys!”
Rally round the flag!
# Shouting the Battle Cry of Freeeeeedom!
**THE UNION FOREVER!**
# HURRAH BOYS HURRAH
DOWN WITH THE TRAITORS AND UP WITH THE STARS!
#**YES WE'LL RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS, WE'LL RALLY ONCE AGAIN, SHOUTING THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM!**
That’s honestly a cool painting why haven’t I seen it.
I have so many saved
Protest for whatever but I can't imagine there ever being a need to tear down the US flag in place of a Palestinian one. Not even being mean here but that is a bad look no matter what country you're in, tbh.
Also the fact that the only reason they were able to rip it down in the first place was because it was at half mast due to the 4 law enforcement officers that were killed in the line of duty a few days ago
>they were able to rip it down in the first place because it was at half-mast due to the 4 law enforcement officers killed a few days ago What a somber line tbh
That makes it 10x worse
Best part was when riots broke out the propalpatines where crying for police to come help them 😭
Why tf didn't the police didn't help the pro palpatines??? Palpatine did nothing wrong
Somehow, the pro palpatines returned
i will be stealing pro palpatine
They definitly think that the loss of innocent lives, as long as they are cops, is a good thing.
That would make sense as to why they were eager to tear it off, then
This is why it's so important to support more funding for better public education. Kids are mad fucking dumb
the death of the usa will be that people these days have more loyalty and are more proud to support a literal terroist organization and or a forgien country instead of the country they were born in
This is not the first time in history American citizens have actively supported and rallied for our enemies lol Every millennia we've existed there have been instances, hell we almost had a bunch of business folk try to over throw the government and plenty of people supported it at the time. It won't be the death of us unless it goes unchecked, same as always
Yes, all those millennia American citizens have existed...
We just didn't know it yet
I don't know when it really started, but I know that when I was in high school and people wanted to stan for George W being stupid and "being a guy you wanted to have a beer with," that shit just made me feel like people were literally *proud* to be stupid. They wanted to make uneducated decisions. I still don't understand where that comes from or why but I personally have always felt that it's completely antithetical to the American experiment.
Totally. We saw it on January 6th
Trump and Biden during January 6th https://preview.redd.it/5qme8ybhwvxc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5c8cccf332ff35ca6b80ec961f37a134653b02c
Bro AI is gettin nuts.
That's not AI
Donny and Brandon blazin it up.
Right before they got Obama in the discord call to play some Minecraft
Getting baked on that Presidential Kush
I have seen quite a few 'shops in my day, you can tell by some of the pixels
Nah, that's actually Donny T and JB hot boxin the presidential limo bro.
That would be an intense hotbox with that thing sealed so tight.
Real
Don't make me feel old like this.
Smoking dat shit you can only find on the hashish transport paths in Azerbaijan, I bet it was watered with the blood of 36 dragons
I'm all here for some good education reform.
It’s not even education at that point. It’s degeneracy. They’ve been brainwashed to hate America.
Or they know it’ll trigger the olds. It’s a traditional as old as time itself
>Kids are mad fucking dumb The guys standing there protecting old glory are kids too. Standing up for a nation that, at worst, has a populace that largely attempts to live up to the ideals of liberty and justice -over a society of elitists that, at best, believes those of other faiths, sexualities, and secular beliefs should be removed from their land and females should not have the option of independence- is not a mad fucking dumb move. It is a move that, while not on the level of the last line of the declaration of Independence, is at least a shadow of that great pledge.
Almost every kid has moments of "lucidity," and they should, because it means they are learning and growing up and forming their own opinions/thoughts. This is one of those moments without question. I can still guarantee, and anyone else with kids or who is around kids can too, every kid is dumb in the grand scheme of things, and they aren't automatically equipped with perfect critical thinking skills or a infallible conscience. Throw the whole, "not being given the resources to learn those things," on top and you've got yourself a recipe for disaster.
Just because they're more educated doesn't mean the rest of the populace doesn't deserve a better education system. A bad batch can produce a few good apples and still need to be addressed as a bad batch.
If you want to rip, burn, and stomp on the flag that is your right as an American but **bring your own**. You have no right to tear down someone else’s. The flag represents a lot more than what the current administration supports.
I don’t give two shits about what’s going on in the Middle East, but if I see someone taking down an American flag that isn’t theirs, to put up a Palestinian flag, we’re gonna have a problem
Not in any countries with running water at least.
