DiscussionOn flags overall

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[–]WildwoodFlower 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

I like the rainbow flag. To me, it signals that I am in a safe place. But the rest of those flags are meaningless to me. I have trouble remembering which one is which.

[–]PeakingPeachEaterfemale♀ | detrans🦎 | eater of peaches 🍑 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

To me, it signals that I am in a safe place.

Huh, I hadn't thought about that. I noticed on google maps, for example, they use the rainbow flag and say "LGBTQ-Friendly 🏳️‍🌈". I guess the flag has a time and place. Plus, out of all the flags, Gilbert's flag makes the most sense.

Slightly off topic but I noticed on the emojis for both Android and Apple only have the rainbow flag and the trans flag. Interesting that they didn't add any of the other 100s of flags. They also seemed to have added a "gender-neutral" emoji icon as well.

[–]WildwoodFlower 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I pay attention to flags when I drive through different areas, especially if it's a place where I am thinking about buying a home. Rainbow flags are a good sign. If I don't see any rainbow flags, I wonder if I could feel truly at home in that place. And if I see a lot of right wing flags (Trump, Don't Tread On Me, weird variations on the American flag), then I know I don't belong there.

[–]hetisachoice 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

At this point, I feel safer with Trump flags than rainbow ones.

[–]WildwoodFlower 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not me. I didn't want to be around those people before January 6th. Then after they tried to violently overthrow the government, I really don't want to be around them.

[–]hetisachoice 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

After all the governments the US has violently tried to overthrow? After all the native tribes they displaced?

[–]WildwoodFlower 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And those white nationalists who stormed the Capitol on January 6th would bring back the absolute worst of those atrocities and take them to the next level.

[–]hetisachoice 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They are not "white nationalists." They are FREEDOM FIGHTERS. They are heroes. They are patriots. They are minutemen and minutewomen. And they will win.