Right now, President Donald Trump is having an absolute temper tantrum about NFL players kneeling for the national anthem before games to protest institutionalised racism.
This practise began during Obama‘s presidency, but that hasn’t stopped Trump taking it personally for some reason (the reason being that he has skin about as thick as a used tissue). He’s tweeted a dozen or so times already about the practise, insisting that it has “nothing to do with race” (lol, sure mate) and everything to do with “disrespecting the flag”.
If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
…our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem. If not, YOU’RE FIRED. Find something else to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
At a time when the country is still reeling from multiple hurricanes, Puerto Rico is still without power, and the Russian investigation has now expanded to include Trump’s friend and former campaign manager Paul Manafort, the President of the United States is tweeting himself into a rage about NFL players apparently ‘disrespecting’ the flag.
One of the many, many excellent responses is this Twitter thread disrespecting every single flag in the entire world.
Thread where I disrespect every flag of every country one by one
The US flag: god it’s shite
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
Ken Cheng, a British comedian, went about slagging off every single flag, which are objectively unattractive designs that all copy each other except for a very select few.
That does not include the British flag…
United Kingdom:
What is this why are the red diagonals not even aligned
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
…or the French flag…
wtf you didn’t even try, just 3 colours what are you an ice cream
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
…and definitely not the Australian flag.
Don’t even get me started on all the flags with the Union Jack in the corner, like some serious daddy issues there Australia
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
DADDY ISSUES. I mean, is he wrong?
Ken had no time for the German flag, either.
Germany:
an assault on the eyes, colours don’t work, 1 star
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
And Chad is just…. well, Chad.
Chad, you are a mouldy France, plus we all know a douchebag called Chad
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
(I’ll make sure to label every country so it doubles as an educational tool to learn all the flags)
go suck a dick Switzerland
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
There were one or two he liked.
actually have to admit Swaziland flag is cool, NFL players would struggle to take a knee, esp as it looks like an actual football
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
ok Sri Lanka is p badass, it’s a lion with a SWORD, a lion is already a powerful animal in the wild and they gave it a SWORD
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
you know what I came in with a negative attitude but I’m discovering loads of flags I’ve never seen before. Malawi ain’t half bad
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
But mostly it was bad.
wtf Ivory Coast you are just backwards Ireland and I dread to think what that looks like
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
I should go but I cant reject the will of the people
Colombia, you’re top heavy, we’ve all tried to divide by hand, get a ruler
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— Ken Cheng twitch.tv/kenchengcomedy (@kenchengcomedy) September 25, 2017
There are way, way too many tweets to put in here (like 195 flags too many), but if you want the rest, start here and work your way down. It’s a thrilling, if educational, ride.