Comment by ivolimmen
7 hours ago
Saw some photo's and the first thing that stands out: the American flag. What's up with that? If you see a product launch in Europe there will be no flag in the photo's (non that I ever saw).
7 hours ago
Saw some photo's and the first thing that stands out: the American flag. What's up with that? If you see a product launch in Europe there will be no flag in the photo's (non that I ever saw).
"Europe" does not have a unified stance on this, don't paint our entire continent as The Borg.
If you are Dutch, just take a one-hour flight to Copenhagen to see how a city can be absolutely plastered with national flags.
If Poland or France were introducing a new nationally produced rocket, they would certainly show their national flags around it as well. They definitely do so when displaying new weapons. So does Ukraine etc.
Accidentally, I remember the Dutch colors on every package of Dutch cheese I ever bought.
Almost any average factory floor in the U.S. has an American flag hanging somewhere. Sorry Europe doesn't have any pride in itself!
I don't think showing a flag is a sign of pride, and as I watch the news it is currently a very misplaced pride in America.
Your biggest problem is watching the news. It is designed to make you angry. Meanwhile, I've never been prouder to be American.
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The flag has been coopted as a symbol of right wing nationalist politics. It's the easiest way to identify the right - their very strange love of the flag.
What? There are three flags flying in my street alone and I'm in the middle of the liberal bay area.
I presume they meant in Europe.
St. George's Cross has long been a symbol of racism in the UK and they've recently been trying to do the same with the union jack.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626vxyxgj6o
One of the dumbest things ever was the left giving up on the flag. The only way this makes sense is if much of the left actively disdain most of the nation (ie Stanford vocabulary guide around American flag being a triggering symbol or something ridiculous). I dont see how the left and patriotism are incompatible...
>The only way this makes sense is if much of the left actively disdain most of the nation
That's basically what the logical conclusion of anti-colonialism or anti-imperialism is. If you don't think your culture is worth spreading, possibly through violence, you can't be very fond of it.
You can't say that the US should return the land to the natives and then say that US culture had a positive influence on north america. It's mutually incompatible.
The left (or center) did not "give up" on the flag. It's all over the place in protests.