▲ 341 ▼ Republican Party ridiculed after tweeting wrong flag for Fourth of July (www.newsweek.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [B] to c/politics@lemmy.world 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments The GOP Twitter account tweeted, then deleted an image in celebration of U.S. Independence Day that appeared to erroneously feature the Liberian flag.
[–] BlondieBuff@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (3 children) Yikes. Was it ever confirmed deliberate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) They would never admit to it if it was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You say that, but these are the same idiots that posted the "we're all domestic terrorists" to a signboard, so you never know... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kbity@kbin.social 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pozbo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago No, when they arrived at the venue it was already in place. /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) They would never admit to it if it was. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You say that, but these are the same idiots that posted the "we're all domestic terrorists" to a signboard, so you never know... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) You say that, but these are the same idiots that posted the "we're all domestic terrorists" to a signboard, so you never know... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kbity@kbin.social 2 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pozbo@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago No, when they arrived at the venue it was already in place. /s permalink fedilink source parent