Not satire.
You gotta love that the Brits circled two American flags and called them a "controversial visual cue."
Critics both in and out of the defense department are railing against the defense secretary for wearing a Betsy Ross flag in the breast pocket of his suit - first on Memorial Day and then again for the Shangri-La Dialogue Summit in Singapore. The image is seen by many as a dog whistle for white supremacy and other forms of extremism.
That's right.
Betsy Ross' flag is ... racist.
To be fair to the tabloid monkeys who just wanted to get clicks, there are insane people out there who think this.
The Daily Mail quoted "Twitter influencer Suzie Rizzio," who told her 75,000 followers this:
Well, if Suzie Rizzio says it, it must be true!
There's also the ever-present anonymous Pentagon source.
'The guy can't show up to a simple ceremony without p*****g off half the people in the building,' one Pentagon insider told the Daily Mail. 'This isn't tone deafness. This is outright aggression in terms of optics.'
HOW DARE HE WEAR AMERICA'S FIRST FLAG!!! 😂
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BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
The dust-up about his pocket stuffer comes three days after he made headlines for a tattoo scripted in Arabic on his arm.
The tattoo spells out the word 'kafir', which in the Quran means 'disbeliever' or 'infidel'.
Wait, wait, wait ... you're telling me that a guy who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has a super popular tattoo among U.S. Armed Forces who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You're saying thousands upon thousands of our boys are controversial for proudly wearing the insults leveled at them by Islamic terrorists??
Muslims immediately decried the tattoo as a sign of disrespect and bigotry.
That's right, the people who snidely call us infidels are the real victims here! 😂
But the worst of all?
Hegseth is a Christian (GASP!) who has tattoos to remind him that he is a Christian warrior who is bound by the faith, tradition, and history of Christian warriors.
Hegseth's 'kafir' seems to be the latest addition among at least a dozen tattoos he has said symbolize his American patriotism and Christian faith.
The words 'Deus Vult' right above it on his right inner arm is widely seen as a symbol of Christian nationalism.
"Deus Vult" is an ancient Christian saying in Latin that means "God wills it," in the same way that hundreds of millions of Muslims say "if God wills it" in Arabic (inshallah) every single day. The Latin motto refers to the Lord's Prayer ("Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven").
But you're supposed to think it's bad because Christians first used the motto in 1096 when they were trying to stop the mostly peaceful Muslim armies from raping and pillaging further into the Byzantine Empire.
And yet, "Deus Vult" isn't even the most controversial symbol.
Care to take a guess?
Why, the cross, of course.
Even more controversial is the giant Jerusalem or Crusader's Cross tattooed on his chest, which many Muslims see as celebrating the slaughter of their people in holy war and Democrats claimed during his confirmation hearings is a symbol of Christian right-wing extremism.
Well, Jesus Christ did say that He would be the dividing line for humanity.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Sounds like this Jesus guy is pretty offensive and intolerant too. Maybe the Daily Mail should read up on Him!
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