The American flag: To some it’s Old Glory. To others it’s a MAGA hat on a stick.
RIP United States of America. 1776 - 2016
Similar to how Germans (used to) view private German flag display. Nationalism is a poison. PS: Well nothing wrong with being proud in your country’s achievements, but that blind pride and flag waving is a mindset based on confrontation, not solidarity with other countries.
My husband is German and has always found the crazy flag waving patriotism of the US odd. I never really understood his position until the last few years. Having been raised in the US, all of that seemed completely normal to me, but now I view it very differently.
Do other countries not have citizens flying their national flag? To my anecdotal knowledge, Italians, Mexicans, many South Americans are extremely proud. In my Brazil-American majority neighborhood, you know where literally every Brazilian-American lives because they have the flag of Brazil flown.
You rarely see Mexican flags in Mexico or even national colors outside of football contexts. In fact it’s technically illegal to display flag because it is considered an official emblem of national authority (kind of like wearing a fake badge).
Mexican flag use is mostly a Mexican-American thing which is influenced by American flag use…
The idea of the “Great American State Fair” and the fact we were hitting 250, sounded like it’d be a great way to celebrate. I read about some of the original plans and what the Smithsonian was working on and it really felt like a tribute to us, the people.
But now, I’ve had zero desire to celebrate anything that’s been going on, and it’s just felt like a damper on everything. What about the US is there to celebrate? I know people can say “well, acktually, compared to Burma….”, but that’s not the point. I also know we weren’t at the top, but we’ve fallen so far, so quickly.
It’s always been the flag of a terrorist state
