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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

None of the other options were all that great to be honest

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like this one even if it goes against vexiological principles of flag design.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't know enough about flag design to see why this flag is a problem. It's fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I liked the one with the butterfly, personally.

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

Definitely the best of the bunch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Maine voting to keep their crappy current flag

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Could be worse. You could vote on a new flag and the winner could be redesigned anyway. See: Minnesota.

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

Second one looks really good, first one could be a nice meme template.

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

Did you read the explanation for the third one? It is awesome but would be impossible for citizens to produce freehand (is that even done nowadays? Even in schools?)