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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

What’s wrong with a black US flag? It’s a discrete way to display the flag no?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago

It’s not really a us flag once you change it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It supposedly means that "no quarter will be given".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Well, shit. Didn't know that thanks

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Because I'm surely not the only one going 'why would I want change, I paid with plastic': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_quarter

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Start asking for bills then. No point in asking for dimes or nickels.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's also what US Nazis say.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm Canadian, they use a black flag up here too. I don't know or care about proper flag usage, I just know if I see a black Canadian flag on someone's car or clothing that they:

  • hate the left
  • own a gun
  • want "freedom"
  • don't care about the environment
  • possibly racist?
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's against flag code and is considered not a proper flag.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

At this point in my life I couldn’t care less about the flag code. I just like to be discrete. But as people have pointed out, there are meanings that people are already using it for of which I fundamentally disagree with so….

Good thing I never got around to it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like a dogwhistle confederate flag to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, if it's on clothing, it's not a flag, it's a flag image. Ergo, the flag code doesn't really give a fuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh. I hate it when people downvote others for asking legitimate questions. I didn’t know it had a special meaning either, so thanks for taking one for the team. 🤷‍♂️