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The GOP Twitter account tweeted, then deleted an image in celebration of U.S. Independence Day that appeared to erroneously feature the Liberian flag.

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[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh god it's not even emojis they fucked up. It's a whole-ass illustration

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

LMAO I really expected emojis, this is insane

[–] HunterBidensLapDog@infosec.pub 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And they're very triggered the woke are fact-shaming them.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Fact-shaming. That phrase is freaking perfect. I'm stealing it.

[–] ThatsTheTicket@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

fact-shaming is now in my vocab, thanks

[–] Arin@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

Flying confederate flags and Trump flags all the time they forgot what the USA flag looks like

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone else that didn’t necessarily want to scroll through the article but was wondering how far off the flag is:

[–] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The new marketing grad running their twitter must be trolling them. I can’t think of any other reason and I don’t want to believe people are that dumb/lazy.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You say erroneously, I say dog whistle. Slaves were repatriated there. It’s a troll, and not the first time they’ve done this, see CPAC nazi symbol in 2021

[–] kbity@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, this isn't an uncommon graphic design mistake, there's a whole subreddit for it. In this case it's far more likely to be a dumb mistake than an intentional dogwhistle like that suspiciously Odal rune shaped stage at CPAC may have been.

[–] BlondieBuff@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm OOTL. What dogwhistle stage are we talking about?

[–] kbity@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CPAC's stage in 2021 which looked like a Norse rune used by the Nazis.

[–] BlondieBuff@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yikes. Was it ever confirmed deliberate?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They would never admit to it if it was.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say that, but these are the same idiots that posted the "we're all domestic terrorists" to a signboard, so you never know...

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

See, to me, that is far less crafty and far more stupid. If this was an attempt to troll with a slavery dog whistle, that's far more subtle and they aren't subtle.

[–] kbity@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Not that I know of. The Odal rune is obscure enough to the average person that they have plausible deniability, so unless we find design documents or get a confession it's basically impossible to prove.

[–] pozbo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, when they arrived at the venue it was already in place.

/s

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity. They aren't that smart and they are very stupid.

[–] tekktrix@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should also never underestimate evil - that’s how they win.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not underestimating evil. I'm estimating intelligence. And they aren't that intelligent or crafty. Their evil is far more banal.

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

m not underestimating evil. I’m estimating intelligence. And they aren’t that intelligent or crafty.

This is textbook underestimating evil, friend. Don't confuse the stupid act they put on for their constituents with their actual intelligence.

These assholes are ivy league educated and have (successfully) shaped the republican party under them to engender the support of the dumbest among us and eliminate just about every trace of coherent thoughts. But just because that's their base doesn't mean the leadership is just as dumb.

Granted, you have real idiots like Ms Bowling Alley Flasher or I Can't Believe it's not Jewish Space Lasers, but a lot of the leadership is moral-less bottom feeders desperate for power and willing to sell away the country and our democracy for it.

Say what you will about the idiots running the republican party, but those fuckers got shit done. Here's hoping the democratic party can take a page from their book and finally get their shit together, but I won't hold my breath.

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember folks, these people like to (falsely) portray themselves as the patriotic party.

And the general public just eats that shit up.

[–] YouShutYoMouf@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're just posers. It's reminiscent of when the former guy told Liberty University students to open their bibles to "two Corinthians".

[–] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They are far worse than posers - they are straight-up traitors.

[–] Col3814444@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

At least it wasn’t Russian this time.

[–] wrath-sedan@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is made all the more hilarious by the fact that Liberia declared its independence from… the US.

EDIT: small correction as independence was technically declared from the private “American Colonization Society” which is somehow even worse

[–] tal@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ehhh. The US granted it independence.

EDIT: No, I guess not. It was never a US territory. I thought that it was a state initiative, but apparently it was a private one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Liberia

It is unclear whether or not Liberia was ever technically a colony at all. Unlike most other colonies in the 19th century, it had no charter and had no official allegiance or relationship with a sovereign nation.

I know that Lincoln supported the idea, but it looks like it was in the context of supporting a private initiative.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Is there anything that isn’t embarrassing about those clowns?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

At some ambiguous point, stupidity becomes malice; hence the banality of evil. That was my point. They are displaying what they are. Stop giving them the benefit of the doubt. Or, will you continue to question their intentions until the end?

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Pretty funny from a side who talks about how patriotic they are.

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

"No stupid, put the Nazi flag up AFTER Trump wins!"

[–] GiddyGap@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Aside from the gaffe, I really hate how Republican extremists have hijacked the American flag for their weird aganda. Time to take it back.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The party of idiocracy and authoritarian traitors.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When’s the last time you Googled a stock image of an American flag and found a Liberian one? Feign mistake, correct, repeat.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When was the last time you mistook the Liberian flag for the American flag?

[–] mainaccount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a bunch of incompetent degenerates... I mean "patriots".

[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Kill-billies!

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Gagging Obnoxious Pudknockers

[–] taanegl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Bro, do you even Murrica? Smh.

Bang, bang, eagle swoosh.

[–] gentleman@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

@L4s stupid and incompetent, or evil, or both

[–] thoro@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a bit funny and all, but this is basically the definition of a non story.

I'm sure there were actual news today.

[–] starlinguk@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's "cucumber season". Politicians are on recess.

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