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Police Investigate Man With Civil Liberties Sticker
As Possible "Extremist"
Background checked for displaying an image as old as
America itself
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Louisiana police pulled over and detained a man for half an
hour, believing him to be a possible "extremist" because
of a bumper sticker on his car that read "Don't Tread On
Me".
The man, whose identity is undisclosed for privacy
reasons, was reportedly subjected to a thorough background check
after he purchased the iconic sticker from The
Patriot Depot.
The details were related to conservative website
americanvision.org
by the man's sister-in-law Rosemarie, a resident of Ball, Louisiana.
The deplorable irony of this incident is almost
too much to stomach given the origins of the image seen above.
The coiled rattlesnake and the defiant "Don't
Tread on Me" motto are taken from the Gadsden flag, named
after American patriot Colonel
Christopher Gadsden. The flag dates from around
1775 and was used by The United States Marine Corps as an early
motto flag.
The rattlesnake was used to signify the fact
that it only strikes after giving warning and if it feels under
threat of attack.
The image of the rattlesnake even pre-dates the
flag, and was regularly used as a symbol for the American colonies
after Benjamin Franklin sketched a picture of a dismembered
snake to symbolize
the need for unity in defending the colonies during
the French and Indian War.
Today the flag has been embraced by civil liberties
movements, and is even still used by the US Navy.
The image is supposed to represent a symbol of
shared American values, in particular the highest common value
of freedom.
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Of course, none of this matters to police forces
that are specifically
trained to look for bumper stickers and other paraphernalia
associated with the Constitution, Libertarianism and freedom,
and treat those who display them as possible "extremists".
The Department of Homeland Security's definition
of an "extremist" is now someone who is concerned
about the erosion of U.S. sovereignty or someone
who questions
the mainstream media.
It is now to be expected that you will be pulled
over by police if you display
Ron Paul bumper stickers, you may even be visited
by the secret service for exercising your first
amendment right.
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