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Unlike elon, we don't delete free speech.
I found all of the book compelling reading, but the chapters I found most interesting were the ones on how the comic book character The Punisher's symbol has been adopted by militant second amendment types with Disney's acquiescence, the anti-Joe Biden flags (whatever happens tonight will at least result in us being free of that disaster soon), and the flags manufacturers possibly being linked to a subtle Chinese attack on America. As Randall concludes, "These flags are cheaply made, easy to buy, and seemingly everywhere. If any Chinese import should have a heavy tariff (a burden that ultimately rests on the buyer), it should be this shit. There’s nothing patriotic about buying desecrated U.S. flags from a hostile nation that uses buyer data to further inflame American politics."
"The risk I’m taking now, however, is altogether different — although I’m not being personally confrontational when accosted or wrongly accused of something. I know what I’m doing, I try to understand the people who are certain to be upset — even as they display the very flags I’m photographing — and I’m willing to stay the course. I’ve been threatened, harassed by cops, and even shot at as I took the images for this book. I won’t be deterred, and if something happens because someone wants to physically attempt to prevent me from documenting these flags and exercising my First Amendment rights, then that’s the risk I’m willing to take."
