Okay this is fucking wild.

If white people rich enough to own a fucking racing sailboat can't fly a flag with words on it without some government boat with a fucking machine gun coming over to escort them back to land, nobody in your damn country has any freedom of speech.

Nobody.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran@mastodon.social

A sailboat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Ships for displaying banners about climate justice and clean water.

Source: ig/jackiemarieburton, ig/sloopclearwater

Jul 4, 2026, 20:55 UTCen