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Culture War Roundup for the week of July 10, 2023

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In the same ninth district of Budapest where two years ago a BLM/LGBTQ kneeling statue of liberty was installed and destroyed soon after,

Amazing story. The American Empire's cultural reach is truly beyond anything I'm aware of existing in all of history. I can barely imagine having to explain to Grover Cleveland what the layered symbols here mean and what the hell they're doing in Budapest.

Unknown people repainted the bench back to the original brown with a sign saying "I just want to be a bench. Which is good for everyone. For you, for him/her. For us."

I like these guys, but I think Auron Macintyre is correct that the side that wants to win will always beat the side that just wants to be left alone.

Amazing story. The American Empire's cultural reach is truly beyond anything I'm aware of existing in all of history. I can barely imagine having to explain to Grover Cleveland what the layered symbols here mean and what the hell they're doing in Budapest.

This is still relatively mild, the rainbow flag isn't particularly American (although now I see they added the trans colors to it, which might be indicative of Americanization). My go-to example of the mind blowing reach of the American Empire is the George Floyd mural in Kabul.

I like these guys, but I think Auron Macintyre is correct that the side that wants to win will always beat the side that just wants to be left alone.

Probably, but I don't know if there's a way to win without becoming an utter sociopath, making me want to nope out of the whole game even more.

the rainbow flag isn't particularly American

The one with the black and brown is extremely American, given that grievance politics about the people who happen to be that color is a unique export from them.

My personal goal is to add another element to the pride flag. It won't mean anything except "you better put this in here too you bigot". I'm thinking maybe a pink and green crescent in the top-right corner.

The one group best represented by the Pride flag is the only one whose skin color is not actually on the flag. (Unless I misread it and the trans flag has all 3 of its colors in there, but I was certain it was only the pink and blue.)