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Flag is just a piece of cloth (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 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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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I doubt that one group of flag extremists is less crazy than another.

I think it's easy to conflate different groups like Christian nationalists or peppers or the KKK with jingoistic idiots because a lot of them fly flags, but it's in no way an accurate critique of an entire population any more than someone assuming that everyone in Spain is a fascist because some people who wave the Spanish flag are fascists.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say anything about any groups being crazy.

Jeezus christ English is hard. 🤦‍♂️

the LEVEL. The LEVEL is "crazy", which means "extremely high". The amount of flag love shown by the most flag obsessed Brit isn't as high as the love shown by muricans.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shown where? In the media?

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

wow. You are not a native English speaker at all, are you?

"Shown" in this context means "expressed".

It's painfully obvious you've never been to the USA.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Expressed where? In the media?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You:

"Jeezus Christ English is hard."

Also you:

"wow. You are not a native English speaker at all, are you?"

Hilarious, keep talking.

I need to learn more from your superior command of the language.