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.

  • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I’m as far from a flag shagger as you’ll get; but slapping the union flag on the roof of a Mini isn’t about patriotism, it’s about the selling point of how the UK, and specifically London, was the epicentre of cool in the ‘60s. In this case, the flag is merely a design that represents something else.

    This isn’t running it up a pole every morning to prove how much you love your country.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Preaching to the choir.

      Extremists are the problem, not cars.

      One of their points is that only Americans have branded their clothing and accessories with the flag; those examples show that isn’t true.

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Yeah, true. But two of your examples appear to be sporting events, where it’s very, very common to find people waving their national flags. That’s not really product branding, that’s just how it is.