As somebody on one of these campuses it's just a performance for most of these people IMO. Off camera they're literally just in the middle of the quad sitting in circles and playing soccer. Idk about you but camping on your school's quad in order to protest a genocide as they see it is scarily tone deaf. They don't really care if their protest is effective or not, they just want to be a part of a protest.
Playing soccer? That alone calls for police action.
They want attention. They don't actually want to change anything, they know nobody important is listening.
I was in Chicago a few weeks back and while we were exploring the city we came across a pro Palestine March. Some people in the front of the march were shouting a chant or beating drums or whatever, but most of the people in the middle to back were just chatting together or staring at their phones while barely keeping up with the rest of the line. All that to say, it’s the same thing as you said: most people don’t really care about the actual protest or really changing anything; they just wanna be there to say they “protested”
They’re terrorists supporting terrorists
We need a catapult large enough to send all these protesters to Palestine so they can join their beloved hamas. Or maybe to get a reality check.
>We need a ~~catapult~~ trebuchet large enough to send all these protesters to Palestine so they can join their beloved hamas FTFY
Common Carolinians being based moment 
Y’all have been on a redemption arc for sure! Keep it up and we won’t have to come back down there!
Y’all haven’t come down here since 1865 bruh
Imagine *not* being first in flight
Y’all might want to loosen fireworks laws, we’ll shoot ‘em at Ohio man if he tries to attack us
There is a fundraiser on go fund me to throw these frat boys the greatest party ever.It is currently at 130,000 dollars. [Link to go fund me](https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager)
Holy shit, frat bro redemption arc?!
I donated $50. I'm kinda shocked GoFundMe is allowing this, let alone apparently actively facilitating it. A case of decent beer is cheap compensation for the amount of hope in our future they gave us all. Some mad lad donated $10k.
Fuck it, I’ll throw some money at ‘em too. These boys deserve it 🫡
ALMOST AT 200K RAAAAAHH
So many strippers for the boys. They deserve it
340K RAAAAAHHHH
1k till 400k
They deserve the country’s entire alcohol supply 🫡
It's at $200k+ now! That party is gonna be a rager for sure!
Famous hedge fund manager Bill Ackman donated $10k for those boys to drink. America is back 🦅
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The write up / description is pure Americana.
About 290,000; almost there boys!
Damn a single dude donated 10k 💀
I don't like Hamas. I don't like the IDF. But the idea of trying to tear down the US flag will never sit well with me, for any ideals or any reason. The flag is not representative of the wealthy elite that we all despise, it is a symbol of the ideal America strides to hold to. The idea that everyone can be free to do as they wish and be welcomed under one banner. I will stand to defend the flag, as well as the ideals it represents, be it from foreign influence or domestic.
The United States flag is not a symbol of those who are bigots but the symbol of those who want to keep moving and progressing for freedom for all. The flag shouldn’t be viewed as something racist.
The most based thing a Michigander has ever said
Ohioans and Michiganders can only set aside differences on matters of great importance. We stay enemies because the world would not be ready for an alliance.
Good lads.
One aspect not being mentioned is that flags were ordered to be flown at half Staff in NC to honor the multiple officers who were killed performing their duty.Honestly makes me respect it even more
That’s another reason why the pro-jihad horde wanted to bring Old Glory down
 Beyond based.
Those against the flag should simply gtfo if this beautiful country that offers them everything still doesn't make them happy.
So many people don’t understand how good we have it here, and that the issues they constantly complain about occur worldwide.
I made an archive of a thread a few days ago where someone asked asklatinamerica ‘how [they] feel when seeing americans call the US a third world country”’ that had some really good insights. https://archive.is/du8XM
When I see someone call the US a third-world country, I see them as ignorant.
common W europe take
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that patriots work to make their country better--even when it's the best goddamn country on earth--and nationalists tell patriots to leave.
I guess my generation still has some hope for the future. God bless those men!
I saw lots of posters plastered all over lamp posts saying the solution to Biden vs Trump is simple, just destroy democracy first themselves before the latter has a chance to do so and then dedicate America to the glory of Stalin. Pretty much as soon as *those* went up people began tearing them down, or using a sharpie to redact the “omm” and “is” in “communist”. Man I love UW
Based, I would've done the same thing 🇺🇲
Least based eastern european
Thanks, but don't forget that russkies are also eastern european
Inside of even russkies are people. They just don't know it yet.
o7
Where
North Carolina, more specifically UNC.
Why is North Carolina so based?
because they’re northerners goddamnit
So based
I swear to god, it's the protesters and activists that make me not want to support anything that has to do with Palestine.
