I don’t understand this weird American obsession with flag. I was looking at some photos of Trump’s rallies. Flags everywhere - on shirts, hats, glasses etc. And this bizarre cult of the flag - “it cannot touch the ground” etc.

At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth. If you worship any flag or take offense to any flag, you need to get a life.

  • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    the issue is that even British flag shaggers have nothing on the crazy level muricans take this to.

    But that’s not saying I disagree with you.

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      5 months ago

      I doubt that one group of flag extremists is less crazy than another.

      I think it’s easy to conflate different groups like Christian nationalists or peppers or the KKK with jingoistic idiots because a lot of them fly flags, but it’s in no way an accurate critique of an entire population any more than someone assuming that everyone in Spain is a fascist because some people who wave the Spanish flag are fascists.

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        4 months ago

        I didn’t say anything about any groups being crazy.

        Jeezus christ English is hard. 🤦‍♂️

        the LEVEL. The LEVEL is “crazy”, which means “extremely high”. The amount of flag love shown by the most flag obsessed Brit isn’t as high as the love shown by muricans.