Keep in mind this comes to us from the New York Times, whose editorial board member, Mara Gay, is the one who found it “just disturbing” to see dozens of American flags on Long Island:
"I was on Long Island this weekend … and I was really disturbed. I saw, you know, dozens & dozens of pickup trucks w/ expletives against Joe Biden … Trump flags, and in some cases, just dozens of American flags, which is also just disturbing"
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 8, 2021
Gay later complained she was being trolled by people tweeting her American flags, but Charlotte Clymer felt where she was coming from, saying that people who hoist a giant American flag on their car are probably racist.
Now the New York Times is on the case, and it just happens to be set in a Long Island town:
Today, flying the American flag from the back of a pickup truck or over a lawn is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person’s political affiliation in a deeply divided nation. https://t.co/TODmHEmPsO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 3, 2021
Did Mara Gay make you write this
— Typos of the New York Times (@nyttypos) July 3, 2021
One thing I will say for the Times is they really stand up for their dumber writers
— Typos of the New York Times (@nyttypos) July 3, 2021
The horror. pic.twitter.com/Jx1hpKIzpd
— George Alexopoulos 🇺🇲 (@GPrime85) July 3, 2021
you are seriously broken if you are making this choice to publish what are hopefully the worst ideas in your slack channel
— Jonathon Snyder (@JonathonSnyder) July 3, 2021
Boy that’s a lot of euphemisms for WHITE SUPREMACY there.@nytimes you’ve really outdone yourself. This headline and tweet could be its own Jeremy Peters column. I’m impressed you didn’t throw ‘populist’ in there for good measure 🙄
— Marla Hooch (@MarlaHooch1) July 3, 2021
I think America is in a race with Germany to see who will be the first to outright prohibit the display of their own national flag
— Bronus Swagner (@BronusSwagner) July 3, 2021
You are the absolute worst people in America today
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) July 3, 2021
You guys double down on your stupidity every time. It’s impressive!
— Brent (@brento76) July 3, 2021
Today, reading the Paper of Record in the back of an Uber Lux or while suspiciously watching your Mexican lawn guy is increasingly seen as a clue, an accurate one, to a person’s political affiliation in a deeply divided nation.
— 100 Proof 🥃 (@ChampionCapua) July 3, 2021
Today, believing the New York Times is a nonpartisan unbiased news source is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person's political affiliation in a deeply divided nation
Fixed it for ya.
— Nick B. (@Nickbok22) July 3, 2021
That says more about the people who perceive it as a “clue” than the person flying it….
— J O S E P H R E E D E R (@RevJSReeder) July 3, 2021
Political affiliation? You mean being American?
— RealAlexB (@alex114475) July 3, 2021
If this country’s flag or the celebration of its birthday bothers you then the problem is on you.
— Warren T. Carrigan (@WarrenCarrigan) July 3, 2021
There are two kinds of people in this country: people who love the American flag and what it stands for, and people who need to leave. https://t.co/Ov6Gb6PMwy
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 3, 2021
Only scum have a problem with the American flag. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/ozFlT7zVx0
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 3, 2021
Only a matter of time until they try to cancel the flag as a racist symbol
— Voter Fraud Is Real🇺🇸🇹🇼 (@BballMichael) July 3, 2021
They’re doing it now. A TIME writer did a piece in 2019 called, “How I Came to View the American Flag as a Threat.” And remember Colin Kaepernick getting Nike to cancel its Betsy Ross flag shoes?
Nike is yanking a sneaker featuring the "Betsy Ross flag" after Colin Kaepernick said he and others consider the symbol to be offensive https://t.co/eKVtPM6oTA
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 1, 2019
Related:
NYT editorial board member calls the 'dozens of American flags' she saw on Long Island 'just disturbing' https://t.co/5NtytZjXhw
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 8, 2021
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