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.

  • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Unless youve never noticed, America has a huge Nationalism problem and always has. Drive through any subdivision and you’ll see flags on many houses. Go to a sporting event and you’ll see the National Guard in some capacity. America has always been a nation that skirts the edges of Fascism just waiting to be led there.

    Source - a Canadian that has been there to smaller towns many many times.

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      4 months ago

      Oh, just wait until after November. We won’t be skirting facism anymore. We’re diving in the deep end.