in both directions: in 1854 it was totally reasonable to see the United States flag as symbolizing protection of slavery, in 1864 the same flag was flying over Union Armies as they rampaged through the south burning down plantations. I think that's neat and a good idea! bsky.app/profile/wron...

I was curious to see if there would be any sustained attempts to retake the canadian flag from the antivaxxers here. But maybe we need a civil war to change that narrative.

Yes: bsky.app/profile/jbou...

More left bands should aggressively claim the flag like the MC5 did

It's weird that very few people, especially liberals, have figured out that Obama was & remains a wildly popular figure in large part because he's openly pretty patriotic. Its also why Rs "he hates America" smears never landed outside FOX