Yahoo is facing heavy criticism for an article calling Chris Pratt a "white supremacist" because he wore a T-shirt with the Gadsden flag. The coiled rattlesnake and the "Don't tread on me" motto are from the iconic Gadsden flag, which was created by American general Christopher Gadsden in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. "Not every symbol of the early republic is a white supremacist symbol, unless you are a moron." "Not every symbol of the early republic is a white supremacist symbol, unless you are a moron," Shapiro wrote, hinting at the controversy surrounding the Betsy Ross flag earlier this month. There nothing white supremacist about that T-shirt.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 13:10 UTC