Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says
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A new bill would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in Utah schools and government buildings, but pride flags would be banned.
  • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This is some BS man. He’s saying you can fly the Nazi flag because it’s “historic”. Well, hell, isn’t the gay pride flag historic? Good luck getting a definition out of these fucks. If he could write the law he really wanted to write it would say “keep off any flags I don’t agree with”.

    • a_astra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Whole world is going crazy like that nazi/right way. Not just Utah. There is no place to escape. We should be strong and withstand these “tests” of our worldview.

  • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I grew up in deep mormon territory in Utah. I don’t disagree with the comments on religious extremism and bad politics, but remember the people this bill will affect are kids. The LDS church is losing youth for a variety of reasons, their policies toward LGBTQ being a big one. The nazi flag is rage bait meant to distract from the real harm of this bill.

  • ninjabard@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Even my “It was about states’ rights” History teacher didn’t have a Confederate flag. So, get bent Utah.

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    You know how people say the fact that we never excised confederates/slavery from amongst us has led to modern issues? Well, the same holds true of Mormons. Most Americans have no idea the level of money, clout, and insane shit based in Utah. For example, I bet you didn’t know the Mormon church owns approximately 1 in every ~550 acres of privately-held land in the United States. Warning: the Mormon bullshit rabbit hole is deeper than you can imagine and may cause you to start writing a years-long book project, in my experience. You’ve been warned!

    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      That’s a strange veer towards a completely unrelated topic… But anyway, considering that roughly 1 in 100 people are Mormon in the US, it’s not that surprising that 1 in 550 of the land also is. It’s surprising they’re trailing so far behind the average actually.

      EDIT: oh wait, you mean the church owns it. Yeah, ok, that is very weird. But Mormonism is a very weird thing by definition…

      • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Yeah, that’s church-owned. But does raise the interesting point of prominent Mormon billionaires/CEOs. And investment firms. And investments. And their history with the federal government/Republicans. And…