I don't even know what Minnesota's flag looked like.
Uh, no one is going to miss that.
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Racism aside, it's like an ugly Christmas sweater in flag form.
I love it when someone can verbalize my feelings perfectly.
Don't worry, Republican legislators are already in frothing rage about the change. I'm sure it has nothing to do with them wanting to keep the problematic imagery in the current one of native Americans being driven off their land. /s
Also they're spreading some conspiracy theory the new flag is supposed to look like the flag of Somalia or something and that this is a prelude to Sharia law being imposed. I wish I was joking. Yeah, because it has blue colors and a star in it, it must be an homage to Somalia, couldn't have anything to do with being the "land of 10,000 lakes" and "the north star state." Or even the old flag, which get this, is blue with a big star in it.
I also liked the version with the stripes better, but this is very nice too, and anything is better than the atrocious current one. The new seal with the loon is very nice too.
Other states that just lazily slapped their seals on to a blue background take note and get to fixing them up please.
New seal:
Libtard snowflakes don't even know what a seal looks like. It sure ain't looks like a bird, I tell ya
But loons are half bird/half seal with bitchin' red eyes.
And these morons gave it white eyes. Will the insanity never cease?
I have fantastic news for you, looks like the one I posted was revised slightly before approval. It's got the red eye now!
I was 100% joking, but that’s hilarious that they changed it.
I agree it's much better this way. Laser loon lives on.
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Other states that just lazily slapped their seals on to a blue background take note and get to fixing them up please.
As a Virginian, I take slight offfense at this! ^but ^yeah ^our ^flag ^is ^just ^the ^state ^seal ^^on ^^a ^^blue ^^background
Loonie flag?
Why are the using the same bird as the Canadian money?
Is Minnesota signaling they intend to join Canada?
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I cant make out the racism. Is that supposed to be a slave? It looks like a taco bell employee the way hes dressed
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That is a terrible flag even without the racism. A good flag should be clearly identifiable as an emoji or at least a stamp.
It's worse than the original design with the white/green/blue tri-colour on the right.
But still a big improvement.
The original design was really good.
I like how easy on the eyes it is.
It's actually pleasant to look at while not demanding your attention.
Solid flag.
Oh cgp grey's favorite won
I was gonna say I that looks like a flag cgp would love. Glad it's the one he approved of.
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I just looked it up out of curiosity, and Minnesota's old flag is boring and generic AF. It was a member of the "state seal on blue" club.
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We'll be trying to get our hands on a nice flag with the original design#1953 on it to fly outside our house. This one is fine I guess, but it stings with what could have been.
What the hell happened to the star‽ They took away its twinkley starriness. Now it just looks like a blurry circle
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Cool flag. I like the solid light blue over the stripes that were an option, K.I.S.S..
Feel like with that simplified they could have done something with color a little more interesting than the dark blue to really emphasize the shape of that dark blue region but if you can't give this a 10/10 your standards are too high.
I liked the tri-color design, but this one is good too, like you said simplicity is best. The dark blue in the K shape is shaped like the state, so the solid color fits.
Anything is better than the seal on a blue sheet
Yeah, flags like those are just generally bad.
This is a great choice. That flag is probably now the best one in the Union.
What a dull choice. Looks like a paint swatch from a home improvement store.
I think it's beautiful! Places it geographically and culturally (north, cold), the colours are nice, and the shapes are simple yet original.
Many flags are just three color stripes, like France, Germany, and Italy off the top of my head. This has more detail than that without being too complicated due to the angled shape.
The two shades of blue do suck though, a different color for contrast would help immensely,.
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The new one suffers from aluminimalism whereas the old one looks like something my mom would stick to the fridge with magnets to show how proud she was of my work in fifth grade that I spent all Thanksgiving afternoon working on by myself.
I like it fine, and I bet you could incorporate those design elements into a lot of cool merch, which is a nice rule-of-thumb for useful flags.
As a Texan, I approve of this design.
B2 - Blue, white, green, with the same star - should have won, imo. But I don't live in the state, so my opinion is irrelevant.
Can Florida please do this too!? 😔
But definitely don't open it up to public consultation. Because Florida
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