November 14th, 2011
Yes, you can actually buy one of these so you can remind “both Americans and those abroad, of the Virtue that this Great Nation was founded on.”
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Ben in Atlanta
November 14th, 2011
You can buy one of these too:
http://www.theworldflag.org/
msrowena
November 14th, 2011
But are they safe to burn? Or will they give off toxic fumes? What a dilemma, having to choose between my free speech and my health!!!!
Welcome to the future. It’s a lot like the past.
buzzcut
November 14th, 2011
The field of blue looks like a cemetery. Is the inference that America is built on Imperialism through military aggression?
JohnAGJ
November 14th, 2011
This isn’t an example of dominionism IMO but instead an example of the ridiculous nonsense that is embraced as part of the American evangelical Christian subculture. Add to this such things as cross Christmas trees, Jesus pencils, GodSpace, etc. which even some evangelicals themselves have criticized. It’s materialist consumerism dress up as religion.
beachewtoy75
November 14th, 2011
gross…
BlackDog
November 14th, 2011
Creepy.
MattNYC
November 14th, 2011
I think this flag gives a truer explanation of what this country stands for:
http://www.adbusters.org/files/cultureshop/products/corpflag2010.jpg
mike
November 14th, 2011
right have any of these people actually READ a history book before? Apparently not.
Christopher
November 14th, 2011
Is it weird that I feel conflicted over being discussed by this, when I’ve no problem whatsoever with an American flag with rainbow stripes?
When I justify it by thinking to myself, “well, theirs is in the spirit of ‘our way, and only our way,’ and ours is in the spirit of ‘us too.’,” is that a legitimate distinction…or just a convenient one?
Christopher
November 14th, 2011
Correction: “…conflicted over being *disgusted* by this…”
TJ Davis
November 15th, 2011
Five hidden messages in the American flag
By Megan Lane
BBC News Magazine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15634606
I don’t know how to insert a link in these comments so you will have to cut and paste it out if you wish to read the article.
Using the flag for a political message tool is nothing new.
Sorry I am not in a place where I could watch the BBC program on this subject.
Priya Lynn
November 15th, 2011
Christopher said “When I justify it by thinking to myself, “well, theirs is in the spirit of ‘our way, and only our way,’ and ours is in the spirit of ‘us too.’,†is that a legitimate distinction…or just a convenient one?”.
I think that is an accurate characterization of where both sides are coming from.
Sean
November 15th, 2011
Likely flag design for the Republic of Gilead?
Shofixti
November 15th, 2011
Thanks TJ.
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