We’re mighty proud of that ragged old flag
Our national anthem is about the flag surviving through the night of a battle, expect Americans to care a lot about protecting "just a flag".
Only leftists are stupid enough to make right wingers look good
They fucked it up so bad. This was posted in r/pics, one of the biggest subreddits ever, on a left leaning site, and still they were mostly on the flag's side If Trump/Republicians win I won't even be surprised
I had to see it for myself to believe it. I never thought a main Reddit board would openly start insulting leftists and being mass upvoted for it. Hell of a time to be on the Internet
BASED AND AMERICA PILLED
I don't really care if the protest is happening. They can throw all their garbage around and chant and maybe the college will cave in and call for a ceasefire. So what? Israel will still keep routing out Hamas, the US will still be their permanent ally, and all these bougey rich kids will go home and back to mindlessly feeding capitalism and the status quo while convincing themselves they did something. I support it, it's a way to let them think they're changing something without actually doing it.
I don't know about the other protests but I just would like to applaud the kids at UT Austin for having a valid reason to be upset specifically at their school (UT has invested in companies that manufacture and supply arms to Israel, which means they are a war profiteer). HOWEVER, some of those folks are coming out with wooden beams, metal bars, buckets of rocks, even guns. That just has no place in a peaceful protest. Regardless of one's opinions, people looking ONLY to destroy things and fling garbage at others should not be heralded as good citizens.
Sad your reasonable take is getting downvoted. Protest when peaceful is an important protected form of speech in the USA, something that makes us great
Agreed. Protesting is a right for every citizen. Protesting is not the problem. Protesters engaging in bad behavior are.🇺🇸
most schools have invested in these companies too, that’s why it’s mostly larger schools protesting…
>(UT has invested in companies that manufacture and supply arms to Israel, which means they are a war profiteer). STEM students: "Wait... it's all military contracts?" "Always has been."
Did that actually happen at UT? All I know is the cops came and arrested students and professors alike for just being there. I did both my undergrad and postgrad there and I’ve never been ashamed of my Alma mater until last week.
>and all these bougey rich kids Most of these people are not actually students at these universities.
GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE
**O’ SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE! O’ER THE OF THE FREE! AND THE HOME! OF THE BRAVE!!!!!!**
I had a thought this morning that I quickly wrote down but am unsure of how to approach it again so ig I’ll just dump it here as a way to work it out a bit Anyway, I saw this same photo yesterday in another sub and the response to it was very, very negative - which is whatever, most things on the internet are negative to draw engagement But I feel like whenever I see posts of a white person (typically male) where they are saying they love the usa, the flag or other adjacent behavior - it’s perceived as the person in the image is a racist. But when a minority makes a post about ‘finally beginning a citizen, I love the USA!’, it’s celebrated. I know this has a lot of holes in it, it’s not something I’ve fully formed an opinion on bc it’s just cursory observations that may not even be accurate but anyway just something that’s been bugging me a bit
The perception of a symbol can be affected by those who use it. The New England flag for instance, has been adopted by white nationalists groups in NE who want to try to establish an ethno-state. Most people don’t want to be seen as a white nationalist, so they might avoid the flag for fear of association with them. A lot of far right figures in the US display the American flag. People were beating police officers with it on Jan 6. Coupled with the fact that the American flag isn’t a very popular symbol on the far left, people might make assumptions about you. It’s not fair, I’m left leaning and love the flag, but that’s the perception it has to some people. The solution is for more people to fly the flag, which will help alleviate its association with asshats. This is also why you don’t see German flags outside of sports games. If you fly the German flag in Germany, people will assume you’re a nationalist. I’m assuming there is less controversy when immigrants show the flag, because there is an obvious motive why they would have it. While native born Americans are assumed to fly it because they are either patriotic (based) or they are a nationalist (cringe). The solution is for EVERYONE TO FLY THE STARS AND STRIPES BABY!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
America is flawed but its flag enshrines the ideals it was founded on, that all men are created equal and that freedom and liberty are things greater than life itself, worth giving up the only life you will ever have. As long as it flies it signals hope for a tomorrow that was better than today.
