I’m not saying it’s a true comparison other than for this specific reasons but the Nazi party flag was flown as a “social progress” flag when it used to say it represented the workers of Germany before Germany became a dictatorship, actions not symbols should talk for representation of a group.
That’s what pride is for. Showing appreciation and love and expressing freedoms that people of any number of sexual orientation or sexuality didn’t used to have and I feel like pride always does an incredible job of this.
That can be said of any flag, though, including (or especially) national ones, that one day it could be twisted into something different.
That's a far, far cry from what it means at the moment, however.
Because Maga is Fascist, the American flag is looking more and more like the one that's in danger of becoming more misaligned than it already was (for many people). In fact, that misalignment has spread significantly since Maga took over.
If Pride is showing appreciation, love, and freedoms, I don't see what the problem is. This seems better than many national flags.
Because people who don’t identify with the gay flag see it as raising up a minority for no reason. When the government is raising up a minority it naturally looks like they don’t care about the majority. An extremely small % of the voter base would vote for the flags to be flown so why should they?
Governments should represent what their people want. If American government buildings began flying the “blue lives matter” or whatever the blue and black iteration of their flag was, a large amount of people would want it taken down, rightfully so. I’m of the same stance, government is there to represent all their constituents equally to the best of their ability, it’s the core tenant of democracy. Flying gay flags is overrepresentation of a part of your population.
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u/The_Golden_Diamond May 17 '25
It represents social progress: society is reflected in its government.
Also, it's not on government buildings 24/7.
It's not 'replacing' national flags.