I am posting this because it is hard to comprehend the bias & stupidity in this article:
Chris Pratt criticised for T-shirt choice
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-people-have-an-issue-with-chris-pratts-tshirt-142825294.html
FTA:
Chris Pratt is facing criticism over a T-shirt he was pictured wearing featuring a controversial symbol.
The Marvel star’s top shows the American flag with a coiled snake over the top and a message underneath which reads “Don’t Tread On Me.”
The writing and snake combo on its own is depicted on the Gadsden flag; a symbol created by Christopher Gadsden, a Charleston-born brigadier general in the Continental Army.
It came to prominence during the Revolutionary War of the US by colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain.
Although it is one of the symbols and flags used by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team, Metallica, as well as some libertarian groups, over the years the flag has been adopted by Far Right political groups like the Tea Party, as well as gun-toting supporters of the Second Amendment.
It has therefore become a symbol of more conservative and far right individuals and, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the US, it also is “sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages in some contexts.”
It’s why some people are critical of Pratt wearing a T-shirt featuring the Gadsden flag iconography.
no bias here ...
I cant comprehend the bias and stupidity of the article either. I cant comprehend how a red cap that says “ make America great again” can produce violence and mental meltdowns either.