TAKE BACK THE SNAKE! TAKE BACK THE SNAKE!

I saw TWO, TWO of these damned things hanging in my neighborhood over the weekend. One house had been obviously Wingnut Central since last November when they had McCain/Palin signs plastered all over the yard, and now they have the snake flag out. A few blocks away I saw another one. Gawd.

donnah, it’s time to rain on the Idiot’s Parade, and subverting their favorite symbol is my feeble contribution.

The Join Or Die Snake is also seeing some heavy usage, which makes no sense if you’re a States Rights enthusiast, but the imagery is snazzy, so who cares?

The many Obama/Hitler signs carried by this lovely crowd seemed to veer a bit over the line from supposedly rejecting Nazism into enjoying the Black-and-Red A-1 killer graphics. That’s why, even though I went to a design school (with markedly little effect), I regard it suspiciously.

“it” being the use of graphics. Why doesn’t Kevin have a damn preview button here? I’d never make mistakes if there were a damn previe—

oh.

Bu-but Mrs. Polly, they need the snake for church! Sure, they could just drink strychnine and leave the poor snake alone but it isn’t the same without the snake. They ... like handling the snake. A lot.

Mrs Polly, I agree! It’s time that the village idiots actually understand the imagery which they have ignorantly hijacked for their own purposes.

Let’s send them snakes…on a plane!

Now granted, I live in the hippie/communist/atheist enclave of Seattle, but if one of my neighbors had the audacity to hang one of those “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, I would have a strong urge to spray paint “TREADED” on it just for shits and giggles.

Not that I’m suggesting anyone else do the same.

Donnah, I have had it with all these muthafuckin’ teabaggers on that muthafuckin’ network!

But I think it’s so appropriate for them to position themselves as venomous snakes. That it’s an insult to actual reptiles, however.

Via Politijab (original message posted on ObamaCrimes):

by Trish on Today, 21:01
For those that were at the march if you saw the people selling flags Don’t Tread on Me and American flags, we were told by someone that lived there that that was acorn selling them. It would not surprise me but it pisses me off that they got the last laugh.

Heh. Bastards.

Why would anyone buy these on the street when you can order them direct from the White House Gift Shop and get a Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster at no extra charge?

if you saw the people selling flags Don’t Tread on Me and American flags, we were told by someone that lived there that that was acorn selling them.

Of course! Street vendor in D.C. + African-American = ACORNAZITHUG.

And no, it wasn’t me who started that rumor. (But man, I wish I had.)

I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking flag!