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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
You confuse angry with confident and assured. I was reading "don't tread on me" as a "let yourself be walked all over" meaning, rather than a gov't oppression/conspiracy theory nutcase.
I don't read it as an angry vibe, any more than I read Strong and Free as angry.
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I'd rather have a more constructionist phrase than a defiant phrase as you can see the interpretation varies depending on who is reading it. I certainly read it with an angry vibe on first glance.
Maybe something more positive than defensive...something like "Land of Opportunity".