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Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’m just glad that they’ve finally removed the Gadsden Flag from the subreddit’s icon ^[1]^. IMO, they were misappropriating it ^[5]^.
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1. Type: Meta. Accessed: 2025-09-21T00:35Z. - In April, 2023, it can be seen that they have what looks to me like a Gadsden flag ^[4]^ in the subreddit’s icon ^[1]^. The subreddit currently has what, to me, looks to be a portrait image of Charlie Kirk ^[2]^ 2. Type: Webpage. Title: “r/Conservative”. Publisher: “Internet Archive”. Published: 2023-04-01T11:23:37Z. Accessed: 2025-09-21T00:39Z. URI: web.archive.org/web/…/Conservative/#expand. > Image 3. Type: Webpage. Title: “r/Conservative”. Publisher: “Reddit”. Accessed: 2025-09-21T00:40Z. URI: www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/. > Image 4. Type: Image. Filename: “Gadsden_flag.svg”. Author: [“Lexicon”, “Vikrum”]. Publisher: “Wikipedia”. Published: “2007-04-12”. Accessed: 2025-09-21T00:44Z. URI: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gadsden_flag.svg. 5. Type: Meta. Accessed: 2025-09-21T00:46Z. - IMO the Gadsden flag is primarily a symbol of libertarianism, and the ethos that comes with that; anecdotally, I recall a rather non-libertarian vibe on that subreddit.
