Brother, you should take your advice and lighten up. This whole thread is unserious. I just didn't appreciate you rudely parachuting in to tell me something I already knew when the exchange was humorous in nature.

I agree, but it is still surprising to see someone do it in their shitty Ford Escape. Thanks for taking time out of your thanksgiving holiday to "um actually" me about it, though.

Oh no, don't want anyone to scratch the paint on my precious *checks notes* Ford Escape? What the hell??

Brexit pre-dates Trump, but you can draw back to Tea Party movements if you want. I'm not being 100% serious in my remarks and I don't believe the US is directly responsible for the rise of the global right, but British political discourse post-2016 has been weirdly shaped by US talking points.

I'm more referring to the fact that British political elite are essentially cargo-culting American political talking points post-Brexit. This is occurring mostly amongst the British right (since they're intellectually bankrupt) but the current Labor government is not immune either.

No, you see, wasting my own time is actually the highest form of morality.

So your idea of big boy pants is waving a flag that gets no political traction? I guess you don't understand political imagery and symbolic shorthand. Thanks for confirming my original tweet.

Perhaps its time to look at the actual material conditions in which we live and understand your strategy isn't possible.

I agree with you but it's how they self-identify most of the time so it's the word I used.

Bring an American flag to every anti-fascist protest. Confront every ICE operation with it. Don't give up the ship.