al) turned this into a miniature crisis around Mara Gay “being disturbed by the American flag,” after which they decided to ignore every word she said, and also forget every word before them, and basically operate in the shittiest, worst bad faith way possible. I own this,” Gay said.Īs usual, the right wing media (Fox, New York Post, et. I saw, you know, dozens and dozens of pickup trucks with explicatives against Joe Biden on the back of them, Trump flags, and in some cases just dozens of American flags, which is also just disturbing … Essentially the message was clear: This is my country. “I was on Long Island this weekend visiting a really dear friend, and I was really disturbed. Gay made comments on MSNBC around the growth of white nationalism, specifically mentioning the American flag: The latest in the near-endless flow of bad faith attacks on the media erupted last week in a coordinated attack on New York Times reporter Mara Gay.