Where Have the Flags Gone? — An Interesting Question

I happen to know the author of the piece at left from my business days.

Here are two related answers to his question:

1) The American flag has taken on a new meaning since the formation of the MAGA bunch, in particular, since the storming of the Capitol and the subsequent president pardoning of the hundreds of insurrectionists convicted in the attack.

Formerly, the flag meant pride in our nation generally, i.e., “Hooray for the United States, for the freedom it offers for its citizens and the good it does for all people around the world.” Now it often means, “Hooray for Trump and the modern Republican party, and screw the “radical Democrat left.”

Insofar as the flag itself can’t speak as to what its owner is trying to communicate, many people simply (and wisely) avoid the issue entirely and refuse to display the flag altogether.

2) Anyone who is unabashedly proud of what America has become under Trump has serious moral and/or intellectual defects.  If you’re OK with broadspread racism, criminality, the rejection of science, cruelty, and the demolition of our relationships with former allies, you’re not a good person.