There is a hilarious and disgusting irony that Jonathan Ross has a fucking Gadsden flag flying ou...

💡Fun Facts

• 1The Gadsden flag was first used during the American Revolution as a naval ensign associated with Commodore Esek Hopkins and was presented to the Provincial Congress of South Carolina by patriot Christopher Gadsden in 1776.[2]
• 2The rattlesnake symbol and "Don’t Tread on Me" motto were meant to represent the American colonies’ unity and warning against British oppression, not modern partisan politics.[1][2]
• 3The flag largely faded from public view for many decades and was later revived by libertarian movements in the 1960s and 1970s as a symbol of resistance to government overreach.[1]
• 4Beginning around 2009, the Gadsden flag became strongly associated with the Tea Party movement and broader right-wing populism in the U.S., which led many observers to read it as a far-right or racially tinged symbol.[1][2]
• 5In 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that wearing Gadsden imagery at work could be investigated under anti-discrimination law because it is "sometimes interpreted to convey racially-tinged messages," even though the flag itself is not officially classified as a racist symbol.[2]