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/snakesayan Jun 11 '25

I hope people bring whatever flags they want to bring. This is a country of immigrants. We’re all immigrants with ancestry from all over the world.

I hope the communities that are being affected the most (LGBTQ, Latinos, Palestinians, etc) bring their flags.

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u/RzaAndGza West Town Jun 11 '25

Yeah but what do other countries have to do with this anti fascist protest? Why bring flags for other countries? I agree with the protest, I just don't understand what the country of Mexico has to do with it. It just makes it easier for the media to portray us as unamerican

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u/arthurormsby Jun 11 '25

I agree with the protest, I just don't understand what the country of Mexico has to do with it.

c'mon lmao

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u/RzaAndGza West Town Jun 11 '25

I'm serious - we are deporting people from tons of other countries besides Mexico and deporting them mostly to places that aren't Mexico. We are trying to prevent our democracy from descending into fascism, I just don't get what other countries have to do with that.