• YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I never understood the need to display multiple US flags in your yard. We get it, you live in america. You love America. We get that too. Are you afraid someone will think you no longer wish to be American if you took your flags down?

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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      13 minutes ago

      Funnily enough this is exactly how people think including our house.

      I took mine down when Roe v Wade was overturned and the Progress Pride flag went up. I had been considering putting the American Flag back up recently if Democrats start winning again.

      People from every country like to pretend that patriotism isn’t a natural part of living but will stick their heads so far up their own asses when talking up all their food, culture, teams, or any other number of arbitrary things.

      And while there has been some divergence in Patriotism vs Nationalism, they’re essentially the same damn thing but with better connotations for one now lol.

      https://www.dictionary.com/e/patriotism-vs-nationalism/

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      9 hours ago

      It took me (an American) going to Ireland and Northern Ireland to realize how odd the excessive flag waving is. Still odd, but those two have the US beat.

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        6 hours ago

        But the Republic and Northern island need to fly those flags so you know where you are and whether it’s been taken over.

        Okay, maybe not, but when I was in America for a few years we decided the ridiculous fixation was so people knew that they hadn’t been taken over … again.