Comment by sixothree
7 hours ago
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.
7 hours ago
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.