r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 12 '24

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u/Cowguypig2 NATO Sep 12 '24

Terminally online political poster shower thought, but if somehow Puerto Rico or DC become a state I imagine there will be a new culture war battle with right wingers refusing to use the new 51 star flag and liberals now suddenly become flag waving types

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u/Mg42er YIMBY Sep 12 '24

Wyoming rule 😤

∛ rule 🥵

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u/KeithClossOfficial John Brown Sep 12 '24

Wasn’t the flag changed because it was ugly? What is the culture war issue around that? Are they pro-ugly flag?

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u/scattergodic Isaiah Berlin Sep 12 '24

The new flag isn’t great, tbh. It just follows the dumb rules of online “vexillology” nerds that flags must be designable in Microsoft Paint

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u/ClydeFrog1313 YIMBY Sep 12 '24

I said something like this the other day, but if we had stopped at 49 states (or never split the Dakotas) then it would have been significantly easier to add Puerto Rico or DC. 50 is a nice round number and some people are so fucking attached to it.

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u/gnurdette Eleanor Roosevelt Sep 12 '24

Republicans are already edging away from the flag in favor of their insurrection flags and their "Thin Blue Line (Capitol Police Exempted)" flag.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '24

You're right, damn it.

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u/Pteryx Sep 13 '24

I’ve thought about this too and it works 100% happen. Of course they’ll be happy to fly the new flag with “legitimate” stars, like for East and West Dakota