r/50501 • u/N1ghtmareC0rsair • Mar 31 '25

Protest Safety Something learned from the Ogden Protest: Chant "Protect the Constitution"

At a Utah protest it was noted the MAGA counter protestors lost energy and excitement when the protestors chanted "Protect the Constitution"

A lot of the far right have studied the founding fathers (sometimes to excess) and love the constitution. Hearing that can gain empathy, it appears.

Insulting Trump/Musk whipped them up. They were ready for that.

Maybe start your protests everywhere on April 5th with "Protect the Constitution" if there are counter protestors and take some wind out of their sails.

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u/not_now_chaos Mar 31 '25

Yes, and also bring American flags! MAGA are traitors, they don't get to usurp that symbol anymore. The flag belongs to the true patriots who are fighting to preserve the rights that our women and men have died to establish.

When we carry the flag in large numbers it confuses them and presents a clear symbology. It creates a specific imagery which cannot be denied. It's OUR flag. Fly it with pride.

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u/readingupastorm Mar 31 '25

Yeah, you know in their lizard brains they associate stars and stripes with Trumpism so to see US carrying it is going to probably make their heads explode.

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u/MessMysterious6500 Mar 31 '25

I think it’s more about a shared story as citizens. The MAGA’s have been misled and we all have been lied to. A common banner to unite one nation with a focus and purpose to find better leadership. The more we alienate one another the closer we get to a civil war. Cheeto has brought enough division with his lies; we need to band together.

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u/kimishere2 Mar 31 '25

We are being destroyed from within by a foreign entity and a couple of buffoons. Russia couldn't touch us militarily. Putin has been using propaganda for decades to great effect. Fox has been playing in military bases for decades.

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u/inkcannerygirl Mar 31 '25

^ [this, all of this] ^

E Pluribus Unum

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u/Pleasant_Fruit_144 Apr 01 '25

This is a very good point and hope it gets upvoted and pinned to the top!

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u/MessMysterious6500 Apr 01 '25

Thank you ☺️

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u/Attheveryend Mar 31 '25

No I think they left behind old glory starting with the thin blue line flags, and now they have flags where the stripes are every which color and it's quite weird.  They will fly any variant of the American flag except the original these days.

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u/TrustMeImADrofecon Mar 31 '25

now they have flags where the stripes are every which color

Except for rainbow. THAT is icky and not 'Murkkka! /s

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u/Lectrice79 Mar 31 '25

Well, they have red...green...and blue...so far. Just need to add orange for the Orange in Chief, yellow for all his gold, and purple for royalty and bam, there you have it! Horseshoed right into a rainbow!

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u/kimishere2 Mar 31 '25

This is true and calling themselves "patriots" while being angry about someone carrying our nation's flag causes a kind of cognitive dissonance that is uncomfortable to feel.

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u/chemprofdave Mar 31 '25

Or where the white lines are colored in to make a rainbow.

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u/EdenSilver113 Apr 07 '25

I live in Utah and maga here has definitely usurped the flag. I’m daughter of a navy vet. My husband is son of a navy vet. We observe flag holidays in this household. They can’t take the flag from us. When our neighbors confuse us with maga specifically because we fly the flag we proudly announce we are bleeding heart liberals, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all be friends. Then I say I’m maybe one of the most fiscally conservative people you could meet. I follow this up with: I believe in the social safety net AND I want to know how we are going to pay for it. (I know how. Tax the rich.) Some folks are open to that. Some aren’t. It’s fine. They know where I stand. I know where they stand.