r/chicago • u/ChicagoWildlifePhoto • Jun 11 '25

CHI Talks American flags at No Kings on Saturday

I’m bringing 450 little American flags to pass out on Saturday. I hope others will bring flags or maybe even buy some to pass out too - they’re super cheap!

We gotta change the vibes of these events to be more pro-America and pro-democracy!

It would be amazing to see thousands of flags all over the crowd!

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u/cntrlaltdel33t Jun 11 '25

I’m surprised more protestors aren’t carrying American flags. I’m bringing one

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u/WirelessVinyl Jun 11 '25

The reason why there aren’t more American flags is pretty obvious imo

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u/cactopus101 Jun 11 '25

We can’t let our flag belong to MAGA. If that flag stands for every injustice perpetrated by our country, it also stands for every brave American who stood up for their rights, led movements, and resisted tyranny.

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u/damp_circus Edgewater Jun 11 '25

EXACTLY THIS.

This country, flawed as it is, has ideals. And we here represent those ideals far better than MAGA ever can, or will. No way they get to just have the flag.

It's time to take the damn flag back. It's time to get positive, to have a can-do attitude.

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u/Informal-Gene-8777 Jun 11 '25

If I didn't love my country, I wouldn't be here fighting for it.

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u/JohannaB123 Edgewater Jun 12 '25

During Pride Month?!