Post AT4kCoudH1jgQUlrCS by colo_lee@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AT4jabiJthGiUHn4bo by Sigma@feral.cafe
       2023-02-26T15:23:20Z
       
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       *sighs* I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but then I find myself humiliated.My friends and I were eating at a restaurant last night. As we were eating, I noticed one of those "thin blue line" flags hanging on the wall. Well, I did not want to assume what the owners meant.I looked them up, though. It turned out that they have a history of rather brazen discrimination.I have seldom so regretted being proved correct.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT4kCoudH1jgQUlrCS by colo_lee@universeodon.com
       2023-02-26T15:30:13Z
       
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       @Sigma That would make me unhappy about where  was eating.Esp'ly cause one of the points of those flags seems to be ensuring that the people flying it do not deserve any benefit of doubt ...
       
 (DIR) Post #AT4rzKyw2ik1T0riHw by Sigma@feral.cafe
       2023-02-26T16:57:27Z
       
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       @colo_lee I was genuinely not aware of how pervasively it was used as a symbol of hate until I looked it up in the midst of our meal.I am quite embarrassed that I have been so oblivious, to be honest.
       
 (DIR) Post #AT7mW6GnkHZb91LDBQ by deafelephant@mastodon.social
       2023-02-28T02:40:15Z
       
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       @colo_lee @Sigma It is quite prevalent in the US, sadly.