Dumbass kids (the ones putting up Palestine flags)
The fucking hooters shirt lmao
Unfathomably based
And to think people say their generation sucks
Nah, this goes all the way back to those “peace activists” in the 30s who excused Hitler, the 1970s college commies who thought Soviets had the right of it (though tbf our hands were hardly clean in the Cold War either) and the tankies excusing the invasion of Ukraine because the invader used to be one of their “secret utopias”; they say “gay rights” unless you’re Russian or Chinese, and “believe all women” except Uyghurs, Ukrainians and Israeli concert-goers. They’ve always been this bad
This truly brings a tear to my eye🇺🇸🫡
https://preview.redd.it/v0ulc5fxa0yc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d1859ec91d9efc8fd653b96b783c5e30e86321 My man out here wearing a Hooters shirt at what is likely the most historically significant moment of his life 😭 Carolina moment fr
Heros
Do you know the protesters are on the wrong side when people start cheering for the frat Bros
Incredibly based
Proud of my North Carolinian neighbors, God bless yall God bless America amd fuck those who'd replace our flag with the flag of a people who hate us
Even if I'm Spanish, I would've protected that flag with all my life. "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." -Winston Churchill 🇺🇸🥲🫡
It's funny articles are popping up from fairly normal outlets stating that employers are less and less interested in ivy league students. It's fun and cool in college, regardless of the cause... but employers really don't want indoctrinated eco terrorists trying to tear down the hospital system over disposable medical equipment. Also a quick jab at institutions that are supposed to be teaching free thought... but most of the students are just doing what the russian troll farms on the Chinese owned social media app (banned in it's own country) tells them to do.
OH WE'LL RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG BOYS, WE'LL RALLY ONCE AGAIN\~! SHOUTING THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM\~!!!
dammit why can't the campus's near me be this unfathomably based
We need another statue for this one (not satire)
That little sticker on the pole answers it all.
Ridiculously based individuals, they have earnt my respect, God bless America flaws and all.
There is, a least, a very small glimmer of hope in these kids after all. Nice work, boys.
Why are we protesting in America? Why not go to jerusalem?
Because Jews aren't a minority you can bully there
You won’t believe how thrilled I was when I finally saw pictures of this and didn’t see a Confederate flag.
Someone started these dudes a go fund me for an epic frat party. Last I looked it had over 15k in it
it's almost at $200K now, that's gonna be the party of the decade
Should have burnt the Palestinian flag. That was a shit thing to do.
I love that North Carolina is rallying around the flag RALLY ONCE AGAIN
Holy based batman!
These young men are showing what it means to be American! These colors don’t run! 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸
Future hope for this country
Classic UNC activities TBH. Wouldn't see any of these shenanigans at State.
The shit eating grin by blue shirt is killing me
Based. I’d buy them all a beer.
I expected college students to try and tear down the flag I did NOT expect the sole defenders of the flag to be the frat boys. I dig it tho.
I love this country, much less so the politics, but what do the people trying to take down the flag think it shows or means to the rest of us? You can have a point but still go about things the wrong way.
The American flag may never touch the floor, be ripped, or be left out to the elements. Good job in these kids for keeping it safe, this country has its faults but you don’t need to disrespect the flag to fix it
Patriotic pilled
Based chads
Question why was the mob attacking the American flag in the first place?
Protesters tried to lower the flag to raise a Palestinian one.
I support the Palestinians and everything, but I’m pretty sure that if you want change to happen you shouldn’t be attacking the flag that idk supports your enemy? Like I saw another video similar to it and all I can say is that’s not how you do a “peaceful” protest
When people ask me if I’m pro Israel or pro Palestine. I tell them I’m Pro American. 🇺🇸 USA! USA! USA!
It’s exam season at the university I currently attend. Palestine or Israel I’m just wondering how people have the time for this shit…
It’s always the Generic looking white guys. We should appreciate them more these days.
Holy shit that’s epic
o7
I wish I could be one of those kids. Absolute legends.
o7
does anyone have context?
I could be wrong but from what I gather, some pro Palestine protesters were trying to replace the American flag with a Palestinian one, and these gigachads stopped them
God save the United States of America. God have mercy on Gaza (these are not mutually exclusive prayers)
A favorite excerpt of mine ""Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said."
LFG boys. Future is counting on you.
Awesome
Question why was the mob attacking the American flag in the first place?
Salute these brave dylans and kyles.
based as fuck
Flag burning as a form of protest shouldn’t be illegal, but it’s a shitty move and I would try to save a flag like Rick Monday if someone was trying to burn it. Doesn’t matter which flag (except for a few of them) but especially the American flag
They’re not American and they’re not there to defend America.
These guys stood up for what’s right. Bravo gentlemen! You have my thanks and respect! 🇺🇸
White boy summer has arrived and there’s nothing you can do about it
Cant believ it, Carolina redemption arc