It's a sign of distress.
They were distressed, but it's only because they're sore losers and couldn't cope with Trump losing.
This is actual distress, it's appropriate this time.

It has been used by punk bands and Anarchists waaay before that

It looks like this is the end.

That seems like a very bad sign. Someone wanted a message to get out to the public, but I'm not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. Credit to the person with the balls to send out the warning, though.

Not quite, it's an international sign that a vessel is in distress.

Then mostly right wing lunatics co-opted it to mean that our country is in distress.

The house has been burning and smoking for hours and people are still thinking that the fire just started

Right??? Protest coordination on traditional social media is like… iffy now, at best.

in south park he fucks illegal canadians to death, but in real life he is doing it to americans

Imagine being the person running this up the pole at the fucking state department.

Which they co-opted from protesters in the 60's, rallying against the Vietnam war, which they co-opted from the Revolutionary war, where (allegedly, much harder to source), the revolutionaries also flew the Union Jack inverted.

So, actually quite correct.

As long as the right people get hurt they're happy.

Republicans would shit their own pants just to make us smell it.

1. Is this real
2. What does it mean?
3. Where are we in terms of worrying? Should I begin to start to think about worrying or something more urgent?

let me help you.

It really makes me wonder how people were able to pull this shit off in the 50s, 60s and 70s when we can't make it happen today with everything available to us.

I love that you linked this through fucking amazon.

very intentional on my part.

This is gonna be in my view history, and my wife is gonna ask if I'm okay lmao

which they co-opted from the Revolutionary war, where (allegedly, much harder to source), the revolutionaries also flew the Union Jack inverted.

If they did, I assume a half dozen vexillology enthusiasts with good eyesight got very concerned.

There’s only one way this gets stopped. And the people that would need to do it think they’ll have a ‘prime minister’ title when the dust settles and not that they’ll be chucked out a window. It’s some weapons grade stupid and apathy letting this happen and they’re just hoping that god king chooses to keep them around it’s all so pathetic

Eh. The majority are chillin.

This is exactly what they voted for.