mikeyp
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WTF now the Gadsden flag is racist and offensive? Anything remotely patriotic is being demonized
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-people-have-an-issue-with-chris-pratts-tshirt-142825294.html
Chris Pratt is facing criticism over a T-shirt he was pictured wearing featuring a controversial symbol.
The writing and snake combo on its own is depicted on the Gadsden flag; a symbol created by Christopher Gadsden, a Charleston-born brigadier general in the Continental Army.
It came to prominence during the Revolutionary War of the US by colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain.
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hunter harris
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https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055
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Although it is one of the symbols and flags used by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, over the years the flag has been adopted by Far Right political groups like the Tea Party, as well as gun-toting supporters of the Second Amendment.
It has therefore become a symbol of more conservative and far right individuals and, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the US, it also is “sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts.”
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Gadsden Flag came to prominence during the Revolutionary War
It’s why some people are critical of Pratt wearing a T-shirt featuring the Gadsden flag iconography.
Many have posted their feelings about it on Twitter.
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Amanda Clarke@akclarke_
https://twitter.com/akclarke_/status/1151129033989611520
Andy Dwyer would never wear a shirt emblazoned with a white supremacist dogwhistle. Chris Pratt is unequivocally the worst Chris. https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
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Tim Byrnes@timbyrnes89
https://twitter.com/timbyrnes89/status/1151121049347485696
I like him, but all these small things about his politics makes me wonder when he’ll say something transphobic, tank his career, and do the full heel-turn into a Fox commentator https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
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https://twitter.com/reyvillanelle/status/1151098389443907585
ellen page called him out and some of y'all didn't listen now look at this shit https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
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Jonathan Dean
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https://twitter.com/JonathanDean_/status/1151076313580679168
That’s everyone’s fave, Chris Pratt, wearing a snake logo recently associated with lads from the Tea Party to the depths of 4chan https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
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Although Pratt has not come out as a supporter of the Republican party it seems he shares conservative viewpoints on the gun lobby and is a member of the Hillsong Church which has been accused by ex-members as being homophobic.
The actor attends the Church with his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger who he married in early June.
Read more: Supergirl ditches the skirt in season 5
Onward in which he plays one of two two teenage elf brothers, alongside Tom Holland, who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left in the world." data-reactid="69" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Pratt has most recently been promoting the first trailer of Pixar’s new animation Onward in which he plays one of two two teenage elf brothers, alongside Tom Holland, who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left in the world.
Pratt is the voice of Barley Lightfoot and Holland his younger brother Ian in the film which hits cinemas March 2020.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-people-have-an-issue-with-chris-pratts-tshirt-142825294.html
Chris Pratt is facing criticism over a T-shirt he was pictured wearing featuring a controversial symbol.
The writing and snake combo on its own is depicted on the Gadsden flag; a symbol created by Christopher Gadsden, a Charleston-born brigadier general in the Continental Army.
It came to prominence during the Revolutionary War of the US by colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain.
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hunter harris
✔@hunteryharris
https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055
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4:33 PM - Jul 15, 2019
385 people are talking about this
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Although it is one of the symbols and flags used by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, over the years the flag has been adopted by Far Right political groups like the Tea Party, as well as gun-toting supporters of the Second Amendment.
It has therefore become a symbol of more conservative and far right individuals and, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the US, it also is “sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts.”
View photos
Gadsden Flag came to prominence during the Revolutionary War
It’s why some people are critical of Pratt wearing a T-shirt featuring the Gadsden flag iconography.
Many have posted their feelings about it on Twitter.
" data-reactid="61" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
Amanda Clarke@akclarke_
https://twitter.com/akclarke_/status/1151129033989611520
Andy Dwyer would never wear a shirt emblazoned with a white supremacist dogwhistle. Chris Pratt is unequivocally the worst Chris. https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
hunter harris
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Tim Byrnes@timbyrnes89
https://twitter.com/timbyrnes89/status/1151121049347485696
I like him, but all these small things about his politics makes me wonder when he’ll say something transphobic, tank his career, and do the full heel-turn into a Fox commentator https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
hunter harris
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uss butterscotch | st3 spoilers@reyvillanelle
https://twitter.com/reyvillanelle/status/1151098389443907585
ellen page called him out and some of y'all didn't listen now look at this shit https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
hunter harris
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Jonathan Dean
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https://twitter.com/JonathanDean_/status/1151076313580679168
That’s everyone’s fave, Chris Pratt, wearing a snake logo recently associated with lads from the Tea Party to the depths of 4chan https://twitter.com/hunteryharris/status/1150866021147906055 …
hunter harris
✔@hunteryharris
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6:29 AM - Jul 16, 2019
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Although Pratt has not come out as a supporter of the Republican party it seems he shares conservative viewpoints on the gun lobby and is a member of the Hillsong Church which has been accused by ex-members as being homophobic.
The actor attends the Church with his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger who he married in early June.
Read more: Supergirl ditches the skirt in season 5
Onward in which he plays one of two two teenage elf brothers, alongside Tom Holland, who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left in the world." data-reactid="69" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Pratt has most recently been promoting the first trailer of Pixar’s new animation Onward in which he plays one of two two teenage elf brothers, alongside Tom Holland, who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left in the world.
Pratt is the voice of Barley Lightfoot and Holland his younger brother Ian in the film which hits cinemas March 2020.