This is shaping up to be the thing right wing nuts get outraged about this upcoming week. I feel like this is a good litmus test… anyone who gets angry about this is probably way more of a white nationalist than they are letting on. You think these same people who be angry about a blue/white/orange tricolor, saying it’s too close to the Dutch flag?

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    7 months ago

    that's cool I didn't know they were getting rid of the shitty old racism one.

    Mostly performative, but still cool.

    I do dislike this trend towards minimalism in flags, though. Flags should have weapons and fantasy animals and weird symbolism. There was an alternative proposal that I think was like a loon firing laser beams at Wisconsin from its eyes or something.

    Edit: The flag should have just said "HA HA FUCK YOU VIRGINIA WE'VE STILL GOT YOUR FLAG" in comic sans.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]
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      7 months ago

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      As outlined in the Constitution of Angola, the red half of the flag signifies bloodshed – during Angola's colonial period, independence struggle, and in defense of the country. The black half symbolizes Africa. In the central emblem, the gear represents industrial workers and production, the machete represents peasantry, agricultural production and the armed struggle, and the star, shaped like the red star, symbolizes international solidarity and progress. The yellow color of the emblem symbolizes the country's wealth.

      deng-cowboy revisionism:

      The Constitution of 1975 described the red stripe as symbolizing bloodshed during the colonial period, national liberation and a revolution – and reference to revolution was replaced with "defense of the country" in the constitution of 1992. In other changes of wording between the 1975 and 1992 versions, the star was changed from a symbol of "internationalism" to "international solidarity", and references to "working class" and "peasant class" were replaced with "workers" and "peasants"

    • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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      7 months ago

      I do dislike this trend towards minimalism in flags

      I blame map gamers and r/vexillology, and I'm probably not even wrong.