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Flag is just a piece of cloth (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by FelixCress@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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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.

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[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 37 points 5 months ago

I understand a flag having meaning. What I don't understand is kids pledging allegiance to the flag everyday. That's some North Korea shit.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

That’s some North Korea shit.

Nope. That's some American shit. And it was American shit long before the DPRK even existed.

[-] TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 5 months ago
[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

However, that wasn't the only reason. The Pledge of Allegiance also was created to venerate the flag and "foster patriotism,"

From your own link. To me sounds more plausible than "it was Big Flag!"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Sure, but kids are kids, they probably don't understand that. It's fucked up.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And they should, so spread the word and let parents know.

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