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The American flag is a hate symbol and I’m tired of pretending it’s not
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Anonymous 5w

I used to want one of those nice knitted sweaters with the american flag and now I have it in my mind that I will buy one when/if I’m actually proud of where this country stands. I’d be embarrassed to wear it now

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Anonymous 5w

The beauty of it though is that we can work to make it represent whatever we want. Betsy Ross sure as hell didn’t design it to be a hate symbol.

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Anonymous 5w

It only is if you let the republicans control the narrative

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Anonymous 5w

Thank u.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

Because keep in mind, the US definitely has a mixed bag of history, but it’s no use focusing on only the bad parts. The US flag also represents the liberators that destroyed the original Nazis, for example.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

I also worry that this gives the right an easy slam dunk to pretend that they’re the patriotic ones to a country they’re stripping for parts. We need to reclaim it so we can show people what real patriotism is, and that’s hard work to make the country you love into a better place for everybody. The beauty of America is that it’s an eternal work in progress, which we can always make better through hard work.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

I know it’s hard to paste a link in comments, but I highly recommend this excerpt written by Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the 1619 project for The NY Times. https://pulitzercenter.org/sites/default/files/excerpt_from_the_idea_of_america_by_nikole_hannah-jones.pdf

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