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Democrats are losing to white supremacists

Democrats will lose America to white supremacists if they continue to cede ground to white supremacists.

In 2017, the hand gesture "OK" was claimed to now symbolize white power. In early 2018, Jordan Peterson was widely written about as an endorser of white supremacy due to photographs of him with fans holding a picture of Pepe the Frog. And now in 2019, Nike has decided not to release shoes featuring the Betsy Ross flag due to white supremacists adopting it as their own.

What makes this all worse is the political left being so willing to allow white supremacists own such symbols. Both Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke came out in support of Nike's decision to not release the shoes. Two major Democratic candidates agree that one of the first flags in United States history is now to be synonymous with oppression.

The results of this are twofold. First, if the midterm elections are any indication, this level of far-left wokeness is a surefire way to lose the election. Second, if a Democrat were to win running with such willingness to praise a company, that is presumably not racist, of its "courage" to not display a symbol of American pride that has been co-opted by a racist group, what is to stop them when the symbols become more symbolic of a united United States.

Instead, I would like to pose a more aggressive response. If white supremacists want to claim the Betsy Ross flag as their own, we liberals should wear it and fly it in protest. We should attend gay pride rallies, bring our Betsy Ross flags, wear a Pepe shirt and gesture that all these things are "OK."

Kevin Weis

Aurora

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