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lesbyterianchurch:

fangirltothefullest:

princeanxious:

anyone else like.. american born and/or raised and like.. sort of traumatized by the sight of the american flag? like, idk if I know how to explain it

like. we’ve been raised all our lives, taught to be pledging and saluting to it. But like, even then it’s meaning felt hollow? and now every time you see it, whether its just on the average american’s lawn or building flagpole, or set up during celebrations/holidays, the only thing you feel when looking at it is cold fearful detachment or regret and anger because everything that you’ve grown up to associate with it is everything you learned you never wanted to be part of?

The more often I see the American flag, the more it pains me. It is supposed to be a symbol of our country and that is the problem- our country at this time does not deserve our praise and admiration because of every bit of hurt it we are going through, so why should we see it’s main symbol and not recoil?

It has always been a symbol of oppression, imperialism and racism to many

This isn’t a new feeling

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    It depends on the context for me. Like, in front of a govt building or spread out before a football game? That’s fine....
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  12. spookadoop said: Yeah I don’t give a shit about the flag or the pledge bc it’s a piece of fcking cloth and pledging your allegiance to it is cult-y as fuck
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