Today, I had an argument with my brother after discovering his new Confederate flag tattoo. His main response was, "It's about heritage, not hate!" We're third generation Italians from New Jersey. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my son told me he got a tattoo to honour our German heritage. The bloody fool got an eagle and swastika on his arm. I had to explain to a 20-year-old what WWII was. He’s now researching laser removal. Idiot. FML
Today, I met my brother's girlfriend. We got talking, and we got onto the subject of tattoos. I said how much I hated tramp stamps, and how they make girls look trashy. She said, "Like this?" and showed me hers. FML
Today, I was discussing my family heritage with my girlfriend's parents. The moment I told them that I came from a German background, her seven-year-old brother pointed at me and yelled, "HITLER!" FML
Today, I realized my husband and I have been fighting a lot lately, so to show him how much I care, I got a tattoo with his name on it. He hates it. FML
Today, I was looking at tattoos and fell in love with a really cool looking one, so I decided to get it. I later showed it to a friend who is a cop. He informed me that it is a gang tattoo. I think I just put a target on my ankle. FML
Today, I showed my new tattoo to my friends. It's supposed to be a deep, philosophical quote in Latin, symbolizing strength and resilience. My friend, who happens to be fluent in Latin, started laughing hysterically. Turns out, it actually says, "You are dumb." FML
Today, my girlfriend had a bitch fit at me because I laughed at her idea of getting the Cullen family tree tattooed on her back. FML
Today, my little brother got a tattoo honoring our mom who abused us. The only reason I stayed was to protect him. I feel like I wasted my life. FML
Today, my brother saw my side when my shirt came up, and asked when I got a tattoo; the pink he saw was in fact my stretch marks. Worst of all, I had to show them to everyone to prove I didn't actually get a tattoo. FML
Today, my brother has decided to hustle hate groups. Everyone, including the police, think he's some sort of Robin Hood. I wouldn't have a problem with this, except he's trying to recruit people. Any day now we're going to be attacked by Nazis. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Heritage is becoming code for a certain type of hate. Our language is getting twisted by domestic white extremists.
Plop 17
What he did is basically a less callous version of a German, 3rd generation of Turkish immigrants, getting the nazi Germany flag tatooed and claim that it's about heritage. You could always try and explain it to him that some heritage should never be embraced, but the guy clearly seems too dumb to understand that. And you know, I've always felt like there's a good reason why "dumb" and "dump" are just a single letter apart....
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Plop 17
What he did is basically a less callous version of a German, 3rd generation of Turkish immigrants, getting the nazi Germany flag tatooed and claim that it's about heritage. You could always try and explain it to him that some heritage should never be embraced, but the guy clearly seems too dumb to understand that. And you know, I've always felt like there's a good reason why "dumb" and "dump" are just a single letter apart....
RichardPencil 32
Heritage is becoming code for a certain type of hate. Our language is getting twisted by domestic white extremists.
Ambrily 27
Whoever downvoted this either has a confederate flag tattooed on their right butt cheek or can't accept that it's true, people use heritage and love and God to express hate all the time.
GamineHoyden 2
Fun fact. The ACTUAL Confederate flag resembled the United States flag. It had a blue upper left square with a circle of stars, and three stripes (two red, one white) This was the Stars and Bars. The flag your brother had tattooed on him was used by a regiment in the Confederacy. But not by the entire Confederacy. Nope, the Naval Jack was used by one specific regiment in Tennessee. After the lost the war they started a social group. They used their battle flag as a symbol for their values. As the social group gained prominence through the south, the flag became more and more popular. Another fun fact. After the southern states seceded from the United States and formed their own country, President Lincoln publicly stated that he would do nothing to force them to return. They could go on their own as their own country. The south started the war by attacking Fort Sumter in April of 1861. So the so called 'war of northern aggression' was started by the south. And the claim that the Confederacy was merely fighting for states rights, is false. Because they could have run their newly formed country however they wanted. Oh and that Tennessee social club, that was the KKK.